Deputy City Attorney Dependency & Mental Health Team City Attorney's Office (8177)

About the Team
The Team is a collaborative and dynamic group of 14 attorneys two paralegals one legal assistant and two legal secretaries who handle two confidential court-based practices: dependency and mental health.

In its dependency practice the Team advises and represents the Family and Children Services Division of the Human Services Agency (Agency) in all phases of dependency litigation to protect abused and neglected children in San Francisco from before dependency petitions are filed and throughout the life of each case.

In its mental health practice the Team represents and advises the Public Conservators Office in Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) and Murphy conservatorship proceedings including handling jury trials. The attorneys also represent and advise the Department of Public Health in Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) and Community Assistance Recovery and Empowerment (CARE) Act proceedings. Additionally the Team represents the City in Petitions for Writ of Habeas Corpus matters.

Deputy City Attorney Position and Responsibilities
This is a hybrid position where the attorney will divide their duties between the two practice areas: dependency and mental health.

Qualifications :

Minimum Qualifications

• Licensed to practice law in California

Desired Qualifications

• Five or more years of litigation experience in either dependency and/or mental health.
• Ability to assume responsibility quickly and work independently collaboratively and efficiently.
• Ability to manage a high volume fast paced caseload in two or more distinct practice areas with occasional workload increases.
• Excellent oral and written communication along with excellent research and advocacy skills.
• Ability to exercise good judgment multi-task and meet deadlines.
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills with a positive attitude.
• Commitment to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment.
• Desire and ability to work successfully as part of a team committed to public service.

Additional Information :

Salary and Benefits
The Deputy City Attorney position has a 16-step salary scale ranging from $155428 to $272350. 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 two references 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 Asa Nojd 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