Closing Date: 19th April, 2024
Description:
A Branch of The California Superior Court, invites applications from qualified individuals interested in a 6-month appointment serving as Court Staff Attorney I-II providing complex legal research and legal consultation for judicial officers in the Probate Department. The incumbent must be an attorney with professional legal experience as a member of the State Bar of California. An incumbent with more than two years of legal experience as a member of the State Bar of California may be appointed at the Court Staff Attorney II level. The 6-month appointment will be from July 2024 to January 2025.The selected applicant cannot have other employment while employed at A Branch of The California Superior Court.
This selection process is being conducted in accordance with San Francisco Superior Court Personnel Rule 4. An eligibility list will not be established.
Final Filing Date: 4:00PM, April 19, 2024
Compensation:
Court Staff Attorney II
$4,584.10 to $5,572.28 biweekly ($119,186 to $144,879 annually)
Court Staff Attorney I
$3,772.02 to $4,584.10 biweekly ($98,072 to $119,186 annually)
The Court offers a generous benefits package including a variety of health and dental insurance plans, paid sick leave, and holiday pay.
Examples of Duties:
Position Overview:
$4,584.10 to $5,572.28 biweekly ($119,186 to $144,879 annually)
Court Staff Attorney I
$3,772.02 to $4,584.10 biweekly ($98,072 to $119,186 annually)
The Court offers a generous benefits package including a variety of health and dental insurance plans, paid sick leave, and holiday pay.
Examples of Duties:
Position Overview:
Essential Duties:
Performs complex professional legal assignments and research in Probate; reviews and summarizes legal evidence, procedural history, and legal contentions in matters related to a variety of legal cases and Court calendars; researches legal authorities, including statutory and case law, appellate court decisions, and legislative history, using both traditional and computerized legal research methods.
Prepares memoranda for matters researched, summarizing background, identifying and analyzing factual and legal issues, and recommending disposition of legal issues for use by Probate judicial officers; meets with judicial officers and provides written and oral briefings on the results of research; drafts rulings for Court cases, including minute orders, formal orders, tentative decisions, statements of decision, and judgments for review and use by judicial officers; drafts correspondence to counsel and other concerned parties regarding matters pending before the Court.
Responds to judicial officer inquiries on procedural and substantive issues during trials and pre-trial hearings, including motions, evidentiary objections, jury instructions, status of case authorities cited by counsel, and points of substantive law.
Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
Working Conditions: Work is performed in an office and courtroom environment; continuous contact with judicial officers, executive management, litigants, attorneys, other staff and the public. The assignment will be at the Civic Center Courthouse.
Physical Requirements: Sit for extended periods; frequently stand and walk; normal manual dexterity and eye-hand coordination; lift and move objects weighing up to 25 lbs.; corrected hearing and vision to normal range; verbal communication; use of office equipment, including computer, telephone, calculator, copiers, and FAX.
Qualifications:
Required Qualifications:
Current membership in the State Bar of California.
Two or more years of full-time professional legal work experience as a member of the State Bar of California is required for the Court Staff Attorney II level.
Desirable Qualifications:
Knowledge of:
Ability to:
Performs complex professional legal assignments and research in Probate; reviews and summarizes legal evidence, procedural history, and legal contentions in matters related to a variety of legal cases and Court calendars; researches legal authorities, including statutory and case law, appellate court decisions, and legislative history, using both traditional and computerized legal research methods.
Prepares memoranda for matters researched, summarizing background, identifying and analyzing factual and legal issues, and recommending disposition of legal issues for use by Probate judicial officers; meets with judicial officers and provides written and oral briefings on the results of research; drafts rulings for Court cases, including minute orders, formal orders, tentative decisions, statements of decision, and judgments for review and use by judicial officers; drafts correspondence to counsel and other concerned parties regarding matters pending before the Court.
Responds to judicial officer inquiries on procedural and substantive issues during trials and pre-trial hearings, including motions, evidentiary objections, jury instructions, status of case authorities cited by counsel, and points of substantive law.
Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Conducts Probate ex parte hearings.
- Prepares memoranda, orders, and tentative rulings for the Probate judges on the Law and Motion calendar and other directed research topics.
- Conducts legal research for the Probate judges and Managing Attorney.
- Consults with Probate director, examiners, and Managing Attorney on cases and ex parte hearings.
Working Conditions: Work is performed in an office and courtroom environment; continuous contact with judicial officers, executive management, litigants, attorneys, other staff and the public. The assignment will be at the Civic Center Courthouse.
Physical Requirements: Sit for extended periods; frequently stand and walk; normal manual dexterity and eye-hand coordination; lift and move objects weighing up to 25 lbs.; corrected hearing and vision to normal range; verbal communication; use of office equipment, including computer, telephone, calculator, copiers, and FAX.
Qualifications:
Required Qualifications:
Current membership in the State Bar of California.
Two or more years of full-time professional legal work experience as a member of the State Bar of California is required for the Court Staff Attorney II level.
Desirable Qualifications:
Knowledge of:
- Principles of Civil/Probate, Constitutional, Criminal and Administrative Law.
- California codes and statutes applicable to Civil/Probate and Criminal law.
- Judicial procedures and the Rules of Evidence.
- Legal research methods.
- Computers and software used in professional legal work.
Ability to:
- Perform professional legal and legal research work.
- Analyze facts and apply legal precedents and principles to assigned legal review and research work.
- Provide sound legal advice to judicial officers when requested.
- Communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
- Prepare and present reports.
- Operate a computer and use appropriate software in the performance of professional legal work.
- Effectively represent the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco, with the public, petitioners, law enforcement agencies, and other government jurisdictions.
- Maintain confidential information when required by legal or ethical standards.
- Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships.
