Assistant Attorney General - Criminal Trials - Carbondale
Summary Of Duties And Responsibilities
The Criminal Trials Bureau assists State's Attorneys in the prosecution of criminal cases in all regions of the state. The Criminal Trials Bureau is part of the Criminal Enforcement Division which consists of several specialized bureaus that handle complex financial cases, public corruption matters, Medicaid fraud, high-tech crimes and cases seeking the involuntary commitment of the most dangerous sex offenders. The Criminal Enforcement Division also operates a statewide grand jury with jurisdiction over multi-county crimes related to drugs, gangs and guns.
Qualifications
- A minimum of 3 years of prosecution experience
- Licensed by the State of Illinois at the time of application
Salary
To Ensure Full Consideration, Please Submit a Cover Letter, Resume, Three Professional References, And a Writing Sample.
Qualified candidates will have significant criminal prosecution and trial experience and the ability to manage complex cases.
Salary: For those applicants with the minimum 3 years of post-graduate legal experience, salaries are commensurate with number of years of practice as a licensed attorney and range from $ 90,000 to $ 107,550.
Benefits
- Health and Dental insurance along with free Vision insurance
- Pension Benefits through the State Employees'; Retirement System
- Deferred Compensation: supplemental retirement savings program-457k
- Commuter Savings Program: pre-tax transportation program
- Flexible Spending: Medical and Dependent pre-tax savings program
- Life insurance benefit: free with option to purchase additional (up to 8 x your annual salary) at low cost
- Spouse and child life insurance available
- Disability coverage
- Employee Assistance Program through ComPsych
- Holidays: 13 1/2 paid
- Vacation days: minimum of 12 days, maximum of 27 days, prorated
- Personal days: 4 annually
- Floating Holiday: 1 annually
- Sick days: 1 per month
For attorneys, office provided Continuing Legal Education
Semi-monthly payroll
Health and Dental cost ranges: for single: $131.00 - $314.00 monthly; for family: $299.00 - $653.00 monthly
For more information on benefits: visit cms.illinois.gov/benefits/stateemployee.html