Supervising Staff Attorney

The Public Defender Division of CPCS, Lowell District & Superior Court Office, is seeking a Supervising Staff Attorney, with a minimum of five years of experience providing criminal defense representation.

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION MISSION STATEMENT

CPCS is committed to protecting the fundamental constitutional and human rights of its clients by providing zealous advocacy, community-oriented defense, and excellent representation. In fulfilling its mission, CPCS is committed to fostering diversity at all levels of the agency. We are dedicated to building a strong professional relationship with each of our clients, to understanding their diverse circumstances, and to meeting their needs. In striving always to achieve those goals, CPCS embraces diversity and inclusion as core values and is steadfast in our commitment to: (1) ensuring that CPCS management and staff members represent a broad range of human difference and experience; (2) providing a work climate that is respectful and that supports success; and (3) promoting the dignity and well-being of all staff members. CPCS's leadership is responsible for ensuring excellence, diversity, and inclusion. Our ability to achieve these goals depends on the efforts of all of us.

The Public Defender Division of CPCS, Lowell District & Superior Court Office, is seeking a Supervising Staff Attorney, with a minimum of five years of experience providing criminal defense representation.

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION MISSION STATEMENT

CPCS is committed to protecting the fundamental constitutional and human rights of its clients by providing zealous advocacy, community-oriented defense, and excellent representation. In fulfilling its mission, CPCS is committed to fostering diversity at all levels of the agency. We are dedicated to building a strong professional relationship with each of our clients, to understanding their diverse circumstances, and to meeting their needs. In striving always to achieve those goals, CPCS embraces diversity and inclusion as core values and is steadfast in our commitment to: (1) ensuring that CPCS management and staff members represent a broad range of human difference and experience; (2) providing a work climate that is respectful and that supports success; and (3) promoting the dignity and well-being of all staff members. CPCS's leadership is responsible for ensuring excellence, diversity, and inclusion. Our ability to achieve these goals depends on the efforts of all of us.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Public Defender Division of CPCS, Lowell District & Superior Court Office, is seeking a Supervising Staff Attorney, with a minimum of five years of experience providing criminal defense representation. Under the direction of the office’s Attorney in Charge, the Supervising Attorney will assist in the supervision of Trial Attorneys, and will also have his or her own reduced caseload. Clients are indigent persons charged with criminal offenses within the final jurisdiction of the respective court office.

As of January 6, 2019, the salary scale for this position will be $73,500 - $107,500.

The Public Defender Division of CPCS, Lowell District & Superior Court Office, is seeking a Supervising Staff Attorney, with a minimum of five years of experience providing criminal defense representation. Under the direction of the office’s Attorney in Charge, the Supervising Attorney will assist in the supervision of Trial Attorneys, and will also have his or her own reduced caseload. Clients are indigent persons charged with criminal offenses within the final jurisdiction of the respective court office.

As of January 6, 2019, the salary scale for this position will be $73,500 - $107,500.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The direct representation duties of the Supervising Staff Attorney include:

- client interviews;
- arraignment and bail advocacy;
- legal research and writing;
- pretrial investigation including visiting crime scenes, locating and interviewing witnesses, collecting and reviewing
documentary evidence;
- preparing and arguing pretrial motions, affidavits and legal memoranda;
- dispositional investigations and advocacy;
- jury and bench trials of criminal cases; and,
- representation of clients in interlocutory proceedings.

The supervisory duties of the Supervising Staff Attorney include, but are not limited to, the following in accordance with the CPCS Guidelines for Supervision of Public Defender Trial Attorneys in District and Superior Court Offices:

- regular one-on-one meetings with individual supervisees to review case files, as well as group meetings, to review case
preparation and performance;
- in-court supervision, including second-seating of trials and significant pretrial hearings;
- preparation of annual performance evaluations;
- presentation of in-office training sessions; and
- supervision of other staff, such as investigators and student interns, as delegated by the office’s Attorney in Charge.

EEO Statement

The Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnicity, sex, disability, religion, age, veteran or military status, genetic information, gender identity, or sexual orientation as required by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and other applicable federal and state statutes and organizational policies. Applicants who have questions about equal employment opportunity or who need reasonable accommodations can contact the Director of Human Resources Management, Lisa Bacon.