Staff Attorney

Job Description Job Description ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following: Assists Members in administrative investigations and hearings, disciplinary and grievance matters, Criminal, Civil and other labor/employment cases. Gathers evidence in administrative discipline, civil, criminal, and other cases to formulate defense or to initiate legal action. Conducts research, interviews clients, and witnesses and handles other details in preparation for trial or hearing. Prepares APPEALS, legal briefs, develops strategy, arguments and testimony in preparation for presentation of case. Files legal documents with court clerk. Represents client in court, and before quasi-judicial or administrative agencies of government. Interprets laws, rulings, and regulations for individual members and local associations. Drafts and/or reviews legal documents Assists Members in the preparation, review and signing of Will documents. Advises local associations concerning transactions of business involving internal affairs, directors, officers and corporate relations with general public. Respond to Critical Incidents by appropriate CIRT protocols. Serves on rotating basis for critical incident "on call" duties. Travel to other regions in Texas to represent members or other interests of CLEAT, as needed or as directed by supervisory personnel. SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILIITIES This job has no supervisory responsibilities. QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE Juris doctorate from an accredited law school. 3+ years’ experience required for this position. LANGUAGE SKILLS Ability to read, analyze, and interpret the most complex documents. Ability to respond effectively to the most sensitive inquiries or complaints, in person, or hearings. Ability to make persuasive arguments and articulate on controversial or complex topics to top management, public groups, governmental bodies, arbitrators, and/or courts of law. REASONING ABILITY The ability to apply principles of logical and deductive reasoning skills necessary for creative thinking and strategic problem solving. CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS Juris doctorate from an accredited law school. Current bar license from State Bar of Texas. A valid Texas driver’s license, to operate a motor vehicle currently registered and inspected. PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to speak and listen in order to effectively communicate. The employee is frequently required to sit for hours at a time. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision and ability to adjust focus. Operate a motor vehicle in many different weather conditions and, environments as well as drive day or night. WORK ENVIRONMENT The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Some travel required; some overnight stay required on CLEAT business to include cases that are not local, arbitrations, court cases and continuing legal education. Office environment is 1-3 attorneys, and possibly others. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. COMPUTER SKILLS To perform this job successfully, an individual should have working knowledge of Zoom, TEAMS, Outlook, Word, and TxDocs/Prodoc, and Westlaw and/or LexisNexis as well as other word processing software. Proficient in using the CLEAT on-line membership database to confirm membership benefits. Job Type: Full-time Pay: Starting From $80,000.00 per year + Benefits Company Description The Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, or CLEAT, was born during the mid-1970’s by innovative police officers seeking to enhance the law enforcement profession. CLEAT’s rich history begins with rank and file officers not being represented. The organization began by separating itself from a do-nothing, pro-management organization that refused to represent its members. Many of the founders were returning veterans of the Vietnam War era and were unhappy with the way their statewide police association’s (TMPA) refusal to hire attorneys or represent members when they were disciplined, demoted or terminated. Like our nation’s founders, these officers met with the leaders of TMPA and attempted to change the organization from within. The officers aired their grievances about how things were being handled and after seeing zero change, year after year, these officers began asking one another why they couldn’t just form their own union that would actually represent street cops and get things done in a state that no longer fit the mold of the largely rural, good ole boy, pro‑management state‑wide association that had failed them badly. After a dramatic walkout of the annual convention, the officers banded together, created a real union for working officers and never looked back. At every milestone, the naysayers predicted CLEAT and its leaders would fail. But CLEAT leaders and members forged ahead, lending of themselves, their lives and futures in order to build an organization that worked for all officers. As a law enforcement professional your job is difficult, dangerous and often violent. You need someone in your corner standing up for you and fighting to protect you, your job and your family’s income. CLEAT is the best, largest, and most respected organization fighting for Texas’ finest. Now, over 45 years later, CLEAT is the largest police labor organization in the state and stronger than ever. With more than 100 local affiliates, and with more than 40 world‑class professional staff located in every area of Texas, CLEAT is continually growing, continually seeking to live up to our motto: Strength, Justice and Unity. #J-18808-Ljbffr