Assistant District Attorney

Location: Pawhuska, Osage County, Oklahoma
Status: Full time – Candidates awaiting bar results are encouraged to apply
Closing: December 31, 2026

About the Role

The District Attorney’s Office for Osage and Pawnee Counties is seeking a highly motivated, ethical, and professional attorney to serve as an Assistant District Attorney in the Osage County office. This position offers an immediate opportunity to handle, with supervision and support, serious victim-centered prosecutions involving domestic violence, sexual violence, and crimes against children. Recent law school graduates and applicants who recently sat for the Oklahoma bar exam are encouraged to apply. The office will consider a conditional offer for the right candidate, contingent upon bar passage, admission to practice, and completion of any applicable hiring requirements.

The position will involve close work with victims, law enforcement, child welfare, child advocacy centers, victim advocates, forensic interviewers, medical providers, and courthouse personnel. We are looking for someone who is eager to fight for justice for victims, protect the public, and develop as a courtroom prosecutor. Prior prosecution experience is helpful but not required. The right candidate must have strong judgment, excellent work ethic, high ethical standards, professionalism, and a genuine desire to do meaningful courtroom work.

Responsibilities

• Criminal prosecutions in Osage County.
• Cases involving domestic violence, sexual violence, crimes against children, and other victim-centered offenses.
• Court appearances, dockets, plea negotiations, preliminary hearings, motion practice, sentencing hearings, and jury trials.
• Victim and witness meetings.
• Case review, charging recommendations, plea recommendations, and trial preparation.
• Review of police reports, body camera evidence, digital evidence, forensic interviews, medical records, forensic evidence, and witness statements.
• Collaboration with law enforcement, child welfare, child advocacy centers, victim advocates, and other multidisciplinary partners.
• Ethical and professional decision-making based on the law, the facts, public safety, victim interests, and the duty to seek justice.

Requirements

• A Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school.
• Oklahoma bar admission, eligibility for Oklahoma bar admission, or pending Oklahoma bar results.
• A demonstrated interest in criminal law, prosecution, trial advocacy, victim advocacy, domestic violence, sexual assault prosecution, crimes against children, or public service.
• A willingness to appear in court, prepare cases, try cases, and accept responsibility.
• The ability to work well with victims, witnesses, law enforcement, courthouse staff, defense attorneys, and the public.
• The highest ethical standards.

Prior prosecution experience, trial team, moot court, clinic, externship, judicial internship, prosecution internship, public defender internship, child advocacy work, domestic violence advocacy, sexual assault advocacy, military service, law enforcement-related work, or other public service experience is helpful but not required.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is highly motivated, humble, ethical, professional, teachable, and serious about becoming a courtroom prosecutor. This position is a strong fit for a recent law school graduate, newly licensed attorney, or early-career attorney who wants meaningful responsibility, direct mentorship, courtroom experience, and the opportunity to fight for justice for victims of domestic violence, sexual violence, and crimes against children.

Pay

Starting at $75,000, with room for growth

Benefits

• Full State of Oklahoma benefits including generous monthly allowance for health coverage.
• Paid sick and vacation leave earned monthly.
• Paid State and County holidays.