Alaska trial lawyer

Openings for attorney positions are posted below. For notification of job openings applicants should sign up for the job openings mailing list. Trial attorneys for the Alaska Public Defender Agency provide court-appointed legal representation to indigent individuals in criminal cases.

Job provides excellent state benefits. Salary range is commensurate with experience and dependent on location COLA included :. These positions typically involve in-state travel to handle cases outside of Anchorage. One aspect of the Agency's mission is to provide constitutionally mandated legal representation to indigent parents in CINA cases appointed by the court. The Agency's Civil attorneys provide legal advice and representation in CINA cases and assist parents or custodians in obtaining needed services for their families.

Applicants for these positions must possess outstanding writing and analytical skills and be able to work independently to research and compose legal briefs as well as possess strong oral advocacy skills. Applicants must be admitted to the Alaska bar, be willing to sit for the next Alaska Bar exam, or be eligible for bar admission by reciprocity.

Prior legal experience preferred. Some lawyers have special titles. In general, a lawyer who represents the State of Alaska in a criminal case is an assistant district attorney, and a lawyer who represents the state in a civil case is an assistant attorney general. Any lawyer who represents state or local government in a criminal case may be called the prosecutor or the prosecuting attorney. A lawyer appointed by the court to represent a defendant in a criminal case because the defendant cannot afford to hire his or her own lawyer is usually employed by the Public Defender Agency and is referred to as an assistant public defender.

Opinions explain in detail the legal reasoning supporting the decision and are published in the official Pacific Reporter and Alaska Reporter. Orders rule summarily on the merits of cases or dismiss them, include little or no legal reasoning, and are not published in the official reporters. The Supreme Court has final state appellate jurisdiction in civil and criminal matters as follows: Appeals.

The Supreme Court must accept appeals from final decisions by the Superior Court in civil cases including cases which originated in administrative agencies. Discretionary Matters. The Supreme Court may exercise its discretion to accept: Petitions for Hearing of final appellate decisions of the Court of Appeals criminal or Superior Court civil ; Petitions for Review of non-final orders by the Court of Appeals in criminal cases and the Superior Court in civil cases; and Original Applications in matters for which relief is not otherwise available, including bar admission and attorney discipline matters and questions of state law certified from the federal courts.

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The Court of Appeals has jurisdiction to hear appeals in cases involving criminal prosecutions, post-conviction relief, juvenile delinquency, extradition, habeas corpus, probation and parole, bail, and the excessiveness or leniency of a sentence, as follows: Appeals. The Court of Appeals must accept appeals from final decisions by the Superior Court or the District Court in criminal cases.

For more than 40 years, Choate Law Firm has defended the rights of individuals to seek justice against those who have wrongfully caused them injury or death. Based in Juneau, Alaska, our firm has represented people from all over Alaska and our country in courtrooms in Alaska, California, Hawaii, Washington, and other states. At Choate Law Firm we are proud to call ourselves trial lawyers. We specialize in the art and science of presenting cases to a jury from the communities we serve because we believe that trial is where truth is told.

Our clients can trust that we will never compromise their best interests to avoid the risk of trial. When a wrongdoer has harmed our client in violation of the law, we stand ready to ask a jury to defend our client's rights and hold the wrongdoer responsible for what they have taken from our client's life.