Title: Staff Attorney
State Role Title:
Hiring Range: $90,000-$98,726
Pay Band: 6
Agency: Comm Attys' Services Council
Location:
Agency Website: https://www.cas.state.va.us/
Recruitment Type: General Public - G
Job Duties
Key Responsibilities:
• Develop, prepare, and conduct state-wide and local training programs for prosecutors and law enforcement officers.
• Create and revise training curricula and materials to meet the needs of prosecutors and law enforcement.
• Provide legal and technical assistance to prosecutors.
• Analyze proposed legislation.
• Research prosecution-related issues.
Specific Duties:
• Administer and coordinate programs on topics including economic crimes, electronic evidence, insurance fraud, asset forfeiture, narcotics prosecution, and basic prosecutor training for prosecutors.
• Prepare legal training materials and disseminate them via Webinars and Prosecutor’s Encyclopedia.
• Regularly maintain and update Prosecutor’s Encyclopedia to include new training materials, online MCLE training, and legal resources for Virginia prosecutors.
• Provide legal and fiscal analysis of proposed legislation for Virginia prosecutors and the Executive Branch for internal analysis.
• Provide legal updates on new legislation and court rulings to Virginia prosecutors and law enforcement partners.
• Deliver direct legal training on specific issues as requested by Virginia prosecutors.
• Collaborate with the Virginia Information Technology Agency to ensure IT reporting, compliance, and security.
• Prepare mandatory agency reports and oversee IT compliance tasks, including monitoring security training and protocol adherence.
• Manage physical IT assets and provide technical and A/V support for CASC programs as needed.
• Serve as a liaison with other Virginia agencies to address the training needs of Virginia prosecutors.
• Applicants must be able to travel frequently. Position requires frequent travel (sometimes multiple times per month) and some travel may last up to 6 days per event.
Minimum Qualifications
Qualifications:
• Membership in the Virginia State Bar.
• Significant prosecution-related experience and a demonstrated commitment to fair and just prosecution of criminal offenses.
• Significant experience teaching and instructing prosecutors and/or law enforcement.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and proficiency in all Microsoft Office applications.
• Applicants must be able to travel frequently. Position requires frequent travel (sometimes multiple times per month) and some travel may last up to 6 days per event.
Additional Considerations
• Position is classified as a telework position. Applicant must reside in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
• Applicants must be able to travel frequently. Position requires frequent travel (sometimes multiple times per month) and some travel may last up to 6 days per event.
Special Instructions
You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.
• Applicants must be able to travel frequently. Position requires frequent travel (sometimes multiple times per month) and some travel may last up to 6 days per event.
Contact Information
Name: Elliott Casey, Director
Phone: 757-585-4370
Email: ejcasey@wm.edu
In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.
Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.