Chief Legal Officer
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Job Description
The Agency Youll Join
The New York City Mayors Office is responsible for overseeing city services throughout the five
boroughs coordinating public agencies and departments and managing public property. New York City
Mayor Eric Adams is head of the executive branch of New York Citys government. Previously Mayor
Adams has served the people of New York City as an NYPD officer state senator and Brooklyn borough
president. The Adams administration is leading the fight to serve the people of the greatest city in the
world ensuring delivery of efficient and effective services working to make New York Citys economy
stronger reducing inequality improving public safety and making the city more affordable that meets
the needs of all New Yorkers. We value leadership transparency fairness and efficiency as we actively
seek diverse talents from various sectors to join our team.
The Team Youll Work With
The Mayors Office to End Domestic and GenderBased Violence (ENDGBV) develops policies and
programs provides training and prevention education conducts research and evaluations performs
community outreach and operates the New York City Family Justice Centers. We collaborate with City
agencies and community stakeholders to ensure access to inclusive services for survivors of domestic
and genderbased violence (GBV). GBV can include intimate partner and family violence elder abuse
sexual assault stalking and human trafficking.
The Problems Youll Solve
The Chief Legal Officer with wide latitude for the exercise of independent judgment will report
directly to the Commissioner and will perform a broad scope of legal duties.
Duties of the Chief Legal Officer will include but are not limited to:
Provide sound legal advice to the Commissioner and staff on a broad range of matters which
may include reviewing procedures policies programs contracts and legislation and ensuring
compliance with applicable laws rules and regulations.
Contracts: Draft review negotiate and execute contractual agreements and provide
procurementrelated legal guidance and advice.
Management: Provide daily direct supervision to members of the Legal team.
Ethics: Analyze compliance with the rules of the ConflictofInterest Board and draft related
legal documents and memos.
Privacy/Records: Oversee the implementation of privacyrelated work in the office and
compliance with the privacy laws of NYC and ensure compliance with record retention policies
and practices.
FOIL: Review of Freedom of Information Law requests.
Litigation: Manage litigationrelated activities in collaboration with the NYC Law Department.
Maintain a filing system for all legally related documents.
Support or lead other special projects and duties assigned.
About You
You have a Juris Doctor from an American Bar Associationaccredited law school.
You have admission to the New York State Bar and at least seven (7) years of recent fulltime
responsible relevant satisfactory legal experience subsequent to admission to any bar with at
least three (3) years providing supervision to legal staff.
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Qualifications :
Admission to the New York State Bar; and four years of recent fulltime responsible relevant satisfactory legal experience subsequent to admission to any bar eighteen months of which must have been in the supervision of other attorneys in an administrative managerial or executive capacity or performing highly complex and significant legal work.
Incumbents must remain Members of the New York State Bar in good standing for the duration of this employment.
Additional Information :
The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
