Beaver County Assistant District Attorney
Location: Office of the District Attorney Beaver County Courthouse, 810 3rd Street Beaver, PA 15009
Bargaining Unit: United Steel Workers
Normal working hours: Monday-Friday 8:30AM-4:30PM with periodic on-call and call-outs.
Annual Salary: $ 74,335.35
The County of Beaver is searching statewide for a candidate for the position of Assistant District Attorney. This attorney will prosecute criminal cases, conduct preliminary hearings, pretrial motions and appeals and provide guidance to other staff members as required.
The essential functions are listed below, this list is not all inclusive:
- Interviews victims, witnesses, law enforcement officers, detectives, and others in researching assigned cases
- Reads and analyzes various discovery material in preparing for cases
- Prepares and files in court criminal charges against offenders
- Argues and or / negotiates cases in preliminary hearings and pretrial motions, negotiates plea agreements with attorneys
- Litigates hearing for arraignments, bail, parole, probation, and sentencing
- Serves as prosecuting attorney in court trials and conducts jury selection, makes opening statements, conducts direct and cross examinations, and delivers closing statements
- Presents oral arguments in appellate court
- Represents the Commonwealth in handling Juvenile Court cases all stages of legal proceedings from detention to adjudication
- Reviews and approves search warrants and various felony criminal complaints
- Prepares legal briefs, legal correspondence and memoranda, subpoenas, pleadings,motions and petitions
- Prepares and submits sentencing agreements, felony to misdemeanor pleas, and arrest documents for District Attorney Approval.
- Negotiates plea agreements with attorneys.
- Presents legal arguments for sentencing of defendants.
- Serves as victim advocate by representing victims at Protection from Abuse Contempt Hearings; accompanies child victims to physical and medical examinations.•Provides assistance to law enforcement on a 24 hour on call basis.
- Performs routine administrative duties including maintaining office files and records,copying and faxing documents, typing forms and reports, and answering the telephone.
- Confers with victims, witnesses, law enforcement officers, district attorneys, defense attorneys, private attorneys, district judges, medical personnel, court clerks, probation officers, other
- County department and staff members.
- Refers to state and federal statutes, legal opinions, treaties, legal textbooks, newspapers,technical journals, law periodicals, case law, maps, encyclopedia, and dictionaries.
Minimum qualifications for this position are to have a Juris Doctrine degree with some experience is preferred. Must also be member in good standing with the Pennsylvania Bar. Must be a member in good standing with the Federal Bar, or willing to become a member of Federal Bar immediately upon being hired. Must be computer literate and competent in Word, Excel, Outlook and Westlaw.
Beaver County is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Interested parties are asked to submit their resume to:
District Attorney Nathan Bible
810 Third Street Beaver, PA 15009
districtattorney@beavercountypa.gov