Assistant City Attorney (N18)

Job Summary

Essential Job Functions

• Prepares advice about the daily operation of a municipal corporation consistent with applicable local, state and federal law, regulations and policies, including advice as to alternative legal and administrative solutions to problems which are subject to review by higher level attorney;
• Conducts legal research to interpret and apply legal principles to various matters;
• Provides legal advice and representation to City officials and employees;
• Attends meetings of the City Council and various commissions, committees and boards and renders legal advice on issues raised by matters on the agenda as required;
• Organizes, interprets, and applies legal principles and knowledge to assigned legal problems and writes legal opinions or may assist higher level attorney with more complex legal decisions;
• Under supervision of the the City Attorney or other senior attorneys prepares draft, revised and finalized oral and written legal opinions to the Mayor and Council, City Manager, and Department Directors and other City staff;
• Assists with preparation of depositions, investigations and litigation, and may conduct less complex litigation in court as assigned; may recommend appeals or settlements;
• Negotiates, drafts and reviews contracts, licenses, leases, deeds, insurance, and other agreements;
• Participates in, and sometimes takes lead in, negotiations, meetings, depositions, administrative hearings, and courtroom proceedings;
• Drafts and reviews pleadings, motions, memoranda of law, and other legal documents;
• Reviews or drafts routine legislation, resolutions, ordinances and policies, or may assist higher level attorney;
• Assists in the enforcement of City and department policies and procedures, and the maintenance of proper records and reference materials;
• Assists in answering communications from the general public relative to municipal ordinances and legal matters affecting the City;
• Meets with clients, members of the general public, members of the City Council, Department Directors, and other elected officials;
• Performs other related job duties as assigned by the City Attorney.

Qualifications

Special Qualifications:

Employment Conditions

• Hearing ability: sufficient to perceive the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound.
• Lifting ability: sufficient to raise objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. Lifting occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
• Mental Acuity: sufficient to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
• Reaching ability: sufficient to extend hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Repetitive Motion: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.
• Speaking ability: sufficient to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities involving, and the ability to convey, detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers, public officials, courts, and administrative bodies, accurately, loudly, quickly, and concisely.
• Visual ability: sufficient to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading and to operate a motor vehicle by both day and night.
• Standing or walking: sufficient to present material or speak persuasively in meetings, in courts, and before administrative bodies..

WORKING CONDITIONS