This file updated:  Wednesday, January 06, 2010.

Georgia Appellate Practice and Educational Resource Center
Senior Staff Attorney Position Available

Established in 1988, the Georgia Resource Center is a non-profit law office with a national reputation for innovative, spirited, and unrelenting representation of its death-sentenced clients. The Center is responsible for ensuring that Georgia's indigent death row inmates are adequately represented in state and federal post-conviction proceedings.

Qualifications:
Member of the Georgia Bar or willing to seek admission at the earliest opportunity; Excellent writing and research skills; Understanding of mental health and mental retardation issues and protocol; Experience in capital litigation; capital post-conviction litigation preferred.

Duties:
Providing writing and case strategy assistance to staff attorneys; Undertaking all aspects of habeas corpus litigation including digesting record, identifying habeas issues as well investigative and expert needs, legal research, drafting pleadings, working with investigators and experts, conducting investigation and depositions, and appearing in court; Providing legal and investigative assistance to pro bono attorneys; Preparing expert and lay witnesses and presenting evidence at state evidentiary hearings..

Salary: Negotiable based upon experience.

Procedure: Interested candidates should send a cover letter discussing their special experience and talents and explaining their interest in death penalty work, resume, professional references and brief writing sample to:

Mary Shellman
Georgia Resource Center
303 Elizabeth Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30307
(404) 222-9202
e-mail: georgiaresource@mindspring.com

Application deadline: Open until Position Filled

The Georgia Resource Center is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

(Posted on G.A.C.D.L. website12/4/09)

Houston County Public Defender Office

The Houston County Public Defender's Office has an open position for Assistant Public Defender with a salary range from $46,300.80 to $56,368.00.

Houston is an opt-out circuit and operates under a different pay scale and benefits package than the state system. Applications and resumes should be directed to the Personnel Department in Warner Robins or call 478-542-2005. That information will then be forwarded to my office and interviews scheduled.

Nick White
Houston County Public Defender
201 Perry Pkwy
Perry, GA 31069
478-218-4870
Fax 478- 218-4875
nwhite@houstoncountyga.org

(Posted on G.A.C.D.L. website11/30/09)

Georgia Capital Defender, Tifton Office

The Office of the Georgia Capital Defender has an opening for a lead or co-counsel qualified attorney in death penalty litigation for the Tifton Office. Applicant must be a member in good standing of the Georgia Bar for at least three years, with significant felony trial experience and be qualified to serve as lead or co-counsel under the Unified Appeal procedure (see USCR Rule 34 (II) (Note: 10 hours of training can be obtained after hiring). Duties include direct representation of clients in cases in which the death penalty is begin sought, primarily in the southern part of Georgia, as well as normal trial preparation, working with case teams, including attorney and mitigation team members, travel to and from court, etc. Prior capital litigation is a plus but applicants with significant non-capital litigation experience will be equally considered.

Starting salary: Salary range is dependent on level of experience, with full state benefits.

Send resumes to:

Gerald P. Word, Director
Georgia Capital Defender
225 Peachtree Street, NE
Suite 900, South Tower
Atlanta, GA 30303

or to jword@gacapdef.org.

Resumes should also include (1) a list of professional references familiar with your courtroom work; (2) a summary of significant criminal trial experience, and for capital cases, please include the name of the case, jurisdiction, type of case, name of judge, charges, and outcome; and (3) a writing sample.

Deadline: Position posting will remain open until filled.

(Posted on G.A.C.D.L. website11/4/09)