Join Travis County as an Attorney with Community Legal Services and our Office of Parental Representation (OPR) in beautiful Austin, Texas!
This position serves as an Attorney with the Travis County Office of Parental Representation, a civil public defender’s office. Provides client-centered representation to indigent clients in child welfare law litigation with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.
This is the fourth in a series of seven attorney-related job classifications within the Attorney's job family. This classification handles cases and matters that are moderately complex without supervision, handles cases and matters that may result in the least severe consequences without supervision, and handles cases and matters that may result in moderately severe consequences with supervision.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Provides client-centered representation to indigent clients in child welfare law litigation with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.
Litigates cases at statutory and special review hearings, contested motion hearings, and trials.
Works collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to achieve client-centered case goals.
Attends case meetings with clients, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, CASA, attorneys, and other case professionals. Attends mediation.
Performs legal research. Searches resources and studies legal records and documents to obtain information applicable to case or issue under consideration.
Drafts briefs, motions, orders, subpoenas, and other legal documents, as well as correspondence and memos.
Responds to discovery requests. Oversees the creation and issuance of legal documents, including subpoenas, motions, orders, and other related documents.
Prepares cases for trial. Collects, organizes, and prepares evidence and exhibits.
Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Work Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday
Department: Community Legal Service
Location: 1700 Guadalupe, Austin, Texas 78701
Criminal Background Check Required
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.
Education and Experience:
Licenses, Registrations, Certifications, or Special Requirements:
Licensed to practice law in the State of Texas.
Attorney III: J.D./LL.B. from an accredited law school AND three (3) years licensed attorney work experience. Salary range starting at $85,128.53.
Attorney IV: J.D./LL.B. from an accredited law school AND four (4) years licensed attorney work experience. Salary range starting at $91,099.48.
Attorney V: J.D./LL.B. from an accredited law school AND six (6) years licensed attorney work experience. Salary range starting at $104,312.44.
Preferred:
Applications with a cover letter detailing interest in the position, including why applicant wants to work for the Travis County Office of Parental Representation.
Hearing and trial experience consistent with years of practice.
Mission-aligned experience (work or lived) advocating on behalf of indigent clients.
Effective client management skills and rapport-building techniques.
Performs well in a high-volume, high-conflict area of litigation.
Effective litigation techniques for presentation of cases in court and the abilityto present facts and arguments verbally and in writing.
Policies, practices, procedures and legal terminology related to child welfare law or other indigent client-related area of advocacy.
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