About our opportunity:

We invite you to apply to join our team as a full-time, exempt Assistant Solicitor within the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit for York and Union Counties Solicitor’s Office. As an Assistant Solicitor you will assist the Solicitor and Deputy Solicitor in directing the activities of the Solicitor’s office and coordinating office resources in order to ensure the prosecution of cases in a proper, efficient and orderly manner; to prepare and prosecute cases in all applicable county Courts.

Compensation: Salary is determined based on education and experience.

Work Schedule: Frequently works schedules exceeding 40 hours per week and/or five days per week.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

-Assists the Solicitor and Deputy Solicitors planning, coordinating and supervising all administrative and legal activities of the Solicitor’s Office, ensuring compliance with applicable policies, procedures, laws and regulations.

-Serves as a liaison during court to ensure efficiency of the General Sessions court.

-Maintains and manages individual caseloads in a timely and effective manner.

-Prosecutes cases in all applicable County Courts.

-Prepares cases for prosecution, performing such duties as reviewing warrants and indictments; diagnosing cases and determining best case strategies; conducting preliminary hearings; interviewing witnesses and victims; investigating crime scenes; researching legal issues affecting cases; applying the law to facts of a criminal case; determining appropriate sentence; evaluating witnesses; maintaining witness confidentiality; writing legal briefs, motions, order, petitions; preparing expert witnesses for testimony; determining restitution, etc.

-Ensures compliance with the Victims’ Rights Act.

-Presents and argues prepared cases in court as assigned.

-Prepares motions for HIV/STD determination and for mental evaluation.

-Conducts various other hearings, including those for asset forfeiture, juvenile detention, disposition and probation revocation, mental commitment, restitution, bond estreatment, etc.

-Notifies victims and other parties of trial dates; notifies defendants and bondsmen of court appearances.

-Assists law enforcement agencies requiring legal advice about the investigation of any criminal matter; advises officers of changes in law; trains officers in case investigation from a legal perspective.

-Receives and responds to difficult and sensitive client or public inquiries, concerns and complaints.

-Assists in coordinating department activities and functions with those of other County departments, municipalities and outside agencies as appropriate.

-Performs general administrative/clerical work as required, including but not limited to copying and filing documents, entering and retrieving computer data, assembling materials, answering the telephone, responding to correspondence, reviewing mail and literature, etc.