1. Broad, extensive, and progressively responsible administrative experience as an attorney in criminal law; or,
2. equivalent combination of training, education, and experience would provide the required knowledge, abilities, and license.
Possession of a valid California Class C Driver's License.
Knowledge of: philosophy and practice of public defense in the United States; duties, powers, limitations, and responsibility of the Public Defender's Officer; methods and problems of administering the work of a governmental law office; legal principles and their application with emphasis on criminal law; rules of evidence and the conduct of court proceedings; legal research methods; principles of personnel management and supervision.
Job Description: This is an at-will department head class. The incumbent is exempt from Civil Service and serves at the pleasure of the Board of Supervisors and County Administrator. This position is responsible for the administration and direction of a staff engaged in the defense of persons who are not financially able to employ counsel and who are charged with the commission of contempt or offenses triable in the Superior, Municipal, and Justice Courts, or who are parties to certain other specified civil actions.
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Definition: Under general administrative direction, to plan,
organize and direct the legal activities and services of the Public
Defender's Office; and to do related work as required.
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