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Job Description
Description
1.Ready to grow your career in public defense?
2.Bring your skills to a team that will help you to sharpen them.
3.Looking for meaning in your work? You'll find it here.
Join the El Dorado County Public Defender’s Office.
We’re hiring an Associate Attorney.
Get real courtroom experience. Make a real impact.
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“We’re a small, dedicated team fighting for fairness in a justice system that isn’t always fair. As an Associate Attorney in the El Dorado County Public Defender’s Office, you’ll get hands-on courtroom experience defending clients in misdemeanor, juvenile, and conservatorship cases. You’ll grow your skills with real responsibility-and you’ll never be on your own.”
We are currently recruiting for the following:- One vacancy for Associate Attorney located in Shingle Springs and South Lake Tahoe, CA
The selected candidate may be eligible for the following recruitment incentives:- Up to $6,000 to be paid in equal installments for the first twenty-six (26) consecutive biweekly pay periods in the position.
- A fixed amount of additional vacation leave to be accrued in equal installments in each of the first twenty-six (26) consecutive biweekly pay periods of employment.
- Up to $6,000 relocation expense reimbursement for moving expenses for the candidate’s household, including pets, when the candidate's primary residence is more than one hundred (100) miles from the assigned work location using the shortest commonly traveled route.
*Recruitment incentive and relocation expense reimbursement eligibility and administration are subject to the County of El Dorado Personnel Rules . Current County of El Dorado Employees are not eligible to receive recruitment incentives or reimbursement.
*Employees residing in the Tahoe basin may be eligible to a Tahoe differential of up to $101.53, paid twenty-four (24) benefit pay periods and Geographical differential of up to $200.00. paid twenty-four (24) pay periods per year.
Public defense in El Dorado County means more than just a job-it’s impact you can see, in a place you’ll love calling home. You’ll join a tight-knit team that has each other’s backs, led by people who aren’t afraid to step in when it counts. And when the workday ends, the mountains, lakes, and wine country are waiting.
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El Dorado County is one of the most beautiful counties in the state of California.
You can avoid the valley commute and fog and take in the natural beauty.
Check out our video to learn more!
The County of El Dorado is committed to providing a comprehensive, flexible benefits program to meet your needs!
For your Health and Well-Being:- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Flexible Spending Accounts - FSA & HSA
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Basic Life Insurance
- Long Term Disability (LTD)
- County sponsored Wellness program
- Discounts on gym memberships
For your Financial Future:- CalPERS Retirement
- Deferred Compensation (457) Plans
- Optional Life Insurance
For your Work/Life Balance:- Paid Holidays
- Floating Holidays
- Vacation and sick leave accruals
- Management, personal and bereavement leave
Below is a comprehensive benefit summary based on full-time, regular employment for the bargaining unit to which this classification is assigned.
Revised 1/2025, valid until modified by successor MOU or negotiated agreement.
To learn more about the benefits offered by the County of El Dorado please visit our website located here .
Extra help employees are not considered regular employees, therefore do not attain civil service status, and do not receive benefits or paid leaves; however, they do accrue sick leave consistent with the law.
Closing Date/Time: 6/23/2026 11:59 PM Pacific -
ABOUT THE COMPANY
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County of El Dorado
Show moreThe County of El Dorado is a charter county and employs more than 1,800 employees with an all funds operating budget of approximately $605 million. The governing body is the Board of Supervisors which is comprised of elected representatives from each of the five voting districts.
El Dorado County encompasses 1,786 square miles that range from the eastern edge of the Sacramento Valley to the peaks of the Sierra-Nevada’s. Our western border is 30 minutes from the State Capitol and only 20 minutes away from over one million acres of breathtaking national forest. The vast size of our county also means that our offices are spread from El Dorado Hills to South Lake Tahoe. Of course, our services are not just office-based, as the County of El Dorado also maintains the famous Rubicon Trail, manages the whitewater recreation on the South Fork of the American River, educates visitors on our Gold Rush days at the El Dorado County Historical Museum, and provides many other services to our residents and visitors.
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