Appellate Court Attorney A-D

Closing Date: 23rd April, 2024

Description:

Duties:
Responsibilities:

• Review, evaluate, and analyze briefs, petitions, motions, and other pertinent documents filed in a particular case in order to determine factual accuracy, legal issues on appeal, and scope and complexity of issues raised.
• Prepare written statements of facts pursuant to rules of appellate review.
• Analyze legal issues raised by parties.
• Read and apply cases, statutes, constitutional provisions, and rules of court cited by parties.
• Conduct independent research for relevant cases, statutes, court rules, and secondary sources not cited by parties.
• Research legislative history and intent of particular statutes.
• Draft conference memoranda, opinions, orders, and requests for supplemental briefing.
• Use citator services to verify precedential value of citations.
• Consult with other attorneys and/or professional staff regarding issues on appeal.
• Attend oral arguments.
• Review, evaluate, and analyze petitions for rehearing.
• Serve on court committees as required.
• Conduct special legal research and assignments when requested, including editing of work prepared by court externs.

Minimum Requirements:
This position does not have a Classification Specification. Requirements and qualifications for this position can be found in this announcement. For additional questions, please contact the hiring department listed below.

• Appellate Court Attorney, Level A
• Appellate Court Attorney, Level B
• Appellate Court Attorney, Level C
• Appellate Court Attorney, Level D
• Senior Appellate Court Attorney

Desirable Qualifications:
In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate:

• Level A: Active membership in the State Bar of California.
• Level B: Active membership in the State Bar of California and the equivalent of two years of post-bar legal experience in a legal setting such as a private law practice, corporation, government agency, law school, court, or legal publishing company.
• Or
• Equivalent to two years of post-bar legal experience in a legal setting as described above, including one year of experience as an appellate attorney, Level A, with the judicial branch.
• Level C: Active membership in the State Bar of California and the equivalent of three years of post-bar legal experience in a legal setting such as a private law practice, corporation, government agency, law school, court, or legal publishing company.
• Or
• One year of experience as an appellate attorney, Level B, with the judicial branch.
• Level D: Active membership in the State Bar of California and the equivalent of four years of post-bar legal experience in a legal setting such as a private law practice, corporation, government agency, law school, court, or legal publishing company.
• Or
• One year of experience as an appellate attorney, Level C, with the judicial branch.
• Senior: Active membership in the State Bar of California and the equivalent of six years of post-bar legal experience, including substantial appellate experience, in a legal setting such as a private law practice, corporation, government agency, law school, court, or legal publishing company.
• Or
• Two years of experience as an appellate attorney, Level D, with the judicial branch.

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