Employee serves as attorney for the Yakama Nation Public Defender-Legal Aid Services Program and is responsible for providing quality professional legal representation and advice to Tribal member clients in Tribal, Municipal, State and Federal Court systems and/or administrative agencies. Employee is responsible for providing a full range of legal services to Tribal members in areas criminal, dependency, children’s court, fish, and game, civil, family and Federal Indian Law matters, as assigned by the Lead Attorney- Program Manager. Services include legal research, evaluation of potential cases, analysis and preparation of accepted cases, motions, hearings, trials, and appeals. The attorney may be appointed by the court(s) as a Guardian Ad Litem in custody matters. In addition, the attorney will provide legal education and law clinics for the public as assigned.

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