Closing Date: 16th May, 2024
Description:
A Government Entity offers a generous benefit package including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, paid time off, paid holidays, tuition assistance, continuing education programs, employee assistance programs, and State Retirement and Pension plans. Telework may also be available. Telework eligibility is based on job functions and the approval of the Administrative Head.Main Purpose of the Role:
- The Staff Attorney position is assigned to the Clerk?s Office in the Appellate Court of Maryland. The incumbent will have two major functions.
- Manage the workflow of motions filed with the Court, which involves reviewing and analyzing motions, conducting research, applying statutes, rules, caselaw, and Court policies to prepare recommendations for the Chief Judge, other judges, and for Panels of judges of the Court. Presentations to judges may be made both orally and in writing. The employee drafts orders for judges? review and signature.
- Assists in the review of Opinions prior to filing to check for formatting, typographical, citation or other errors. The employee will work with judges to make necessary corrections to Opinions prior to filing.
Education: Juris Doctorate and a member in good standing of the Maryland Bar
Experience: Two (2) years legal work experience to include legal research, analysis, and writing.
Preferred: Three (3) years of experience in the legal profession following graduation from law school. Prior appellate experience, legal clerkship, or other related experience preferred. Experience in providing concise oral presentations of legal issues, analysis, and recommendations. Experience with public service preferred.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Knowledge: Maryland legal resources (Statutes, case law, and Rules) and the appellate process sufficient to prepare memoranda for the Court on assigned cases.
Skills: Use of word processing programs (e.g. Word) to draft memoranda and proposed orders for judges and appellate panels. Use of legal research tools (e.g. Lexis/Westlaw/library resources) to conduct legal research on issues presented by the litigants and the record. Citation formatting using standard citation references (e.g. Bluebook). Independently write concise and clear legal analysis with grammatical precision.
Deal appropriately with lawyers, court staff, and litigants. Respectfully and calmly explain oftentimes complex legal situations. Identify and analyze case administration issues and solutions. Identify and analyze evolving issues impacting appellate issues.
Abilities: Analyze legal issues, the record, and arguments of the parties and apply independent legal research to reach conclusions resolving issues raised on appeal. Work independently with little or no supervision to track motions workflow, prioritize work, determine the appropriate treatment of motions, prepare comprehensive analyses both orally and in writing to the judges of the Court, provide a recommended resolution to the judges, prepare proposed orders for judges. Self-edit independent work.
