Office of the Los Angeles City Attorney · 4 months ago
Deputy City Attorney III
Los Angeles, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expThe Office of the Los Angeles City Attorney is one of the nation's largest municipal law offices, providing high-quality legal services to the City. They are seeking a Deputy City Attorney III to defend the City and its employees in civil tort litigation, particularly in personal injury and property damage actions.
GovernmentLegalNon Profit
Responsibilities
The attorneys in this position are responsible for their own case intake, filing initial pleadings, motion work, discovery, settlement conferences, expert discovery and trial
The attorney must be willing and able to conduct trials alone or with co-counsel
Substantial knowledge of medical conditions is required since many matters involve catastrophic injuries; and
Other related duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
License to practice law in all of the courts in the State of California
Five (5) years criminal or civil trial experience, or general litigation experience
A sincere desire to vigorously litigate cases through pretrial and trial stages
Strong verbal communication and writing skills
Ability to exercise sound judgment
Preferred
Experience in representing governmental entities in Tort Litigation
Ability to interact with public officials, city departments as well as the public
Knowledge of medical conditions and terminology
Company
Office of the Los Angeles City Attorney
The Office of Los Angeles City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto is responsible for providing advice and legal opinions to every officer, department head, board, commission or other unit of the City and preparing and signing off on all contracts and other legal relationships of the City of Los Angeles.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
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