Staff Attorney

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES
· Participate in all aspects of litigation including, but not limited to, client interviews, factual investigation, legal research, discovery, preparation of legal documents, negotiations, trials, and appellate work in both State and Federal Courts; to appear at administrative hearings.
· Prepare and manage caseloads. Provide legal advice to individual clients, and general legal information to eligible community groups as well as to the public in general, which may involve travel to outlying communities.
· Develop relationships with the client communities and leaders of the communities.
· Present misdemeanor and felony cases. Provide legal advice and assistance to clients. Attend legal proceedings. Make recommendations on sentences.
· Perform appellate work. Provide representation to clients for felony and misdemeanor cases, appeals, abuse and neglect proceedings, and juvenile cases. Meet and communicate with clients. Interview witnesses.
· Obtain reports and records. Review police reports, grand jury transcripts, and all other case discovery. Examine evidence and investigate claims.
· Assist clients with court ordered classes, or counseling. Perform legal research and writing; draft, prepare, and file legal documents and correspondence. Interview defendants to ascertain case facts.
· Arrange pretrial investigations with paralegals and other office staff. Correlate findings and prepare case. Conduct case.
· Examine and cross examine witnesses. Summarize case to the jury. Participate in specialized litigation task forces, both program-wide and statewide.
· Supervise other staff and volunteers, and to train other staff and volunteers; to participate in hiring of staff, to attend required office and program meetings. · Attend continuing legal education seminars and to keep abreast of changes in the law through reading or other means.