Staff Attorney - Judge Richard Brown

Purpose of Position

The purpose of this position is to assist the Judge in the research, drafting, and decision‑making process; conduct research and advise the Judge on legal issues that may arise in a hearing or bench trial; assist attorneys with procedural questions/issues, and ensure case flow and case management of pending actions.

Essential Job Functions:

• Researches statutory law, case law, and procedure germane to civil and criminal matters pending before the court; uses online and hard copy research sources; composes/drafts decisions and/or entries; proofreads and edits Judge’s decisions/entries
• Drafts decisions and entries related to motions and other requests pending before the court; categorizes, files, and removes from files draft copies of decisions; files courtesy copies
• Locates case citations for court reporter
• Conducts status conferences related to motion practice, discovery, etc.; conducts civil pre‑trials; resolves disputes in civil matters with respect to continuances, discovery issues, case management issues, etc.
• Receives and responds to questions via telephone or live requests regarding civil cases
• Retrieves files and papers from Clerk’s office
• Coordinates with Judge, Magistrate, other staff, attorneys, and litigants; answers inquiries from attorneys, litigants, Bailiffs, and Judge
• Coordinates hearing dates for special matters; provides general management of civil docket
• Identifies and requests deletion of motions which have been decided or should not be on the current‑motion list
• Edits jury instructions in civil and criminal cases
• Attends professional seminars
• Performs other related duties as required

The aforementioned duties are normal for this position. These are not to be construed as exclusive or all‑inclusive. Other duties may be required and assigned.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required to Perform

Essential Job Functions:

• Ability to coordinate, manage, and/or correlate data, including exercising judgment in determining time, place, and/or sequence of operations, referencing data analyses to determine the necessity for revision of organizational components, and in the formulation of operational strategy.
• Ability to function in a managerial capacity for a division or organizational unit. Includes the ability to make decisions on procedural and technical levels.
• Ability to operate, maneuver, and/or control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools, and/or materials used in performing essential functions.
• Ability to utilize consulting and advisory data and information, as well as reference, descriptive, and/or design data and information as applicable.
• Ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; ability to calculate decimals and percentages; may include the ability to perform mathematical operations with fractions; may include the ability to compute discount, interest, and ratios; may include the ability to calculate surface areas, volumes, weights, and measures.
• Ability to apply principles of logical or synthesis functions; to deal with concrete and abstract variables; and to analyze major problems that require complex planning for interrelated activities that can span one or several work units.
• Ability to apply principles of influence systems, such as motivation, incentive, and leadership, and to exercise independent judgment to apply facts and principles for developing approaches and techniques to resolve problems.
• Ability to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form. Involves semi‑routine standardized work with some latitude for independent judgment concerning choices of action.
• Ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness, and creativity in situations involving broader aspects of organizational programs and operations, moderately unstable situations, or the direction, control, and planning of an entire program or set of programs.
• Ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness, and creativity in situations involving the evaluation of information against sensory, judgmental, or subjective criteria, as opposed to that which is measurable or verifiable.
• Ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness,…