STAFF ATTORNEY (Exempt Employee) Purpose of Job: To provide high quality legal advice/representation professional advocacy and other appropriate legal services for low-income clients.  As an Attorney in our office, you will get the opportunity to practice regularly in magistrate, family, and circuit court. The main areas of practice will include housing, family law, unemployment, custody, […]

Nature of Work Under administrative direction, represents children, unless otherwise provided, in establishing paternity, establishing child support orders, enforcing support orders, proceeding in Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (URESA) cases, making recommendations regarding child support or spousal support, enforcing spousal support obligations, and related matters including, but not limited to, providing informational pamphlets to […]

The successful candidate will be responsible for the daily management and supervision of assistant public defenders and staff serving clients in Lincoln and Boone Counties. Additional responsibilities include representing clients charged with felonies including felony jury trials. Salary of up to $102,300 and benefits possible based on experience.

FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA July 7, 2023 POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT 2023-02 ASSISTANT FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER The Federal Public Defender for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Charleston, is accepting applications for the position of Assistant Federal Public Defender.  The Federal Public Defender operates under authority of the Criminal Justice Act, U.S.C. […]