Montgomery County is boosting pay for some employees to address retention and recruitment issues in both the county and district attorney’s offices.
District Attorney Brett Ligon said boosting pay for entry-level attorneys is critical in retention and recruitment for his office. Level II attorneys handle planning and organizing work, interpreting laws and regulations, preparing legal documents, rendering legal advice and counsel, consulting with trial attorneys, conducting hearings, and assisting in preparing cases for agency hearings and/or trials, according to the state of Texas Auditor’s Office.
Level III attorneys oversee and plan legal activities, prepare legal documents, participate in hearings, interpret laws and regulations, and render legal advice and counsel. District Attorney Brett Ligon said in 2022 he lost 10 prosecutors, most of which work on injury to a child and child sex cases. He said most of those attorneys are women who leave for better benefits provided by federal jobs.
In 2022, women continued to make up more than 55 percent of incoming law students, a dramatic contrast to just seven years ago, and for decades before that, when the majority of law school matriculants were men, according to the Law School Admissions Council. “Our demographic is very clear,” Ligon said. “The number of people going into law school is diminishing but the larger portion are females. The last five we lost to homeland security.”“Several have raised the issue that the county doesn’t have paid maternity leave,” Ligon said. “When they go to work for the federal government, they are getting 12 weeks of paid maternity leave.”“I want people to know, when they come to Montgomery County this isn’t the place to commit crime,” Gray said.
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