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We are sharing with you the announcement below by the Wood County Prosecutor's Office regarding the opening of an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney - Civil Division position . Applicant responses are due by May 27, 2021.
Please direct all of your inquiries per the announcement.
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The office of the Wood County Prosecuting Attorney is accepting applications for a full-time Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for our Civil Division until 4:30 PM on Thursday May 27, 2021.
The attorneys assigned to the Wood County Prosecuting Attorney’s Civil Division provide legal representation to the offices of Wood County’s sixteen elected county officials and the departments they oversee. Further, they represent many agencies within the county, such as Wood County’s libraries, the Wood County Health District, Wood County Job and Family Services, Wood County ADAMHS Board, Wood County Board of Developmental Disabilities, and the Wood County Educational Service Center. Additionally, they represent many of the Wood County School Districts and eighteen of the nineteen Townships and their trustees and fiscal officers. These officials and agencies are set by statute as essentially the only “clients” the office may have. The civil division is not authorized to give legal opinions to individual citizens on private matters.
Representation of the public offices takes two primary forms. The Prosecuting Attorney’s Office directly represents the officials and agencies, acting as legal counsel during the negotiation or evaluation of contracts, advising them on specific legal matters, and prosecuting or defending actions involving the officials in state or federal court. Additionally, the county prosecutor’s office is often called upon to render a legal opinion as to a certain action or issue an official or agency is contemplating. In these instances, the attorneys of the Civil Division will research the issue and prepare a written opinion, setting out the office’s position on the issue and the legal basis for its advice.
Minimum qualifications include a bachelor’s degree, Juris Doctoral degree plus passing of the Ohio Bar examination supplemented by 3 years civil law, legal research, or litigation experience; Public law or county government experience is preferred; or any combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job. Minimum starting salary is $59,633.29, negotiable based on experience with full benefits including OPERS.
To be considered, applicants must submit Wood County Application, Resume, and Cover Letter to:
Annie Wilson, Administrative Director
Wood County Prosecutor’s Office
Fourth Floor, County Office Building
419.354.9250
awilson@woodcountyohio.gov