Assistant City Attorney I

About the role

The City Attorney's Office seeks an Assistant City Attorney I to support the City Attorney in performing a variety of legal duties.

Responsibilities

• Serve as legal advisor to City officials, management and staff as assigned by the City Attorney.
• Prepare and review opinions, contracts, resolutions, ordinances, regulations, leases, licenses, public communications, policies and procedures, and a wide variety of other legal documents.
• Conduct legal research on municipal issues and present recommendations and solutions to minimize risk and safeguard the City's operations to City management, staff and City Council.
• Receive and review claims and lawsuits filed against the City; assist and represent the City in its defense.
• Prepare and draft a variety of correspondence including letters, memos and pleadings regarding litigation, settlements, plea bargains and negotiations.
• Prepare for and participate in court proceedings, including hearings, mediation and trials; arrange for and attend depositions; prosecute municipal court cases.
• Attend and participate in meetings for, and provide legal support and advice to, City commissions, committees and boards.
• Serve as liaison between outside counsel and the CAO for specialized legal matters.
• Read, edit and research staff reports for City Council.
• Monitor changes and trends in legislation covering municipal regulations, real property and risk management issues, and civil and criminal laws; evaluate legislative impact on City and CAO operations, and recommend operational, procedural and policy improvements.
• Aid City departments to develop and/or amend policies and procedures to maintain legal compliance.
• Represent the City in negotiating legal issues; assure that legal issues are resolved within City policy guidelines; assure effective communication of legal issues with the City Attorney and City principals.
• Review and respond to open records requests pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act.
• Support the relationship between the City of El Paso and the public by demonstrating courteous and cooperative behavior when interacting with citizens, visitors and City staff; promote the City goals and priorities.
• Maintain absolute confidentiality of work-related issues and City information.
• Prosecute actions in Municipal Court.
• Represent the City in the prosecution of violations of City of El Paso ordinances and Class C misdemeanors.
• Supervise assigned staff.

Requirements

• MOS Code: 2505 (Navy)
• Law Degree
• Texas Bar License

Qualifications

Interested candidates must attach a cover letter and resume with their application. For a complete job specification, click here. Please note: This is an unclassified, contract position. Note: This is a new advertisement for Assistant City Attorney I. You must reapply if you are still interested in the position. Please note: Applicants with foreign diplomas, transcripts, and degrees must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department. Please visit www.naces.org/members for more information. Note: Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. This position will close when a preset number of qualified applications have been received. A résumé and/or other documents will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Comments such as “See résumé” are not acceptable and will result in the application being considered incomplete. To qualify for this position, required education, experience, knowledge and skills must be clearly stated on your application’s employment history. We do not use any information on your resume to review if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position. Failure to fully detail all experience and job duties in the application, or copying/pasting directly from the job specification, or responses referring to your résumé will eliminate you from consideration for the position.

Skills

Not specified

Benefits

Not specified

Pay

$86,240.00 - $119,560.00 Annually

Schedule

Not specified

Employer

City of El Paso
Address: 300 N. Campbell
El Paso, Texas, 79901
Phone: 915-212-0045
Website: http://www.elpasotexas.gov

Contact

To qualify for this position, required education, experience, knowledge and skills must be clearly stated on your application’s employment history. We do not use any information on your resume to review if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position. Failure to fully detail all experience and job duties in the application, or copying/pasting directly from the job specification, or responses referring to your résumé will eliminate you from consideration for the position.

Comments

Required Question
Do you have a Law degree?
Yes
No

Are you currently licensed to practice law in the State of Texas?
Yes
No

Please provide your license number and expiration date in the area provided.
License Number and Expiration Date

Please indicate whether you have had your diploma, transcripts, degree or other required documents translated and evaluated by an agency of NACES.
Yes, it has been translated and certified and I can provide documentation upon a job offer.
No, I have not had my degree translated and certified.
N/A - my degree is from an accredited U.S. university or college.

Candidates will be evaluated based on the information provided on the application and the completeness of the responses to the Supplemental Questions. The following will disqualify you from moving forward in the recruitment process:
-Failure to fully detail all work experience and job duties.
-Failure to fully detail all lead, supervisory and managerial experience and duties if required.
-Overlapping dates of work experience.
-Copying and pasting directly from the job specification.
-Responses referring to your résumé.

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