AssistantDistrictAttorney(NS)

**Agency** District Attorney **Division** DISTRICT ATTORNEY 9 **Job Classification Title** Assistant District Attorney (NS) **Position Number** 60007171 **Grade** 30013281 **About Us** DO YOUR CAREER JUSTICE! Each and every day, North Carolina's courts help provide safety for our communities, prosperity for our economy, and protection for the rights, liberties, and freedoms that sit at the foundation of our state and federal constitutions. Consider an exciting and rewarding career with us and join the more than 7,000 elected officials and employees who make up our workforce and help us ensure that justice is administrated without favor, denial, or delay. **Description of Work** SALARY RANGE: $54,369.00 - $101,299.00 The Office of the District Attorney, Prosecutorial District 9, is seeking a qualified attorney to prosecute criminal cases in Wayne County. **Knowledge Skills and Abilities/Management Preferences** Duties include but are not limited to the following: * Screen incoming cases using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of case facts. * Research and identify precedence in case law. * Utilize and evaluate electronic legal research and other research tools; prepare cases for trial. * Write and file any appropriate motions. * Organize work; set priorities; meet critical deadlines; follow up on assignments; and meet with victims of crime. * Caseload may include district and superior court cases. ​ **Knowledge, Skills and Abilities / Competencies:** **Knowledge of:** federal, state, common, and constitutional law; judicial procedures and rules of evidence; case, statutory, and common law; NC General Statutes to prosecute criminal cases; judicial and quasi-judicial procedures; legal research methods, techniques, sources, databases, and other research tools; the principles and protocols for the evidentiary gathering of information, documents, financial records, and other data that may be used in trial court processes, protocols, and strategi