Attorney I County Attorney Civil Division Health Law Unit

This job was posted by https://www.azjobconnection.gov : For more information, please see: https://www.azjobconnection.gov/jobs/7605717 # Job Description Summary Department - County Attorney # Job Description OPEN UNTIL FILLED Job Type: Unclassified Job Classification: 3001 - Attorney I Salary Grade: A2 Pay Range Pay Range: $84,947 - $161,387 Annually Range Explanation: - Hiring Range is an estimate of where you can receive an offer. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, training, and internal equity. {=html} - Pay Range is the entire compensation range for the position. The first review of applications will be on 10/09/2026. The Pima County Attorneys Office Civil Division is seeking an attorney for the Health Law Unit. Candidates must be able to demonstrate an interest in public health law. The ideal candidate is self-motivated, detail-orientated, personable yet firm, and challenge-ready! This classification is unclassified is in the unclassified service and is exempt from the Pima County Merit Rules. Essential Functions: \ As defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, this classification may include any of the following tasks, knowledge, skills, and other characteristics. This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by incumbents of this class. Work assignments may vary depending on the departments need and will be communicated to the applicant or incumbent by the supervisor. - Prosecutes or defends a variety of criminal or civil cases in Justice Court, Juvenile Court, Superior Court, Federal Court, and Appellate Courts which may include misdemeanor, felony, dependency, delinquency, mental health, guardianship, conservatorship, probate administration, contract, tort, environmental, real estate, tax issues, child support, or appellate cases; - Represents County departments, boards and commissions in civil litigation and administrative matters; - Engages in negotiations for compromise and settlement of cases and complies with Victims Rights; - Engages in pretrial, trial, post-trial and appellate practice as required by cases; - Prepares litigation, deposes witnesses, provides witness notification, and conducts bench and jury trials; - Researches legal questions; - Researches and drafts legal motions, pleadings, briefs and other legal documents; - Reviews, evaluates, and participates in investigations; - Complies with all rules regulating professional responsibility; - Upholds the values and goals of the assigned Department and County. Minimum Qualifications: \ Juris Doctorate. Qualifying education and experience must be clearly documented in the "Education" and "Work Experience" sections of the application. Do not substitute a resume for your application or write "see resume" on your application. Selection Procedure: Pima County Human Resources Department reserves the right to admit to the selection process only those candidates that meet the minimum qualifications. All applications will be assessed based on an evaluation of the listed education and experience. Candidates meeting the minimum qualifications may be further evaluated/scored against any advertised Preferred Qualifications. The hiring authority will interview and select the successful candidate from a referral list provided by Human Resources. Additional assessments/testing may be required as part of the selection process.