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Trial Team Leader - Office of Juvenile Officer

Jackson County MO · US

Department: Office of Juvenile Officer County or State funded: County Exempt of Non-exempt: Exempt Paygrade: C-120 Salary pay range: $73,944. 00 - $92,414.

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Department: Office of Juvenile Officer County or State funded: County: Exempt of Non-exempt: Exempt: Paygrade: C-120: Salary pay range: $73,944.00 - $92,414.40 Basic Function and Responsibility: This is complex and varied professional legal work in providing research, counsel and representation of the chief juvenile officer. The trial team leader and the chief juvenile officer and designee(s), have an attorney-client relationship and the managing attorney for the chief juvenile officer acts as legal counsel to, and a representative of, the chief juvenile officer and designee(s) by providing legal research, analysis, counsel and representation of the chief juvenile officer in hearings, trials and appeals, and ensuring the effective execution of legal services, consistent with the direction of the chief juvenile officer, seeking results consistent with the statutory responsibilities and directives of the chief juvenile officer and in the best interest of the children and families served by the court. The trial team leader leads a team of staff members, including but not limited to, attorneys and paralegals, organizing work assigned and ensuring work performance standards are met by t...