What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant District Attorney position at Coweta County?
Announcement Open Until Monday April 28, 2025, at 5pm
Grade 18; Salary Dependent on Qualifications
Dept/Div: District Attorney’s Office/N/A- FLSA Status: Exempt
General Definition of Work
Performs intermediate professional work serving as prosecutor, preparing cases for prosecution, trying cases in Court, preparing and maintaining files and records, preparing reports, and related work as apparent or assigned. Work is performed under the limited supervision of the Senior Assistant District Attorney.
Qualification Requirements
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Essential Functions
Prepares for and try monthly felony jury trials, which are multi-day trials
Preparation ahead of jury trials including research, drafting motions, preparing witnesses/victims, and preparing exhibits and evidence
Assist Sr. ADAs in major felony cases
Review felony cases to make a prosecution decision (charging, whether to dismiss, determine sentencing recommendations, etc.)
Prepare for and attend multiple court dates a month, other than jury trial weeks, to handle motion hearings, probation violations, grand jury, probable cause hearings, and guilty pleas
Provide assistance to partner agencies, such as local law enforcement, GBI, DCS, DFCS, Coroner, and Child Advocacy Center, federal authorities.
Go to crime scenes/search warrants, the hospital (particularly for child deaths) to interview children, witnesses, and defendants, etc; including shadowing Sr, ADAs doing this on major felonies
Litigates in the appellate courts, including writing briefs and conducting oral arguments
Serving in accountability courts, managing pre-trial diversion caseload, handling welfare fraud caseload, and litigating civil asset forfeiture cases, including evaluation of cases, drafting filings, negotiating cases, and conducting hearings
Making time to be available to the public and media on their cases (e.g. parents of defendants/victims, members of the community who are interested in the case, NAACP members, and citizens who believe they are a crime victim)
Encourages and promotes a culture of excellent service.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Knowledge of the law of evidence and criminal procedure, knowledge of legal research and ability to conduct legal research. Ability to prepare cases for prosecution with minimal assistance; ability to present cases through the questioning of witnesses and introduction of relevant evidence; ability to argue motions, objections and sentences; ability to read, analyze and interpret complex legal documents; ability to express complex ideas orally and in writing; ability to speak extemporaneously and persuasively; ability to apply principles of logical thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems; ability to handle difficult trial and appellate litigation; ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with judges, attorneys, law enforcement officials, Federal officials, State officials, County officials, witnesses and the general public.
Education and Experience
PhD and Juris Doctorate required. Experience practicing as a criminal prosecutor or defense attorney is helpful but not required.
Physical Requirements
This work requires the occasional exertion of up to 10 pounds of force; work regularly requires sitting, speaking or hearing and using hands to finger, handle or feel, frequently requires reaching with hands and arms and repetitive motions and occasionally requires standing, walking, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, pushing or pulling and lifting; work has standard vision requirements; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word and conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly or quickly; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels and to receive detailed information through oral communications and/or to make fine distinctions in sound; work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data and observing general surroundings and activities; work has no exposure to environmental conditions; work is generally in a moderately noisy location (e.g. business office, light traffic).
Special Requirements
Possession of license to practice law in the State of Georgia.
Complete the State Bar’s Transition into Law Practice Program within 1 year of hire
Member of Georgia State Bar in good standing.
Favorable background history as determined by review of local, State and Federal records.
Valid driver’s license in the State of Georgia with a favorable driving history (MVR).
Last Revised: 1/22/2025
