Deputy City Attorney Litigator Tax Team City Attorney's Office (8177)

About the Position

Litigators on the Tax Team work primarily on defending the City in tax refund lawsuits.  Cases may involve a wide range of local taxes with amounts in dispute ranging from the tens of thousands to hundreds of millions of dollars.  Issues litigated in these cases include federal and state constitutional doctrines (e.g. Commerce Clause state preemption of city taxing power); valuation of taxable and nontaxable property; interpreting federal state and local laws and regulations; and the application of the Citys taxes to the diverse and emerging industries comprising San Franciscos business community.  While experience with state or local tax matters is helpful it is not required. Litigators on the Tax Team benefit from the subject matter expertise of the Teams advice attorneys and collaborate with each other as well as with auditors and appraisers in the Office of the Treasurer and Tax Collector and the Office of the Assessor-Recorder.   

Qualifications :

Minimum Qualifications

• Licensed to practice law in California

Desired Qualifications

• Five or ideally more years of civil litigation experience
• Experience with complex litigation ideally litigation involving financial transactions or financial issues (for example business litigation)
• Experience with litigation involving constitutional issues and/or statutory interpretation issues
• Experience with complex motion practice and/or appeals
• Ability to assume a high degree of responsibility quickly work both independently and collaboratively and identify and assess substantive and procedural legal issues
• Ability to work effectively and efficiently meet multiple competing deadlines manage workload changes and dive into new assignments quickly
• Excellent written and oral communication and advocacy skills
• Ability to manage investigate and litigate multiple matters
• Ability to handle all phases of litigation including written discovery depositions motion practice settlement negotiations non-jury trials and appeals
• Experience handling court appearances and oral argument
• Familiarity with California civil procedure and San Francisco local rules
• Experience with e-discovery
• Demonstrated interest comfort and good working knowledge of sophisticated document review tools
• Ability to work effectively with paralegals legal assistants investigators and other colleagues
• Ability to exercise excellent judgment adapt to changes and be curious
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a positive attitude
• Commitment to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment
• Interest and ability to work successfully as part of a team

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 Falsifying 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 oral/performance interview.

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: Attorneys are represented by the Municipal Attorneys Association. Information about compensation and benefits is available by entering Classification Code 8177 at Information Regarding Employment with the City and County of San Francisco:

• Information About the Hiring Process
• Conviction History
• Employee Benefits Overview  
• Equal Employment Opportunity 
• Disaster Service Worker
• 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
• Make sure to include your CA Bar Number in the education section on your application
• Upload a Cover Letter and a Resume

Applicants who advance in the selection process must submit three references (at least one from a supervisor) and one writing sample.

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 Jumy Dang Senior Human Resources 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