Attorney V VII (Civil Litigation State)
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Job Location:
Austin, TX - USA
Yearly Salary:
USD 121222 - 160638
Posted on:
14 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Summary
Practices civil law for Texas County government.
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:
This is the seventh in a series of seven attorney-related job classifications within the Attorneys job family. This classification handles cases and matters that are the most complex and that may result in the most severe consequences without supervision.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Litigates and advises on state laws and related issues.
- Performs legal research. Searches resources and studies legal records and documents to obtain information applicable to case or issue under consideration.
- Drafts briefs motions orders subpoenas contracts and other legal documents as well as correspondence and reports.
- Takes and defends depositions and propounds and responds to discovery requests. Oversees the creation and issuance of legal documents including subpoenas motions orders writs warrants contracts official policies and other related documents.
- Represents the County and its elected and appointed officials in state litigation of all kinds.
- Manages caseloads and supervises staff as needed.
- Prepares cases for trial. Collects organizes and prepares evidence information and other legal materials.
- May draft appellate briefing as required.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Minimum Requirements
Education and Experience:
Attorney V - J.D./LL.B. from an accredited law school AND six (6) years licensed attorney work experience.Salary range starts at $105872.00
Attorney VI - J.D./LL.B. from an accredited law school AND eight (8) years licensed attorney work experience.Salary range starts at $113318.40
Attorney VII - J.D./LL.B. from an accredited law school AND ten (10) years licensed attorney work experience.Salary range starts at $121222.40
Licenses Registrations Certifications or Special Requirements:
Licensed to practice law in the State of Texas.
Experience in State Litigation.
Appellate work and/or jury trial experience preferred.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
Knowledge of:- Public information act and open meetings obligations of a government entitiy.
- Jurisprudence criminal and civil law and procedures including constitutional and statutory law.
- Federal State Local and County applicable laws rules regulations and guidelines.
- Methods and practices of pleading cases and of effective techniques for presentation of cases in court or to effectively present facts and precedents verbally and in writing in law related matters.
- Policies practices procedures and legal terminology related to court system.
- Computer equipment to include word processing spreadsheets databases and a variety of software packages.
- Business letter writing grammar and punctuation and report preparation.
- May be required to develop knowledge of and adhere to federal and state laws requiring the confidential handling of certain health information.
- Problem-solving and decision-making.
- Analyzing and appraising facts policies procedures and legal precedents in area of specialty.
- Trial advocacy.
- Both verbal and written communication including presentations.
- Conduct legal research and analysis both manually and electronically.
- Present facts precedents and arguments verbally and in writing and apply negotiation skills.
- Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
- Work independently.
- Manage time well and perform multiple tasks and organize diverse activities.
- Work well under pressure and exercise tact in trying situations.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with departmental clientele representatives of outside agencies other County employees and officials and the general public.
Work Environment & Other Information
Physical requirements include the ability to lift/carry up to 25 pounds occasionally visual acuity speech and hearing hand and eye coordination and manual dexterity necessary to operate a computer and office equipment. Subject to standing walking sitting repetitive motion reaching climbing stairs bending stooping kneeling crouching crawling pushing pulling balancing client/customer contact squatting to perform the essential functions.
Travis County employees play an important role in business continuity. As such employees can be assigned to business continuity efforts outside of normal job functions.
This job description is intended to be generic in nature. It is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. The essential duties functions and responsibilities and overtime eligibility may vary based on the specific tasks assigned to the position.
Work Hours: Monday - Friday 8 am - 5 pm
Department: County Attorney
Location: 314 W 11th Street Granger Building Austin TXCriminal Driving Education and Employment Background Checks Required.
For questions about this position contact:
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Construction Law Experience
- Legal Drafting
- Litigation
- Intellectual Property Law
- Mediation Experience
- Legal Research
- Personal Injury Law
- Research Experience
- Securities Law
- Alternative dispute resolution
- Real Estate Law
- Writing Skills
