Deputy City Attorney - Government Litigation - City Attorney's Office (8177)
Deputy City Attorney - Government Litigation - City Attorney's Office (8177)
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About the Government Litigation Team
The Government Litigation Team is a collaborative and dynamic group of four attorneys two paralegals and two legal secretaries. The Team handles litigation in state and federal trial and appellate courts principally on the defense side. The Teams docket is broad and generally focuses on defending the legality of City ordinances regulations and programs and of quasi-judicial decisions made by City administrative agencies challenged through administrative mandamus. The Team is experienced in litigating issues of federal and state preemption and all manner of federal and state Constitutional claims focusing particularly on issues of free speech free exercise and/or establishment of religion equal protection and due process. The Team also litigates issues arising under California constitutional or statutory provisions limiting the enactment of local taxes and fees as well as under state and local open meeting and public records laws. Most of the Teams cases involve principally legal rather than factual issues.
Deputy City Attorney Position and Responsibilities
Attorneys on the Government Litigation Team typically handle their own cases although a small subset of cases require Team members to work collaboratively with other attorneys on the Team. Attorneys on the Team handle all aspects of their cases including litigation strategy client communication and coordination discovery and document review motion practice settlement evaluation and negotiation trial and appeal. Many of the Teams cases involve motions for preliminary injunction or other interim relief.
Qualifications :
Minimum Qualifications
- Licensed to practice law in California
Desired Qualifications
- Five or more years of civil litigation experience including appellate experience
- Excellent written and oral communication and advocacy skills
- Ability to research understand and effectively communicate complex issues of constitutional law
- Ability to assume responsibility quickly work both collaboratively and independently and think deeply and thoroughly about novel substantive and procedural legal issues
- Work effectively and efficiently within often ambitious internal deadlines being able to adjust to last minute assignments and workload increases with agility
- Ability to vigorously defend complex defensive matters in both state and federal courts
- Work effectively with paralegals and support staff
- Ability to exercise excellent judgment multi-task and be curious
- Commitment to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment
- Excellent interpersonal skills and a positive attitude
- Interest and ability to work successfully as part of a team with other attorneys and with clients including elected officials
Additional Information :
Salary and Benefits
The Deputy City Attorney position has a 16-step salary scale ranging from $153140 to $268320. The successful applicant is appointed to a salary step based on years of experience as a lawyer. The City offers robust health retirement and other benefits. For more information please visit: are represented by the Municipal Attorneys Association. Information about compensation and benefits is available by entering Classification Code 8177 at apply for this position please submit your resume and cover letter. Applicants who advance in the selection process must submit three references and two writing samples.
Verification
Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. If education verification is required information on how to verify education requirements including verifying foreign education credits or degree equivalency can be found at ones education training or work experience or attempted deception on the application may result in disqualification for this and future job opportunities with the City and County of San Francisco.
All work experience education training and other information substantiating how you meet the minimum qualifications must be included on your application by the filing deadline. Information submitted after the filing deadline will not be considered in determining whether you meet the minimum qualifications.
Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a completed City and County of San Francisco application.
Applications completed improperly may be cause for ineligibility disqualification or may lead to lower scores.
Selection Procedures
The selection process will include evaluation of applications in relation to minimum requirements. Applicants meeting the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed advancement to the interview. Depending on the number of applicants the Department may establish and implement additional screening mechanisms to comparatively evaluate the qualifications of candidates. If this becomes necessary only those applicants whose qualifications most closely meet the needs of the Department will be invited to participate in the next stage of the selection process. The stated desirable qualifications may be considered at the end of the selection process when candidates are referred for hiring.
Additional Information Regarding Employment with the City and County of San Francisco:
- Information About the Hiring Process
- Conviction History
- Employee Benefits Overview
- Equal Employment Opportunity
- ADA Accommodation
- Right to Work
- Copies of Application Documents
- Diversity Statement
HOW TO APPLY
Applications for City and County of San Francisco jobs are only accepted through an online process. Visit begin the application process.
- Select the Apply Now button and follow instructions on the screen
Applicants may be contacted by email about this recruitment and therefore it is their responsibility to ensure that their registered email address is accurate and kept up-to-date. Also applicants must ensure that email from CCSF is not blocked on their computer by a spam filter. To prevent blocking applicants should set up their email to accept CCSF mail from the following addresses: @ (@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and @).
Applicants will receive a confirmation email that their online application has been received in response to every announcement for which they file. Applicants should retain this confirmation email for their records. Failure to receive this email means that the online application was not submitted or received.
Human Resources Analyst Information: If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process please send your inquires to Asa Nojd HR Analyst at
The City and County of San Francisco encourages women minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex race age religion color national origin ancestry physical disability mental disability medical condition (associated with cancer a history of cancer or genetic characteristics) HIV/AIDS status genetic information marital status sexual orientation gender gender identity gender expression military and veteran status or other protected category under the law.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Employment Type
Full-time
