Assistant Public Defender, Juvenile Division

2 weeks ago

Houston, United States Harris County Full time

**Position Description**:
**Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Court Function: Attend all scheduled court activities with client and family/guardian, including detention hearings, non-issue court settings, trials, and psychosocial evaluations.
- Client Contact (in Custody): Visit client in the Juvenile Detention Center or other secure holding facility to gather case information, give case updates, or to assess general well-being of client.
- Evidentiary Function: Seek all necessary evidence related to your client's case(s) through use of subpoenas, open records request, telephone calls/letter writing, investigator requests, and discovery requests of the state.
- Communication with Client & Family/Guardian: Keep client and family/guardian informed of all aspects of case outside of the regular court activities.
- Legal Research: Obtain answers or solutions to client case issues through office research tools, use of appellate division, or seeking answers by soliciting outside agencies or organizations.
- Holistic Approach: Assist client and family/guardian with issues that arise outside the normal course of legal representation, such as housing, education, medical, immigration and mental health.
- Case Review: Assist other members of the Juvenile Division with help with trial and non-trial cases, either with ideas to resolve case issues or physically standing in for other division members unable to attend court or other case-related activities.
- Administerial Duties: Maintain client case files, provide new and closed case information to proper staff, make concurrent data entries into office data system, and organize all other materials germane to attorney caseload.

**Harris County is an Equal Opportunity Employer**-
**Requirements**:
**Education**:
- A Juris Doctorate degree and a current license to practice law with the State Bar of Texas.**Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities**:

- Must be able to work in an open office environment and assist attorneys in other divisions within the PDO if requested.
- Effective organizational and time management skills.
- Manages a demanding caseload of cases assigned from juvenile courts.
- Proficient written and oral communication skills and trial skills.

**Preferences**:
- Five (5) years' experience as a criminal defense attorney.-
- Juvenile Law experience.-
- Bilingual in English/Spanish.**General Information**:
**Position Type and Typical Hours of Work**:
- Regular Full-time-
- Monday - Friday | 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.-
Sometimes requires evening and weekend hours.

**Salary**:
- Depends on Qualifications-
- Based on 26 pay periods**Employment may be contingent on passing a drug screen and meeting other standards.**

**BENEFITS**
- Harris County offers a competitive benefits program, including comprehensive group health and related benefits plan as well as defined benefit retirement plan.
- The following list of benefits is offered _**_only_**_ to employees in _**_regular_**_ _**_(full-time)_**_ positions:_
- Medical Coverage
- Dental Coverage
- Vision Coverage
- Wellness Plan
- Life Insurance
- Long-term disability
- Employee Assistance Program
- Ten (10) days of vacation each year for the first five (5) years of service
- Accrual rates increase based on years of service
- Eleven (11) County-observed holidays and one (1) floating holiday
- Professional development opportunities
- Dependent Care Reimbursement Plan
- Healthcare Reimbursement Account
- 457 Deferred Compensation Plan
- The following benefits are also available to regular (full-time) employment and may be available to part-time employees:_
- Retirement Pension (TCDRS)
- Flexible schedule (varies by department)
- Transportation Assistance (Metro RideSponsor Program)

**For plan details, visit the Harris County benefits website**:

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