Appellate Attorney Supervisor (U) #00000012-21600, Full-Time, At-Will in Santa Fe, NM

About the role

The New Mexico Supreme Court is recruiting for a full-time, At-Will, Appellate Attorney - Supervisor position #00000012-21600 for the Supreme Court in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Responsibilities

• Reviews and/or leads the review on cases
• Performs legal research and identifies, analyzes, and assesses the impact of applicable law
• Trains, supervises, mentors, and evaluates a legal staff of two or more to include law clerks, paralegals, paraprofessionals and other support staff
• Reviews, supervises, and recommends appropriate courses of action and disposition
• Develops employee performance plans and evaluations, discipline, and approval of time
• Plans, organizes, and develops work and training programs
• Leads interview panel for vacant positions and makes recruitment recommendations
• Assists the Court with the exercise of its constitutional rulemaking authority and provides staff support for their rulemaking committees, boards, and commissions
• Oversees the drafting of recommendations and proposed dispositions for assigned cases
• Screens pro se petitions for jurisdiction and procedural prerequisites
• Responds on behalf of the Court to correspondence, e-mails and telephone calls from pro-se litigants, inmates, attorneys, and members of the public
• Assists the Court to resolve pending appeals by reviewing motions, docketing statements and briefs
• Supervises the review and disposition of Driving while Intoxicated, Domestic Violence, and Landlord/Tenant cases on appeal from Metropolitan Court and reviews cases on appeal from Motor Vehicle Department license revocation hearings
• Recommends appropriate courses of action and dispositions
• Oversees the drafting of memoranda of law, proposed opinions and orders for administrative appeals of record and de novo appeals
• Analyzes briefs, records, and legal authorities cited and serves as a reference to others to provide judicial insight
• Creates proposed orders addressing petitions for extraordinary writs and motions in civil and criminal matters
• Evaluates court processes and formulate, recommend and implement policies and procedures to ensure uniform compliance with statutory and constitutional provisions, case law and Supreme Court Rules
• May assist management on personnel issues and ensures compliance with applicable employment laws, rules, regulations, court and AOC policies and procedures
• May develop judicial procedures and documentation for conducting stream adjudication and provide legal direction to judges and courts related to stream adjudication cases
• Prepares and makes oral presentations, training or continuing education at national, state and local conferences
• Attends trials and hearings, advises and meets with court administration and staff on legal or court matters
• Researches proposed legislation, provides testimony and participates in developing strategies for passage of legislation
• May oversee and assess the appropriateness of mediation or a dispute resolution process for a case and conduct mediation or a dispute resolution process subject to the applicable standards of confidentiality
• May lead joint discussions with all parties, and conduct private discussions with each party, identifies issues, contentions, and interests and develops a constructive working environment that generates discussion of options for resolution
• May oversee and encourage negotiations extending beyond the initial conference through subsequent conversations or additional conferences
• May facilitate settlements until an agreement is reached or until settlement does not appear to be possible
• May oversee court mandated programs, pilot programs, and Court sponsored activities
• Communicates, supports, and develops working relationships with associated parties
• Prepares curriculum or workshop materials for training and educational programs
• Ensures compliance with statuary deadlines and budgetary limitations
• Creates, evaluates, maintains and analyzes statistics and drafts, in addition to publishing periodic or annual reports
• Affords assistance in tracking, reviewing, analyzing the judicial entity on proposed litigation
• May serve on statewide or local committees
• May review and revises court forms for distribution
• May ensure information pertaining to court services on the court website is updated and correct
• May assists with requests for proposals and invitations to bid, and contracts
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Education: Must be a graduate of a law school meeting the standards of accreditation of the American Bar Association; possess and maintain a license to practice law in the State of New Mexico.
• Experience: Eight (8) years of experience in the practice of applicable law, of which two (2) years must have been as a supervisor.
• Supervisory Substitution: Lead worker duties may be considered on a prorated basis for supervisory experience at a rate of one (1) year of performing lead worker duties equals six (6) months of supervisory experience. Assigned lead worker duties include but are not limited to: Train, mentor, and develop employees; direct, plan, schedule, assign, and review the work of others; develop or assist in the development of employee performance plans and appraisals; and address concerns and troubleshoot problems. An additional two (2) years of directly related experience may substitute for the supervisory experience provided the incumbent attends the NMJB Supervisory Mentorship Program Training at their earliest opportunity.