Staff Attorney

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Staff Attorney
Duties: Assists the Judge in the research, drafting, and decision-making process; conducting research and advising the Judge on legal issues that may arise in a hearing or trial; assisting attorneys with procedural questions/issues; and ensuring case management of pending actions. Conducts legal research, analyzes case law, reviews rules of procedure, and researches legal issues; Prepares various court documents, drafts court decisions, and proofreads and edits Judge’s decisions/entries; Conducts some conferences related to motion practice, discovery, etc.; assists counsel to resolve continuances, discovery issues, case management issues, etc. Receives and responds to telephone or live questions regarding civil or criminal cases as needed; Coordinates with Judge, Magistrate, other staff, attorneys, and litigants; answers inquiries; Manages criminal pending motions list and ensures motions are handled in a timely fashion; Prepares and edits jury instructions; Prepares for hearings, including arraignment, pre-trials and trials; Manages the judge’s chambers email account including routing emails to the appropriate staff member and uploading documents to the judge’s electronic file system; Performs other related duties as required.

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