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City of Dallas · 1 week ago

Assistant City Attorney III (City Attorneys' Office – Government Services - Non-Civil Service)

Dallas, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$85K/yr - $106K/yr

5+ years exp

The City of Dallas is seeking an experienced attorney to join the City Attorney’s Office in the Government Services Section. The role involves negotiating and drafting complex contracts, providing legal advice on various issues to city officials, and conducting legal research and drafting opinions.

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Responsibilities

Engage in legal work involving trials, claims, taxation, condemnation, or other types of legal work using well established legal procedures and precedents to perform a variety of professional legal functions

Work independently to perform legal work requiring specialization in trial, claims, taxation, condemnation, or other types of legal work

Provide advice and counsel to the Dallas City Council, the city manager, the city secretary, and city departments on various legal issues, including procurement, emergency management, health care privacy, utility regulations and franchising issues, environmental issues, sanitation, aviation, technology and cybersecurity, credit processing services, benefits, deferred compensation, water utilities, and municipal finance

Negotiate complex contracts for engineering services, consultant services, software, staffing, the public library system, municipal courts, technology and cybersecurity, Dallas Water Utilities, professional services, risk management, interlocal agreements, and many other contracts relating to government services

Research and draft legal opinions

Occasionally work with and advise litigators on matters