STATUS: Exempt
REPORTS TO: Chief of Appeals or First Assistant District Attorney
SUPERVISES: N/A
RESUMEN:
The Assistant District Attorney – Appeals Unit is an Assistant District Attorney under the general supervision of the Chief of Appeals or First Assistant District Attorney. The Assistant District Attorney – Appeals Unit represents the Commonwealth in accordance with the District Attorney’s statutory authority in the various trial courts in Plymouth County, the Supreme Judicial Court, the Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County, the Appeals Court, and courts in other counties. The Assistant District Attorney – Appeals Unit is an employee of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and serves at the pleasure of the District Attorney.
CUALIFICACIONES:
- Ability to thrive as a team member with a deadline driven workload, at times requiring rapid responses to emerging trial court issues.
- Strong written and oral advocacy skills that demonstrate brevity, clarity, and credibility
- Ability to act as, or assist, lead counsel in trial court on evidentiary hearings at all stages of a case
- Ability to comprehend, analyze and simplify highly complex legal and factual matters; distill the issues and make persuasive written and oral presentations in trial and appellate courts; as well as make presentations for internal review, decision-making, and policy purposes
- Excelentes dotes de comunicación y capacidad para fomentar un entorno de trabajo positivo y colaborativo.
- Capacidad para establecer prioridades en asuntos urgentes y garantizar el cumplimiento de todos los plazos.
- Present in office or at court daily to perform required duties absent a modified schedule granted in the sole discretion of the District Attorney and subject to revocation at any time
- Embodies and shares the following attributes: sharp attention to detail, ability to exercise discretion with confidential information, ability to contribute and work as part of a high functioning, disciplined and highly motivated team, positive attitude and willingness to learn new processes and adapt to new guidelines as needed
- Juris Doctorate and license to practice in MA or eligible to receive the same in short order
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Responder a las consultas diarias y a las solicitudes de asistencia inmediata de abogados litigantes, abogados de apelación y personal ejecutivo.
- Revisar y asesorar sobre las solicitudes de recurso de apelación contra las sentencias de los tribunales de primera instancia.
- Asignado a casos de tribunales de apelación o de primera instancia, según sea necesario.
- Encargado de investigar y redactar escritos y memorandos jurídicos
- Asignado para comparecer ante los tribunales de primera instancia, el Tribunal de Apelación y el Tribunal Judicial Supremo para procesar, litigar y presentar casos en nombre de la Commonwealth.
- Encargado de investigar, redactar y argumentar mociones, memorandos y escritos tanto previos como posteriores a la condena.
- Otras tareas de apoyo a la Oficina del Fiscal del Distrito, según sea necesario.
- Asistir a cursos de formación y conferencias, internas y externas, según sea necesario.
In addition to these above responsibilities the Assistant District Attorney – Appeals Unit is required:
- To be familiar with and to follow the provisions of the Plymouth District Attorney’s Office Personnel Policies
- To participate in trainings relevant to Office functions
- Collaborate with peers to maximize productivity and produce the highest outcomes
- To communicate with or provide timely notification to Office staff, police, and other interested parties, as permitted and/or required by law
- To interact in a respectful and professional manner with the public, judicial and law enforcement personnel, and Office staff
- To complete work assignments in a timely manner
- To complete general administrative duties to include, filing, faxing, photocopying, etc.
- Perform any other duties at any jobsite as may from time to time be assigned to her/him by the District Attorney, or the First Assistant District Attorney or other designee of the District Attorney
Asistente del Fiscal de Distrito - Unidad de Apelaciones
No minimum years experience
Salary $74,000 and up DOE
Los solicitantes internos y externos, así como los titulares de los puestos, deben poder realizar las tareas básicas esenciales con o sin la ayuda de una adaptación razonable (que la Fiscalía determinará caso por caso). Si cree que necesita una adaptación razonable, póngase en contacto con Recursos Humanos en el (508) 894-2538.
El Fiscal del Distrito Cruz se compromete a contratar y retener personal que refleje la diversidad de la comunidad multicultural a la que servimos. La Oficina del Fiscal de Distrito del Condado de Plymouth ofrece igualdad de oportunidades de empleo a todas las personas calificadas sin distinción de raza, color, religión, género, orientación sexual, identidad o expresión sexual, genética, origen nacional, edad, discapacidad, embarazo, afiliación política, condición de veterano o cualquier otra condición que esté protegida por la ley local, estatal o federal.