Attorney V - VII - (Plaintiff Civil Litigation)

This position practices civil law for Texas County or District government, with emphasis on a wide range of Plaintiff-side client counseling and civil litigation. 
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:
These classifications handle cases and matters that are moderately complex and that may result in moderately severe consequences without supervision.

• Provides pre-litigation counseling and resolves issues through negotiation, mediation, and/or trial. 
• Appears in court at all levels for motions practice, trials, and administrative hearings.  
• Presents analysis of contracts, policies, and laws.
• Performs legal research. Searches resources and studies legal records and documents to obtain information applicable to case or issue under consideration.
• Drafts legal memoranda, briefs, motions, orders, and other legal documents.
• Oversees the creation and issuance of legal documents, including motions, orders, briefs, and other related documents.
• Attends Commissioners Court meetings to advise clients in executive session.

Education and Experience:
 Attorney V: J.D./LL.B. from an accredited law school AND six (6) years licensed attorney work experience. Salary starting at $104,312.44.
 
 Attorney VI: J.D./LL.B. from an accredited law school AND eight (8) years licensed attorney work experience. Salary starting at $111,626.45.
 
 Attorney VII: J.D./LL.B. from an accredited law school AND ten (10) years licensed attorney work experience. Salary starting at $119,443.78. 
 
 Licenses, Registrations, Certifications, or Special Requirements:
 Licensed to practice law in the State of Texas.
 
 Preferred:

• Experience in civil litigation.
• Experience in representing governmental entities.

• Jurisprudence, criminal and civil law and procedures, including constitutional and statutory law.
• Federal, State, Local and County applicable laws, rules, regulations and guidelines.
• Methods and practices of pleading cases and of effective techniques for presentation of cases in court or to effectively present facts and precedents verbally and in writing in law related matters.
• Policies, practices, procedures and legal terminology related to court system.
• Computer equipment to include word processing, spreadsheets, databases and a variety of software packages.
• Business letter writing, grammar and punctuation, and report preparation.

• Problem-solving and decision-making.
• Analyzing and appraising facts, policies, procedures, and legal precedents in area of specialty.
• Both verbal and written communication, including presentations.

• Conduct legal research and analysis, both manually and electronically.
• Present facts, precedents and arguments verbally and in writing and apply negotiation skills.
• Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• Work independently.
• Manage time well and perform multiple tasks and organize diverse activities.
• Work well under pressure and exercise tact in trying situations.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with departmental clientele, representatives of outside agencies, other County employees and officials, and the general public.

Physical requirements include the ability to lift/carry up to 25 pounds occasionally, visual acuity, speech and hearing, hand and eye coordination and manual dexterity necessary to operate a computer and office equipment. Subject to standing, walking, sitting, repetitive motion, reaching, climbing stairs, bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, pushing, pulling, balancing, client/customer contact, squatting to perform the essential functions.
 
 Travis County employees play an important role in business continuity. As such, employees can be assigned to business continuity efforts outside of normal job functions.
 
 This job description is intended to be generic in nature. It is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. The essential duties, functions and responsibilities and overtime eligibility may vary based on the specific tasks assigned to the position.
 
Work Hours: 8 AM - 5 PM; Monday through Friday. 
 
Location: 314 W 11th Street, Granger Building, Austin, TX 
 
Department: County Attorney 
 
Criminal Background Check, Driving Record, Education, and Employment History Check Required.