ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY

Under general direction of the County Attorney, conducts prosecution in court proceedings on behalf of county and state government; advises county concerning legal rights, obligations, and privileges; performs related work as required.

Responsibilities:

• Must be capable of regular and predictable attendance at a specified location in order to perform assigned tasks.
• Makes recommendations to County Attorney regarding advisability of prosecution and related courses of action;
• Interviews clients and witnesses to ascertain facts of case.
• Gathers and analyzes evidence in case, reviews pertinent decisions, policies, regulations, and other legal matters pertaining to case;
• Provides evidence to formulate prosecution. Correlates findings and prepares case.
• Studies Constitution and examines legal data to determine advisability of defending or prosecuting lawsuit;
• Examines and accepts or rejects allotted number of potential jurors;
• Presents and conducts case before judge and jury;
• Examines and cross-examines witnesses.
• Summarizes case to jury.
• May act as agent to the County on various transactions.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Supervision is received from the County Attorney.
• No functional or administrative supervision is exercised over support staff.

Minimum Requirements:

• JD Degree from an accredited law school is required.
• Admission to the bar of the State of Iowa is required.
• Demonstrated job-related experience in a governmental environment is preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.

The work environment and the physical demand characteristics are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work Environment:

• Position is in an indoor office setting and requires frequent use of office equipment such as computers, copiers, fax machines, and telephones.
• Position requires frequent use of fingers, hands, and close vision.
• Position requires substantial interaction/communication with other employees, law enforcement, attorneys, witnesses, victims, the general public, and department affiliates by personal contact, telephone, in writing, and by email/electronic methods.