Description:
Job Overview: Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys appear in the Hamilton County Municipal Court. They are responsible for the management of dockets, making court appearances in person for arraignments, pre-trials, motions hearings, and trials.Responsibilities and Duties:
- Preparing, negotiating, and trying misdemeanor offenses
- Reviewing complaints, meeting with police officers and victims
- Legal research and writing, researching issues, and oral arguments
- Handling arraignment dockets such as night court and Saturday Room A
- Working within a team structure and supporting other municipal prosecutors
- Communicating effectively with team members, victims, witnesses, and police officers
Qualifications:
- Juris Doctorate.
- Licensed to practice law in the State of Ohio.
- Prior experience in prosecution is preferred.
- Ability to comfortably appear and argue matters before Ohio courts.
- Critical thinking, decision making skills, and multi-tasking skills.
- Detail oriented, flexible and quick thinking, and ability to learn new tasks.
- Good time management, with an ability to prioritize job duties to ensure accurate and timely completion of responsibilities.
- Fairness, strong work ethic, and integrity, and an interest in seeking justice
- Strong Legal research and writing skills.
- Knowledge and ability to use Lexis/Nexis for legal research.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office, primarily Word and Outlook.
- Ability to conduct business in accordance with State and Federal statutes and guidelines.
- Ability to perform all other duties assigned, delegated, or required of the Assistant Prosecuting attorney, as well as those prescribed by law.
Knowledge of:
Office practices and procedures; Ohio Criminal Statutes; Ohio Rules of Criminal Procedures; Ohio Rules of Evidence.
Ability to:
Communicate effectively in oral and written form; develop and maintain working relationships with team members, judges, witnesses, other attorneys, police officers, and other court personnel; Litigate complex and serious criminal issues; Train and instruct team members.
