Closing Date: 31st March, 2024
Description:
Under general direction of the County Attorney conducts prosecution in court proceedings on behalf of county and states government; advises county concerning legal rights, obligations and privileges; performs related work as required.Essential Duties:
- Must be capable of regular and predictable attendance at a specified location in order to perform assigned tasks.
- Makes recommendation to County Attorney regarding advisability of prosecution and related courses of action;
- Interviews clients and witnesses to ascertain facts of case.
- Gathers and analyzes evidence in case of reviews pertinent decisions, policies, regulations and other legal matters pertaining to case;
- Provides evidence to formulate prosecution. Correlates findings and prepares case.
- Studies Constitution and examines legal data to determine advisability of defending or prosecuting lawsuit;
- Examines and accepts or rejects allotted number of potential jurors;
- Presents and conducts case before judge and jury;
- Examines and cross examines witnesses.
- Summarizes case to jury.
- May act as agent to the County on various transactions.
- Other duties as assigned
- Examines and accepts or rejects allotted number of potential jurors;
- Examines and cross examines witnesses.
- Summarizes case to jury.
- Supervision is received from the County Attorney
- No functional or administrative supervision is exercised over support staff.
- JD Degree from an accredited law school is required.
- Admission to the bar of the State of Iowa is required.
- Demonstrated job-related experience in a governmental environment is preferred.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.
Qualifications:
- JD Degree from an accredited law school is required.
- Admission to the bar of the State of Iowa is required.
- Demonstrated job-related experience in a governmental environment is preferred.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.