Openings:
2nd Circuit (Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell Counties) 4 positions
Job Title: Assistant Solicitor
Description: General Prosecution
Qualifications: Active Member of the SC Bar; prefer completed 403 requirements
Starting Salary: $75,000
Contact: Jack Hammack, Assistant Solicitor jhammack@aikencountysc.gov
3rd Circuit (Sumter, Lee, Clarendon, Williamsburg Counties)
Job Title: Assistant Solicitor
Description: Full-time prosecutors to prepare and prosecute criminal cases in General Sessions Court. As a prosecutor, your responsibilities will be but not limited to preparing cases for trials, pleas, and hearings; drafting legal documents; meeting with victims, law enforcement agencies as well as other county and city agencies; must be able to prioritize and manage an assigned caseload. Must be an effective communicator and a team player.
Qualifications: Applicants must be an active member of the South Carolina Bar. Must have a minimum of two years of experience in criminal law and be able to manage cases within a wide range of criminal offenses.
Contact: Susan Howard, showard@sumtercountysc.gov
Expiration Date: N/A
5th Circuit (Richland, Kershaw Counties)
Job Title: Assistant Solicitor
Description: General Prosecution
Qualifications: Active Member of the SC Bar
Contact: Dan Goldberg Goldberg.Dan@richlandcountysc.gov
Expiration Date: N/A
6th Circuit (Chester, Fairfield, Lancaster Counties)
Job Title: Assistant Solicitor (multiple positions open)
Contact: Lisa Collins lcollins@scsolicitor6.org
Additional Details: Career ladder; Relocation assistance; Student Loan match; No drawn-out training period, get in the courtroom today.
Expiration Date: N/A
7th Circuit (Cherokee, Spartanburg Counties)
Job Title: Assistant Solicitor
Description: General prosecution
Qualifications: Active member of the South Carolina Bar
Contact: Sharon "Cookie" Peeler speeler@spartanburgcounty.org
Expiration Date: N/A
11th Circuit (Lexington, Saluda, Edgefield, McCormick Counties)
Contact: Lexington County Human Resources
Description: Under limited supervision, performs case preparation and prosecuting duties for the Solicitor's Office to include conducting trials. Manages a substantial caseload and resolves each case as deemed appropriate. Performs other similar duties as required.
Must possess and maintain membership in the South Carolina Bar Association. Must have completed all Rule 403 requirements. Must possess a valid South Carolina driver's license.
Experience in criminal law, particularly prior experience in prosecuting criminal cases in General Sessions Court, to include extensive trial experience.
Job Qualifications: Requires a Juris Doctorate degree from an accredited law school supplemented by three years or more years of experience in the field of law. A valid SC Driver's License is also required.
10th Circuit (Anderson, Oconee Counties)
Assistant Solicitor (positions open in Anderson and Oconee County)
E-mail Resume to: jobs@solicitor10.org
Job Specifications: Active Member of the SC Bar; prefer completed 403 requirements
Expiration Date : Until Filled
Job Title: Drug Court Program Coordinator (Anderson/Oconee County)
E-mail Resume to: jobs@solicitor10.org
See full job description on Anderson County Website www.andersoncountysc.org
Job Specifications:
A Master’s Degree in counseling preferred.
National or state credentials in addictions counseling or licensure as a professional counselor or social worker per SC DHEC standards.
Expiration Date : Until Filled
11th Circuit (Edgefield, Lexington, McCormick, Saluda)
Attorney
Office Location: 205 East Main Street, Lexington, South Carolina
Salary: $52,518.00 or DOQ
Contact: Applications may be obtained at www.edgefieldcounty.sc.gov/job-postings
Description: Under limited supervision. performs case preparation and prosecuting duties for the Solicitor's Office to include conducting trials in both Magistrate and General Sessions Court throughout the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, which includes Edgefield, Lexington, McCormick and Saluda counties. Manages an assigned caseload and resolves each case as deemed appropriate. Performs other similar duties as required.
Qualifications: Requires a Juris Doctorate degree from an accredited law school. Experience in criminal law, particularly prior experience in prosecuting criminal cases, to include trial experience is preferred but not required. Must possess and maintain membership in the South Carolina Bar Association. Must have completed all Rule 403 requirements. Must possess a valid South Carolina driver's license.
Benefits: Edgefield County offers the following comprehensive benefits package including but not limited to: health, vision, dental, accidental death and dismemberment insurance through the South Carolina State Health Plan; participation in the South Carolina Retirement System with employer contributions to the employee’s retirement; Health Savings Account; paid accrued sick leave and annual leave; and 13 paid holidays off per year.
14th Circuit (Allendale, Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, and Jasper)
Assistant Solicitor
The Fourteenth Circuit Solicitor’s Office seeks prosecutors to work within the state’s only five-circuit judicial circuit. Newly licensed attorneys and third-year law students are encouraged to apply. Applications for 2023 will be accepted starting on Dec. 1, 2022.
Applicants must be able to work as part of a team, be organized, exercise sound judgment, be able to prioritize workload and assignments, and possess excellent communication skills.
Minimum Education and Experience:
Applicants must have already graduated from an accredited law school or anticipate graduation in 2023. Applicants must already be admitted to the practice of law before the courts of record in South Carolina or anticipate bar admission in 2023. Sworn attorneys must be an active member of the bar and in good standing with the South Carolina Supreme Court.
Our office is the chief prosecuting agency for Allendale, Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper counties. Our primary role is to prosecute all cases in General Sessions Court, certain misdemeanors in Magistrate’s Court and all criminal cases in Family Court. Each year, we prosecute approximately 5,000 new cases.
Salary will commensurate with experience.
Email your cover letter and resume to First Assistant Solicitor Mary Jordan Lempesis at mjlempesis@scsolicitor14.org.
No phone calls, please.