Municipal Judge

About the role

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest-growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of over 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability. A Substitute Municipal Judge job is available with the City of Fort Worth Municipal Court Judicial Division. This part-time judge position will assist with all operations, services, and activities of the Municipal Court. The selected applicant will be required to work from the A. D. Marshall Municipal Court Building at 1000 Throckmorton Street and Belknap Detention Center at 350 W. Belknap, both in downtown Fort Worth.

Responsibilities

• Presides over various dockets as assigned including plea dockets, juvenile/truancy dockets, environmental/code dockets, revocation dockets, arraignment dockets, and other dockets as necessary
• Arbitrates disputes and advising counsel, jury, litigants, and Court personnel on Court procedures; administering the judicial system; and settling disputes between opposing parties
• Issues search and arrest warrants; setting and forfeiting bail for Class C misdemeanors falling under municipal court jurisdiction; and setting bail for felony and misdemeanor arrest warrants
• Processes Class C warrant queues, administrative dockets, cash dockets, and miscellaneous dockets
• Reviews new laws, major court decisions, and other pertinent information relevant to Court procedures and operations on an ongoing basis
• Attends staff meetings, as well as required continuing legal and judicial education
• Ensures availability to work all shifts, including overnights and weekends

Requirements

• Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school
• Two (2) or more years of increasingly responsible experience in the practice of law in Texas
• Possession of, or ability to obtain, an appropriate, valid license as an attorney issued by the Supreme Court of the State of Texas, and a member in good standing of the State Bar of Texas