Join Our Team
Employees of the District Attorney’s office are entrusted with the critical work of protecting and fighting for our community, striving for a safer place to live and providing assistance to victims of a crime. The District Attorney seeks to grow and hire a diverse team of prosecutors, paralegals, investigators, victim advocates, staff and interns to support the mission of the office. Employees are expected to maintain a high standard of integrity and professionalism, support a positive and healthy work-life balance, and encouraged to pursue personal and professional development during their career with our agency.
Employees are provided with comprehensive benefits to include:
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
- Paid Annual, Sick, and 10 State & Federal Holidays
- PERA Retirement with Employee Contribution at 10.42%
For more information on applying contact Sara Gann, Human Resource Administrator:
sgann@da.state.nm.us
Actively Recruiting for the following vacancies
**Deputy District Attorney
Salary Range: $94,162-$117,703/ Annually (Hiring salary depends on experience and budget availability)
Requirements: Career prosecutor: Licensed attorney to practice law in New Mexico plus a minimum of six (6) years of relevant prosecution experience.
Preferred Qualifications: Career prosecutor: Licensed attorney to practice law in New Mexico, plus eight (8) or more years of relevant prosecution experience.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: The career prosecutor will have extensive and current knowledge in the areas of criminal prosecution; rules of evidence and rules of criminal procedure; organization and supervision; advanced trial skills; computer skills; audio-visual and office systems; ability to work effectively with other criminal justice agencies; ability to communicate effectively; ability to research/analyze information and situations.
Job Duties: Incumbent may prosecute all cases, including high level or high-profile cases. Incumbent may possess expertise in one or more areas of criminal prosecution; leads special prosecutions assigned by the District Attorney; supervises or mentors other attorneys and/or staff. Incumbent may be required to train law enforcement, assist law enforcement at crime scenes, performs non-prosecution duties such as community outreach; participates on boards and task forces and other groups as assigned.
Working Conditions: Work is performed in an office, courtroom, community, or legislative environment. Some physical effort and travel may be required. Incumbent may be required to work under stressful situations and/or conditions. Incumbent may be required to go to crime scenes.
Resume Submission Deadline: February 7, 2025
**Senior Legal Assistant
Salary Range: $45,628-$57,035/ Annually (Hiring salary depends on experience and budget availability)
Requirements: High school diploma or GED, plus three (3) years work experience in a related field.
Preferred Qualifications: Four (4) years work experience and/or education in a related field.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: This position requires considerable knowledge of the criminal justice system, general office equipment; effective typing, word processing skills and advanced knowledge of spreadsheet programs; advanced math, grammar and proof reading skills; advanced Case Management System (CMS) skills; advanced merge documents skills, legal document preparation skills, filing skills (e-filing), supervisory skills, and organizational skills; provides advanced customer relations skills; ability to communicate effectively and to follow directions and policies.
Job Duties: Incumbent prepares legal documents and correspondence; performs advanced Case Management System (CMS) data entry; assists in trial preparation; attends court hearings; transcribes; maintains calendars; assists in office administrative functions; prepares and maintains case files; interacts with external agencies; provides advanced customer service; contacts witnesses; assists, trains and/or supervises other secretaries; and performs other related job duties.
Working Conditions: Work is performed in an office environment. Some physical effort and travel may be required.
Resume Submission Deadline: February 7, 2025
** Senior Trial Attorney
(This is an at-will position. The elected District Attorney has final discretion on hiring and retaining for this position, including which qualifications and performance standards will apply.)
Salary Range: $85,222-106,527/ Annually (Hiring salary depends on experience and budget availability)
Requirements: Licensed attorney to practice law in New Mexico plus a minimum of four (4) years as a practicing attorney in criminal law or three (3) years as a prosecuting attorney.
Preferred Qualifications: Five (5) to seven (7) years or more of relevant prosecution experience.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: This position requires comprehensive and current knowledge and skills in the areas of criminal prosecution, rules of evidence and rules of criminal procedure; public relations; organization and supervision; basic computer skills including working knowledge of office systems; fully effective trial skills; ability to draft legal documents; ability to work effectively with other criminal agencies; ability to communicate effectively; ability to research/analyze information and situations. Works independently with minimal consultation with supervisors (except for higher profile or complex cases). Significant prosecutorial discretion on cases within assigned case load.
Job Duties: Incumbent may handle all levels of crimes. May undertake special projects such as community education projects and law enforcement training. Leads or assists in trial teams; performs other non-prosecution duties as assigned; supervises or mentors other attorneys and/or staff, performs training for staff and law enforcement; works with law enforcement at crime scenes; performs non-prosecution duties such as community outreach; participates on boards and task forces and other groups assigned; performs other related job duties; complex felony work may be under supervision.
Working Conditions: Work is performed in office, courtroom and community environments. Some physical effort and travel may be required. Incumbent may be required to work under stressful situations and/or conditions. Incumbent may be required to go to crime scenes.
Resume Submission Deadline: February 7, 2025