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City of Dallas · 2 days ago

Assistant City Attorney II (City Attorney's Office - Non-Civil Service)

Dallas, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

The City of Dallas is committed to service, innovation, and community, and is looking for a dedicated individual to join their legal team. The Assistant City Attorney II will provide professional legal services, specializing in trial, claims, and other legal functions, while working independently and under established legal procedures.

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Responsibilities

Prepares, creates, and presents cases in municipal, state, and federal court involving violations; defends and prosecutes traffic, zoning, and comparable code violations and litigation involving personal injury, civil rights, employment, zoning, eminent domain, environmental, code compliance and other general litigation claims

Assists attorney of higher rank in preparing cases for trial and performs trial work involving major civil or criminal cases; searches for, interprets, and applies laws, court decisions, and other legal authorities on points of law in the preparation of opinions and in research on issues arising in city litigation, claims, and transactions

Prepares legal opinions, memoranda, and data for the guidance of the departments in the city and represents them in a variety of court proceedings

Interviews police officers, inspectors, other employees or individuals in presenting city issues and cases; discusses case strategies, progress, issues, and relevant law with superiors

Studies case law for information and precedents bearing on city legal issues for application in cases, claims, and transactions for review by superiors; prepares briefs and arguments on appeals to higher courts and evaluates appeal cases to make recommendations whether or not the city should appeal

Attends meetings of departmental officials and employees to advise on legal questions and impact of city decisions, policies, proposed actions and procedures which should be followed; reviews city requests for open records and prepares appropriate response

Approves legal documents for bids, contracts and bonds for city work and supplies; drafts and reviews contracts, transactions, ordinances, and formal resolutions for completeness and legality and does legal research as required

Performs other legal duties as directed by the City Attorney to resolve legal issues involving the City of Dallas

Performs any and all other work as needed or assigned

Qualification

Trial lawLegal researchCivil rights lawMunicipal lawCourt proceduresLegal writingEvidence analysisLegal opinionsContract draftingEffective communicationRelationship buildingProblem solving