Criminal Attorney (At-Will) - County Attorney's Office

Description

What are you seeking in a new position? If you’re like many others, doing something meaningful is important to you. How about work/life balance? Affordable healthcare? Comprehensive well-being programs? An excellent retirement plan with significant employer contributions? - If you answered “yes” to these questions, keep reading. You can find it all right here in Pinal County. It might be time for a change of scenery, where you can make a difference and benefit from an employer who cares for and values its people. - Pinal County proudly invests in the future of our 2000 employees every day, and we have the best team! We offer a wide range of impressive benefits, including retirement plans that are among the best Arizona has to offer!

Typical Classification Essential Duties

• Represent the department in the prosecution of criminal cases, resolve assigned cases within policy, learn department guidelines and standards, and perform duties within scope of authority.
• Assist in the prosecution of criminal cases, review legal documents, and compile and analyze case facts.
• Pursue the most serious and complex cases, including non-capital homicide cases.
• Evaluate criminal cases of newer attorneys, suggest lines of investigation, appropriate trial tactics and legal motions to use, and give advice as to appropriate dispositions.
• Review evidence, interview witnesses, prepare pre-trial legal memoranda, select juries, prepare and present opening and closing statements, examine and cross examine witnesses, make and meet legal objections, and request legal instructions.
• Evaluate criminal charges as filed and instruct investigators as to additional information needed to defend cases, evaluate the information, and determine the appropriate disposition of the case.
• Conduct research and provide consultation involving complex and difficult legal issues.
• Apply legal principles to determinations on individual cases and problems.
• Confer with and offer advice and counsel to County officials and employees and clients, apply legal expertise in a variety of legal fields including administrative, contract, tort, environmental, family, juvenile, immigration, real estate, regulatory, public records, tax issues, child support, and other fields of practice in public sector law.
• Represent the department at arraignments, hearings and trials, identify and subpoena witnesses, records, and other information required to present the case, compile and present evidence, bring cases before the court and argue facts of the case in relation to points of law, case law, and legal precedent, and interview and cross-examine witnesses.
• Manage assigned legal cases, confer with participants, negotiate agreements, and litigate and resolve cases.
• Review and develop recommendations for legal decisions, policies, regulations, resolutions, tax appeals, public disclosure requests, court orders, and other assigned legal matters.
• Evaluate case files and research missing and incomplete information and documents, manage collection and analysis of evidence, research files and computer databases, and update files and records.
• Review case status with supervisor and create, process, and file memoranda and legal documents.
• Cross-train in a wide variety of legal fields.
• Maintain the integrity, professionalism, values, and goals of the department by assuring that all rules and regulations are followed and that accountability and public trust are preserved.
• To promote and adhere to the workplace values of accountability, commitment, and teamwork to help enrich lives beyond expectation.
• Maintain absolute confidentiality of work-related issues, customer records, and restricted County information.

Minimum Requirements to Perform Work

• ATTORNEY I - Minimum requirements to perform work: Juris Doctorate degree or Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from an accredited, ABA approved law school. Must pass a thorough background investigation. Valid Arizona State Driver’s License is required within 30 days of hire. Applications will be accepted from candidates who have passed the Arizona bar examination, or are transferring UBE scores, and are awaiting admission to the bar, but such candidates cannot be hired until admitted, unless otherwise permitted to practice in Arizona under Arizona Supreme Court Rule 39 provisions.
• ATTORNEY II - Minimum requirements to perform work: Juris Doctorate degree. Two (2) years’ experience in practicing law. Must pass a thorough background investigation. Valid Arizona State Driver’s License is required within 30 days of hire. Applications will be accepted from candidates who have passed the Arizona bar examination, or are transferring UBE scores, and are awaiting admission to the bar, but such candidates cannot be hired until admitted, unless otherwise permitted to practice in Arizona under Arizona Supreme Court Rule 39 provisions.
• ATTORNEY III - Minimum requirements to perform work: Juris Doctorate degree. Five (5) years’ experience in practicing law. Must pass a thorough background investigation. Valid Arizona State Driver’s License is required within 30 days of hire. Applications will be accepted from candidates who have passed the Arizona bar examination, or are transferring UBE scores, and are awaiting admission to the bar, but such candidates cannot be hired until admitted, unless otherwise permitted to practice in Arizona under Arizona Supreme Court Rule 39 provisions.

Preferred Qualifications

• A minimum of three (3) years of relevant legal experience preferred.
• Experience in areas such as providing legal advice to state/town/city/county government departments and elected officials.
• Exposure to handling public records, open meetings, administrative code enforcement, zoning, nuisance and abatement issues, employment law, election law, civil litigation, asset forfeiture or similar experience preferred.