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Summary
Title:	Supervising Assistant District Attorney
ID:	902-2026853
Experience:	Lateral
Bureau:	General Crimes Bureau
Civ. Service Title:	Assistant District Attorney
Salary Range:	$150,000-$188,000
Division:	Trial Division
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1. Reasonable Accommodation

The Bronx County District Attorney’s Office provides reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants with disabilities. Applicants who require a reasonable accommodation to participate in any part of the application or interview process may contact Kim Hernandez at (718) 838-6505 or HernandezKi@Bronxda.nyc.gov.

Accommodation requests will be handled separately from the evaluation of an applicant’s qualifications and maintained confidentially to the extent required by law.

2. Additional Document

Please upload a legal writing sample that substantially reflects your own work. The sample may be an excerpt from a longer document. Please redact confidential, privileged, sealed, or personally identifying information before submission.

If the writing sample was edited by another person, please briefly describe the nature and extent of the editing:

3. Prior Experience with the Office

Have you ever been employed by, interned with, volunteered with, or otherwise participated in a program sponsored or conducted by the Bronx County District Attorney’s Office?

This includes employment, internships, externships, clinics, fellowships, volunteer positions, and other Office-sponsored programs.

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If yes, please provide the following information:

Type of participation or position:

Bureau and Division, if known:

Dates of participation:

Supervisor, if known:

4. Eligibility for Appointment

* New York Public Officers Law requires an Assistant District Attorney to be a United States citizen at the time of appointment.

Will you be able to satisfy the United States citizenship requirement by your anticipated appointment date?

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5. Education

Legal Education

* Name of Law School

Date degree Conferred

Undergraduate Education

Name of undergraduate institution

6. Bar Admission and Standing

* Are you currently admitted to practice law in New York State?

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* Are you currently in good standing in New York?

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Date of NYS Bar Admission

Please list every other jurisdiction in which you are or have been admitted to practice law:

Have you ever:

* been denied admission to a bar

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	No

* had a bar-admission application deferred, delayed, or denied;

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	No

* withdrawn a bar-admission application at the request or suggestion of an admissions authority;

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	No

* been suspended, disbarred, censured, admonished, reprimanded, sanctioned, or otherwise disciplined by a court, bar authority, or professional licensing body; or

	Yes
	No

* been the subject of a pending professional disciplinary proceeding?

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A “Yes” response will not automatically disqualify you from consideration.

7. Professional Conduct, Licensing, and Disciplinary History

* Have you ever been reprimanded, censured, suspended, dropped or otherwise disciplined by any school, college, law school, or similar institution for scholastic reasons? for misconduct?

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If yes, please explain.

* Have any licenses/certifications/registrations/privileges issued to you ever been suspended, restricted, or revoked?

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If yes, please explain.

* Are you currently the subject of any pending investigation regarding any licenses/certifications/registrations/privileges or certifications you currently hold?

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If yes, please explain.

* Have you ever been publicly censured or disciplined by any professional disciplinary body?

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If you are an admitted attorney, have you ever been held in contempt of court, or has your conduct ever been criticized in any reported court decision?

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	No

* Have you ever been terminated, reprimanded, censured, suspended, disciplined, or asked to resign by any Employer?

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	No

If yes, please explain.

* Are you currently the subject of any pending employment-related disciplinary or performance-related investigation(s)?

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If yes, please explain. Include the name of the employer, the date of the incident, what action was taken by the employer and any facts you think would be helpful.

8. Conflict Review Questions

The Bronx County District Attorney’s Office welcomes individuals with experience in all facets of the law. To assist the office in evaluating any conflicts with current cases, please answer the following questions. Note a “yes’ to any of these questions will not impact your candidacy for this position

* Are you an attorney working on any pending criminal case prosecuted by the Bronx County District Attorney’s Office?

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* Are you an attorney working on any civil suit against the Bronx County District Attorney’s Office or any employee of the office?

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* Are you otherwise working on a pending civil or criminal case against the Bronx County District Attorney's Office with an attorney, law office, legal clinic, or other legal practice?

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10. Trial Experience

Overall Trial Experience

How many total trials have you participated in as an attorney?:

How many were jury trials?:

How many were bench trials?:

Of those trials, how many did you handle as:

Lead/first-chair counsel:

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How many trials did you take through verdict?:

When was your most recent trial?:

Criminal Trial Experience

How many criminal jury trials have you handled?:

How many involved:

Misdemeanor charges:

Non-violent felony charges:

Violent felony charges:

Courtroom Skills Indicate whether they have independently performed each of the following:

Jury selection/voir dire

	Never
	Assisted/Observed
	Performed as Co-Counsel
	Performed Independently

Opening Statement

	Never
	Assisted/Observed
	Performed as Co-Counsel
	Performed Independently

Direct Examination

	Never
	Assisted/Observed
	Performed as Co-Counsel
	Performed Independently

Cross Examination

	Never
	Assisted/Observed
	Performed as Co-Counsel
	Performed Independently

Supression Hearing

	Never
	Assisted/Observed
	Performed as Co-Counsel
	Performed Independently

Grand Jury Presentations

	Never
	Assisted/Observed
	Performed as Co-Counsel
	Performed Independently

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