Attorney II - Early Resolution - Public Defense Services

Pima County, AZ•Tucson, AZ

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About The Position

OPEN UNTIL FILLED Job Type: Unclassified Job Classification: 3002 - Attorney II Salary Grade: A3 Pay Range Pay Range: $94,494 - $179,524 Annually Range Explanation: Hiring Range is an estimate of where you can receive an offer. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, training, and internal equity. Pay Range is the entire compensation range for the position. The first review of applications will be onâ¯11/28/2025. The Pima County Public Defender's Office represents indigent individuals upon appointment by the Court in felony and misdemeanor cases in Pima County and provide direct client representation and handle diverse caseloads of various offenses, allegations, and degrees of seriousness. Attorneys work collaboratively and holistically with paralegals and/or secretaries, social workers, and investigators to understand the circumstances and priorities of each client and advocate for their desired outcomes through strategic and personalized litigation, negotiation, and mitigation. Attorney II level attorneys regularly prepare, defend, and resolve the most complex legal work involving serious and consequential matters or voluminous caseloads requiring specialized experience and training, demanding a higher degree of resourcefulness, skill and knowledge than that assigned to lower-level attorneys. Work is performed with considerable latitude, independent judgment, and professional discretion. Extensive officewide support and professional development opportunities are provided and encouraged in order to facilitate delivery of sustained, high-quality legal representation and advocacy, and Attorney II's are encouraged to engage in and are incorporated into the teaching and provision of these efforts at a team and officewide level. This Attorney II position will involve representing a higher volume of low-level felony cases until they resolve through plea agreements and sentencing or are transferred to a trial team and will not involve trial litigation. For more information on the Pima County Public Defense Services Department and the offices in this department, please visit their website at: www.pima.gov/pds. This classification is in the unclassified service and is exempt from the Pima County Merit System Rules.

Requirements

Juris Doctorate AND five (5) years of relevant prosecution, defense, or civil experience.
Qualifying education and experience must be clearly documented in the "Education" and "Work Experience" sections of the application.
Do not substitute a resume for your application or write "see resume" on your application.

Nice To Haves

Minimum five (5) years of prosecution, defense, or civil experience.
Experience handling serious cases or voluminous caseloads requiring specialized experience and/or training.
Experience with little to no supervision on serious case types handled.
Knowledge and appropriate application of systems, policies, and procedures of Pima County (additional assessments of current and previous Pima County employees may be conducted).

Responsibilities

Prosecutes or defends the most difficult and complex criminal or civil cases, or voluminous caseloads requiring specialized experience and training, brought for and against the County, in State or Federal Courts;
Manages the most demanding criminal or civil cases in public sector law or manages caseloads requiring specialized skills and experience;
Represents County departments, boards and commissions in civil litigation and administrative matters;
Prepares ordinances, resolutions, contracts and leases for consideration by county officials;
Prepares legal opinions and advises county officials on a variety of legal matters;
Engages in negotiations for compromise and settlement of cases and complies with Victims' Rights;
Engages in pretrial, trial, post-trial and appellate practice as required by cases;
Prepares litigation, deposes witnesses, provides witness notification, and conducts complex bench and jury trials;
Develops, refines, and presents legal strategies, reviews legal documents, extracts relevant information, evaluates legal issues and legal system variables and negotiates agreements;
Conduct research and provide consultation involving complex and difficult legal issues;
Researches and drafts legal motions, pleadings, briefs and other legal documents;
Reviews, evaluates, and participates in investigations;
Complies with all rules regulating professional responsibility;
Upholds the values and goals of the assigned Department and County.