Assistant City Attorney II

About the role

The City Attorney's Office seeks a Legal Officer to support the City of El Paso in various legal matters.

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 litigation 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.
• Attend and participate in meetings for, and provide legal support and advice to, City Departments, 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 changes necessary due to the legislation.
• 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 violations of City ordinances and Class C misdemeanors in Municipal Court.
• Prosecute violations of City ordinances and Class C misdemeanors in Municipal Court.
• Provide leadership and mentorship to coworkers. Volunteer for leadership opportunities outside of regular assignments.
• Maintain positive, solution oriented attitude and team mentality.
• Develop consistent, clear and precise presentation style.
• Demonstrate the ability to independently manage and follow through on assignments.
• Schedule, assign, instruct, guide and check work.
• Appraise employee performance.
• Provide for training and development, enforce personnel rules and regulations, and work behavior standards firmly and impartially.
• Counsel, motivate and maintain harmony.
• Interview applicants.
• Recommend hiring, termination, transfers, discipline, merit pay or other employee status changes.

Requirements

• Law Degree and four (4) years municipal law or equivalent experience.
• Texas Bar License.

Qualifications

• Required to have a Law Degree.
• Required to have a minimum of four (4) years municipal law or equivalent experience.
• Required to be currently licensed to practice law in the State of Texas.
• To provide your license number and expiration date in the area provided.
• Required to have your degree translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department.

Skills

• Ability to independently manage and follow through on assignments.
• Leadership and mentorship skills.
• Positive, solution-oriented attitude and team mentality.
• Consistent, clear, and precise presentation style.
• Ability to independently manage and follow through on assignments.
• Scheduling, assigning, instructing, guiding, and checking work.
• Appraising employee performance.
• Providing for training and development, enforcing personnel rules and regulations, and working behavior standards.
• Counseling, motivating, and maintaining harmony.
• Interviewing applicants.
• Recommending hiring, termination, transfers, discipline, merit pay, or other employee status changes.

Benefits

Salary range: $106,240.00 - $140,060.00 Annually

Pay

Salary range: $106,240.00 - $140,060.00 Annually

Schedule

Hours and schedule details are not specified in the job posting.