Principal Court Attorney, 10647

Nycourts; New York (NY); Presencial; USD 130.000 - 140.000; Tempo integral

Resumo da vaga

New York State Unified Court System seeks a Principal Court Attorney for the Nassau County District Court. The role involves supervising law department operations and researching complex legal issues, with confidential support to judges as needed.

Qualifications require admission to the New York State Bar and either three years in Associate Court Attorney title or eight years of relevant legal experience after admission.

Qualificações

• Admission to the New York State Bar; and Three (3) years of service in the Associate Court Attorney title; or Eight (8) years of relevant legal experience gained after admission to the New York State Bar.

Responsabilidades

• Oversee operations of special parts, terms or departments in large courts.
• Assist in formulation and implementation of office policy and training.
• Research and analyze complex legal issues and draft confidential memoranda, opinions, and orders.
• Draft jury instructions and court decisions; respond to litigants and attorneys with conferences.
• Provide confidential support to Judges, including assistance to Supervising Judges as needed.

Conhecimentos

NYS Bar admission

Legal experience

Descrição da vaga

EMPLOYMENT

OPPORTUNITYANNOUNCEMENT

UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM

UCS-23

PLEASE POSTANNOUNCEMENT NO. 10647POSITION TITLE: PRINCIPAL COURT ATTORNEY JG: 31LOCATION: 10TH JUDICIAL DISTRICTNASSAU COUNTY DISTRICT COURT

BASE SALARY: $130,061 + $4,920 LOCATION PAY

CLASSIFICATION: NON-COMPETITIVE/CONFIDENTIALQUALIFICATIONS: Admission to the New York State Bar; and Three (3) years of service in the Associate Court Attorney title;

or Eight (8) years of relevant legal experience gained after admission to the New York State Bar.

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF WORK: Principal Court Attorneys serve in a confidential capacity and are responsible foroverseeing the operations of special parts, terms or departments in courts with a service population exceeding 400,000. Theyassist the Chief Court Attorney or Supervising Court Attorney in formulation and implementation of office policy, supervision andadministering the operations of a law department. Principal Court Attorneys research and analyze complex legal issues andquestions for the court, may be designated to act as special referees and perform other related duties.ASSIGNMENT: These positions will be assigned to the Law Department in the Nassau County District Court. Duties include butare not limited to: assigning legal research and evaluation of completed work; assisting in the formulation and implementation oftraining and administrative and substantive policy; making suggestions to judges for improving court operations; researching andanalyzing complex legal questions and issues; writing confidential legal memoranda and recommending decisions; draft confidentialopinions, decision, orders and jury instructions; responding to correspondences; arranging and conducting conferences withlitigants and other parties to actions. One of the two successful candidates may be assigned to provide direct and confidential legalsupport and related assistance to the Supervising Judge in the District Court. The other may be assigned to provide confidentialsupport to a Judge assigned from the District Court to preside as Acting County Court Judges in a Felony Criminal Court Trial Part,Felony Domestic Violence Part or other Felony Problem Solving part.

GENERAL INFORMATION: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performedby persons assigned to this title. They do not include all job duties performed by employees in the title, and every position does notnecessarily require these duties. Although a position is available and situated at a specific location, the appointee may be subjectto reassignment to any position in the same title in this promotion unit dependent upon the needs of the Unified Court System. Allapplications received from this announcement may be used to fill any vacancies in this title that may occur in this court or agencywithin the next six (6) months. Position(s) available at the present time: 2 .

The New York State Unified Court System is an equal opportunity employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color,religion, gender (including pregnancy and gender identity or expression), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, maritalstatus, disability, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.