Important Notices, 0115 ALBJ, 76 The Alabama Lawyer 14 (2015)

IMPORTANT NOTICES

Vol. 76 No. 1 Pg. 14

Alabama Bar Lawyer

January 2015

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0Position Offered: Director, Office of Indigent Defense Services.

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0Description

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0The director of the Office of Indigent Defense Services shall have responsibility over a major division in the Department of Finance that governs the provision of defense services to indigent persons. Supervision is exercised over a staff of personnel including accountants, clerical and/or attorney positions. The director shall work independently, determining his/her own procedures and making major work decisions. The director shall operate under the general direction of the finance director.

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0Examples of Work Performed

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0• Administer and coordinate the operations of the office and all divisions within the office and supervise compliance among the local indigent defense advisory boards with rules, procedures, regulations, and standards adopted by the office which meet the goals set forth in Act 2011-678;

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0• Develops and improves programs to provide legal representation to indigents;

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0• Develop policies and procedures for the determination of indigency and partial indigency;

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0• Prescribe minimum experience, training and other qualifications for appointed counsel, contract counsel and public defenders in all types of cases, including capital cases;

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0• Provide caseload management and develops performance standards for various counsel;

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0• Monitor performance of all counsel (appointed, contract and public defender] and provide recommendations to the local indigent defense advisory boards on necessary changes to systems;

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0• Establish criteria for independent, competent and efficient representation of clients whose cases present conflicts of interest;

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0• Determine the methods of providing indigent defense service in the appellate courts;

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0• Participate in training on the various delivery systems to attorney and circuit judges;

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0• Coordinate the services of the office with any federal, county, private or other programs established to provide assistance to indigent persons entitled to representation and consult with professional organizations concerning the implementation and improvement of programs for providing indigent services;

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0• Prepare and submit annually to the finance director a proposed budget for the provision of statewide indigent defense services, and prepare and submit an annual report containing pertinent data on the operations, costs and needs of the state's indigent defense system and other information to the Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, to the Alabama Legislature and to the governor;

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0• Coordinate the development and implementation of rules, policies, procedures, regulations and standards to carry out the provisions of the office and comply with all applicable laws and standards;

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0• Maintain proper records of all financial transactions related to the operation of the office;

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0• Provide and compensate attorneys, experts and other practitioners who provide services related to legal representation of indigents;

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0• Establish procedures for the recoupment of fees, expenses, salaries and other expenses;

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0• Apply for and accept on behalf of the office funds that may become available from any source, including government, nonprofit or private grants, gifts or bequests;

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0• Provide for the training of attorneys and other staff involved in the legal representation of persons subject to the provisions of this office;

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