Description:
Position Summary:Why It's a Great Opportunity: This is a great opportunity to work on complex cases including Adult Felony Class B, C, and occasional Class A Felonies, all Juvenile Delinquency cases, and Dependency/Termination of Parental Rights proceedings. You may also be assigned to act as a senior litigator in DAC's Adult Misdemeanor Division. You will help define and maintain current standards of professional behavior and continually examine DAC's work environment to improve operations and protocols. You may also be called upon to represent DAC externally to the justice system and public.
How to be Successful in the Role: To succeed in this role, you must have strong interpersonal skills, excellent research and writing skills, a demonstrated commitment to social justice, and provide quality legal representation and zealous advocacy to indigent clients at all stages of legal proceedings for all case types referenced above.
You must also be a self-motivated, serious professional, who understands and has demonstrated superior competence in representation obligations pursuant to Indigent Defense Standards. You will also need to be visible and available to staff.
Your Future in this Role: In this role you will further develop your leadership, be challenged on a daily basis and help define processes and protocols.
Core Daily Responsibilities:
- Maintain a high-volume case load and prepare appropriate written correspondence for litigation.
- May provide direction to coordinate the activities of internal and external support staff.
- Exercise considerable independent judgment, initiative resourcefulness in adapting policies and precedents to complex situations or to select a proper course of action.
- Act as mentor to County Attorneys 1 by actively conveying skills and knowledge.
- Accept appointments to provide representation in more complex case settings.
- Consult with staff within the Division for legal and strategic advice.
A complete list of duties can be found in the classification description here.
Qualifications:
Minimum Requirements:
- Graduation from an accredited law school And
- Member of the Washington State Bar Association (in good standing)
- Three or more years of legal experience in indigent defense.
- Willingness to accept appointment as co-counsel to more/most complex adult felony cases.
- Submit a resume, a substantive cover letter with notable accomplishments, and an original writing sample.
Special Requirements:
- As a condition of employment, the applicant will need to authorize and complete a background check. Information received from the background check is reviewed case-by-case and will not necessarily remove an applicant from consideration.
- A valid Washington State Driver's License is required.
