Description:
Job Details:Description:
Department County Attorney
Classification Grade 22
Reports to County Attorney
Unit N/A
Supervises N/A
FLSA Status Exempt
Position Description:
Perform professional legal and advisory services, as prescribed by the County Attorney, to accomplish effective representation of state, county and county personnel.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Prosecute adult criminal and juvenile delinquency cases, including reviewing investigative reports and evidence, determining appropriate charges, preparing legal pleadings, negotiating resolutions, presenting cases in court, and making sentencing and disposition recommendations.
- Represent the State in criminal appeals before the Minnesota Court of Appeals and Minnesota Supreme Court.
- Provide legal counsel and guidance to the Child Protection Unit regarding court actions, foster care placements, services, statutory requirements, and case proceedings.
- Handle child protection matters, including evaluating evidence, determining appropriate legal action, preparing petitions and pleadings, representing the Department of Human Services in court, and negotiating case resolutions.
- Advise county officials, department heads, and employees on legal matters; identify and evaluate legal issues, recommend appropriate courses of action, and assist with implementation of solutions.
- Represent the County in civil litigation, including conducting legal research, preparing pleadings and motions, presenting cases in court, and negotiating settlements.
- Review, prepare, and negotiate County contracts, agreements, and other legal documents.
- Research, interpret, and apply applicable statutes, case law, court rules, and other legal authorities in the preparation of cases, legal opinions, and briefs.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Graduation from an accredited college of law.
- Licensed and admitted to practice law in the State of Minnesota.
- Valid driver's license and reliable means of transportation.
- Successful completion of a criminal background check and Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board check.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Knowledge: Adhere to all laws, statutes, policies and rules with the essential level of confidentiality and safety required of the position.
Skills: Proficient in using automated systems relevant to the position. Communicate effectively both orally and in writing with all stakeholders relevant to the position. Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills, accuracy, and problem solving.
Abilities: Establish and maintain effective working relationships. Follow established procedures and directives from supervisors. Analyze and apply legal principles, facts, evidence and precedents to legal problems; present statements of law, facts and arguments clearly, logically and forcefully, both in written and verbal; perform widely varied work involving many complex and significant variables requiring analytical ability and inductive thinking.
Preferred Qualifications:
Work experience in the following areas of law: prosecution; public defender; judicial law clerk; governmental/municipal public law (i.e. contracts, data practices, bid law, tax court, municipal/ county board representation).
Physical Requirements:
Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.
Note (Management Right)
The above position description is intended to represent only the key areas of responsibilities; specific position assignments will vary depending on the business needs of the department. Regular attendance on the job and the performance of other duties as assigned are required. The County retains the discretion to add or change the contents of this position description at any time.
