Assistant State’s Attorney

Full-time

No

Salary:
This is a full-time bargaining unit exempt position with a starting salary of $90,000.


## Job Opportunity: Assistant State’s Attorney, Child Protection Division – Juvenile Justice Bureau

### Organization: Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office

The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office is looking for an Assistant State’s Attorney to join their Child Protection Division – Juvenile Justice Bureau. The primary responsibility of the role is to manage a daily court call and handle the various aspects of a caseload of child protection matters. This is a full-time bargaining unit exempt position with a starting salary of $90,000.

### Duties and Responsibilities:

- Reviewing DCFS and social service agency documentation, medical, psychiatric, school and law enforcement records related to child abuse and neglect petitions
- Interviewing and preparing witnesses and developing child protection cases for trials and corollary hearings
- Conducting daily litigation including motion practice, adjudication and termination of parental rights trials and permanency hearings in all phases of child protection proceedings
- Interacting with victims, DCFS investigators, social workers, foster care caseworkers, judges, law enforcement, family members, foster parents, social service agency providers and clinicians, community representatives, medical professionals and mental health professionals to achieve the best outcomes for children and families

### Minimum Qualifications:

- Litigation experience (including clerkship/internship) including trial work and legal writing
- Work experience in the child welfare social work field
- A strong interest in child protection and/or family law
- An understanding of and a commitment to family reunification principles

### Preferred Qualifications:

- Prior child protection trial experience

### Application Process:

To apply, forward a copy of your resume and statement of interest to Tolu Tepede, Legal Hiring at . In your statement of interest, please answer the following questions:

1. Why are you interested in the Child Protection Assistant State’s Attorney position?
2. What in your professional experience has prepared you to succeed in this role?

### Equal Employment Opportunity:

The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office (CCSAO) is an equal opportunity employer, which seeks to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. The CCSAO does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. Upon request, the CCSAO will provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals due to a disability or pregnancy.

### Physical Requirements:

Light work involves lifting no more than 20 pounds at a time with frequent lifting or carrying of objects weighing up to 10 pounds. Even though the weight lifted may be very little, a job is in this category when it requires a good deal of walking or standing, or when it involves sitting most of the time with some pushing and pulling of arm or leg controls. To be considered capable of performing a full or wide range of light work, you must have the ability to do substantially all of these activities. If someone can do light work, we determine that he or she can also do sedentary work, unless there are additional limiting factors such as loss of fine dexterity or inability to sit for long periods of time.

### Covid:

Pursuant to the Executive Order 2021-1 and State’s Attorney’s Mandatory Covid-19 Vaccination Policy, the selected candidate will be required to either submit proof of full vaccination (thru first booster) or submit a request for a reasonable accommodation prior to start of employment. The link below provides direct access to the full text of Executive Order 2021-1. The State’s Attorney Covid-19 Vaccination Policy will be provided immediately after employment, for the uploading of your vaccination card. Selected candidates can make a request for accommodation during the Pre-Boarding meeting.

### Salary:

This is a full-time bargaining unit exempt position with a starting salary of $90,000.

### Job Opportunity at the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office: Assistant State’s Attorney, Child Protection Division – Juvenile Justice Bureau

The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office (CCSAO) is looking for an Assistant State’s Attorney to join their Child Protection Division – Juvenile Justice Bureau. This is a full-time bargaining unit exempt position with a starting salary of $90,000.

### Job Description

The primary responsibility of the role is to manage a daily court call and handle the various aspects of a caseload of child protection matters. This includes, but is not limited to:

- Reviewing DCFS and social service agency documentation, medical, psychiatric, school and law enforcement records related to child abuse and neglect petitions
- Interviewing and preparing witnesses and developing child protection cases for trials and corollary hearings
- Conducting daily litigation including motion practice, adjudication and termination of parental rights trials and permanency hearings in

Litigation, Legal Writing, Trial Work, Interviewing Witnesses

Forward a copy of your resume and statement of interest to Tolu Tepede, Legal Hiring at

Qualification and Experience Prior litigation (clerkship/internship experience will be considered) including trial work and legal writing and/or work in the child welfare social work field; A strong interest in child protection and or family law and An understanding of, and a commitment to, family reunification principles

Legal