Office of the Los Angeles City Attorney · 2 months ago
Supervising Attorney
Los Angeles, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
7+ years expThe Office of the Los Angeles City Attorney is one of the nation's largest municipal law offices, providing high caliber legal services to the City. The Supervising Attorney will lead the Infrastructure Team, overseeing legal counsel for the Department of Public Works and the Department of Transportation, while managing various legal responsibilities and ensuring effective client relations.
GovernmentLegalNon Profit
Responsibilities
Managing the staffing of Board of Public Works (BPW)and City Council Public Works Committee (PWC) meetings, and advising the BPW and PWC in open and closed session on procedural and substantive matters
Overseeing the Infrastructure Team’s work to assure strong, collaborative client relations, consistently high-quality work product, and efficiency in operations and flexibility in staffing assignments
Overseeing and providing procedural, substantive, and strategic guidance to the team’s attorneys in their representation of the client departments
Overseeing specialized litigation relating to the client Departments and City ordinances as well as administrative compliance and/or enforcement related to various regulatory permits issued by state and federal agencies
Overseeing and also reviewing, editing, drafting, and negotiating contracts, public utility franchise agreements, ordinances, and other similar documents, frequently involving regulatory programs and highly complex transactions
Interacting directly with City leadership, Board members, and Office Executive Management on issues being handled by the team
Coordinating Infrastructure Team work with other divisions within the City Attorney’s Office and other governmental agencies, such as Caltrans and Metro
Overseeing the training and professional development of the team’s attorneys
Participating in personnel matters, including but not limited to, disciplinary matters, evaluations and performance reviews
Collaborating with other sections of the Office to assure consistent, integrated advice and
Other related duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Licensed to practice law in all courts in the State of California
Minimum seven (7) years of experience in municipal, civil, or criminal law
Demonstrated high-level written and oral communication skills
Demonstrated strong research and writing skills in complex areas of law
Strong analytical and reasoning skills
Strong desire to serve the public interest
Demonstrated ability to handle a busy and varied workload
Demonstrated ability to exercise sound judgment
Ability to work effectively with governmental agencies, public officials, departmental personnel, and members of the public
Preferred
Experience in public contracting, including construction contracting and professional service contracts for public entities
Civil litigation experience (minimum of two years preferred) and experience in quasi-judicial hearings by public bodies
Familiarity with administrative proceedings before regulatory agencies
Experience advising legislative bodies, including knowledge of the California Public Records Act, Brown Act and conflict of interest laws
Knowledge of the City Charter and City Administrative Code
Experience drafting local ordinances and knowledge of the City Charter
Experience with public utilities franchises
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
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