Mitigation Assistance Specialist

Position Overview: The Holistic Services Division of the Harris County Public Defender’s Office seeks an enthusiastic, dedicated non-capital mitigation assistance specialist ("specialist") to join our team. The specialist will work closely with attorneys and clients to identify mitigating evidence to support the client’s criminal defense team. Applicants should have excellent writing, research, and communication skills, and they should have experience authoring formal mitigation memoranda, compiling psychosocial histories, and conducting thorough client/witness interviews for use in criminal pre-trial negotiations and sentencing. The specialist must manage a caseload of clients charged with...