Description:
Job Summary:Are you looking for career opportunities that provide top-notch benefits including paid vacation and sick leave, parental leave, outstanding health, vision, and dental insurance, an on-site health clinic for you and your dependents, a generous retirement plan, and much more? Then bring your talents to Travis County!
The Attorney practices civil or criminal law for Texas County or District government.
Distinguishing Characteristics:
These classifications handles cases and matters that are moderately complex and that may result in moderately severe consequences without supervision.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Performs legal research. Searches resources and studies legal records and documents to obtain information applicable to case or issue under consideration.
- Drafts briefs, motions, orders, subpoenas, contracts, and other legal documents, as well as correspondence and reports.
- Takes depositions and responds to discovery requests. Oversees the creation and issuance of legal documents, including subpoenas, motions, orders, writs, warrants, contracts, official policies, and other related documents.
- Prepares cases for trial. Collects, organizes, and prepares evidence, information, and other legal materials.
- Represents Travis County predominately in federal court for hearings and trials largely on constitutional and civil rights cases.
- Provides legal analysis to clients on various issues, largely constitutional and civil rights issues.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Minimum Requirements:
Education and Experience:
- Attorney III - J.D./LL.B. from an accredited law school AND three (3) years licensed attorney work experience. Starting Salary: $81,074.79
- Attorney IV - J.D./LL.B. from an accredited law school AND four (4) years licensed attorney work experience. Starting Salary: $86,761.41
- Attorney V - J.D./LL.B. from an accredited law school AND six (6) years licensed attorney work experience. Starting Salary: $99,345.18
- Attorney VI - J.D./LL.B. from an accredited law school AND eight (8) years licensed attorney work experience. Starting Salary: $106,310.90
- Attorney VII - J.D./LL.B. from an accredited law school AND ten (10) years licensed attorney work experience. Starting Salary: $113,755.98
Licenses, Registrations, Certifications, or Special Requirements:
Licensed to practice law in the State of Texas.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Knowledge of:
- Jurisprudence, criminal and civil law and procedures, including constitutional and statutory law, in particular constitutional ad civil rights law.
- Federal, State, Local and County applicable laws, rules, regulations, and guidelines.
- Methods and practices of pleading cases and of effective techniques for presentation of cases in court or to effectively present facts and precedents verbally and in writing in law related matters.
- Policies, practices, procedures, and legal terminology related to court system.
- Computer equipment to include word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and a variety of software packages.
- Business letter writing, grammar and punctuation, and report preparation.
Skill in:
- Problem-solving and decision-making.
- Analyzing and appraising facts, policies, procedures, and legal precedents in area of specialty.
- Both verbal and written communication, including presentations.
Ability to:
- Conduct legal research and analysis, both manually and electronically.
- Present facts, precedents, and arguments verbally and in writing and apply negotiation skills.
- Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
- Work independently.
- Manage time well and perform multiple tasks and organize diverse activities.
- Work well under pressure and exercise tact in trying situations.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with departmental clientele, representatives of outside agencies, other County employees and officials, and the general public.
