Attorney II - District Attorney's Office

Job Description

Job Description

Summary:

• This is an intermediate professional legal position performing legal services as a criminal prosecutor in the office of the District Attorney. Work involves prosecuting cases and handling other criminal matters including probation and parole violation hearings and summary appeals. This position includes assisting law enforcement agencies with criminal investigations and charging decisions. It also includes the prosecution of cases at all levels of the criminal system from Magisterial District Judge to Appellate level disposition. Trials before a jury or a judge are expected. This position is differentiated from similar positions in its class because it is a transitional position between entry level and more experienced prosecutorial roles.

Essential Duties:

• Performs legal research and prepares cases for trial or non-trial disposition as deemed appropriate.
• Prepares, drafts, reviews, revises and approves search warrants, arrest warrants, motions, pleadings, and other legal documents.
• Works with law enforcement agencies during criminal investigations to guide and assist the on-going investigation.
• Prepares witnesses and evidence as part of a team working with a county wide Grand Jury in criminal cases.
• Evaluates criminal cases for appropriate disposition and reviews proposed dispositions with more experienced attorneys in the office.
• Prepares and presents misdemeanor and felony cases for jury trial.

Qualifications:

• To perform this job successfully, the individual in this position must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the minimum knowledge, skills and ability required.

Education/Experience:

• Juris Doctorate (J.D.)

Language Skills:

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret the most complex documents.
• Ability to respond effectively to the most sensitive inquiries or complaints.
• Ability to write speeches and articles using original or innovative techniques or style.
• Ability to make effective and persuasive speeches and presentations on controversial or complex topics to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.

Mathematical Skills:

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability:

• Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to deal with nonverbal symbolism (formulas, scientific equations, graphs, musical notes, etc.,) in its most difficult phases.
• Ability to deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• Member in good standing of the PA Bar.