Closing Date: 3rd April, 2024
Description:
The Fort Worth City Attorney's Office is a collegial team of legal professionals providing excellent legal service to the City of Fort Worth. As an in-house legal department, we practice in a wide range of civil and criminal law on behalf of and for the City, including general counsel, litigation, and prosecutorial areas. Local government is the form of government that is closest to the people and working for a well-managed city like Fort Worth gives meaning and purpose as you see the direct and positive impact your legal work has on improving the community.The City Attorney's Office places strong emphasis on professional development and offers opportunities for CLE in areas of the law applicable to an attorney's assignments. We highly value diversity and work/life balance and we view our office as a work family, consistently striving to be a respectful and supportive work place with a great culture.
This position, Assistant City Attorney II, would be assigned to the Litigation Division where they would be responsible for initiating and defending civil lawsuits on behalf of the City, as well as advising City Departments on employment related matters. As an Assistant City Attorney II, this individual would be assigned complex legal issues and carry a greater and more difficult caseload and assignment load within the office.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school.
- Five (5) years of increasingly responsible experience in employment-related litigation and administrative matters, including relevant trial, human resources, and/or transactional experience..
- Possession of a license from the Supreme Court of Texas to practice law is required at the time of hiring.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Municipal experience.
- Human resources experience.
- First-chair employment law litigation experience in state or federal court.
The Assistant City Attorney II job responsibilities include:
- Providing advice and guidance regarding employment and disciplinary matters, and the interpretation and application of state civil service statues, City personnel rules, and labor agreements.
- Responding to state and federal charges of employment discrimination, representing the City in state and federal lawsuits involving claims of employment discrimination and retaliation, labor contract grievances, and disciplinary appeals.
- Reviewing and recommending changes to personnel policies.
- Perform other legal tasks, including advising City departments on employment issues, advising City labor negotiators, responding to subpoenas and public information requests, reviewing and commenting on pending legislation.
- Advising City boards and commissions, and providing other legal research and legal advice to the City staff on a variety of matters as assigned.
Working Conditions:
Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking and repetitive motions.
Applicants for this position must pass a Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) fingerprint-based background check and maintain CJIS eligibility. Due to CJIS requirements related to system access, the following will result in being disqualified for this position: Felony Convictions, Felony Deferred Adjudication, Class A Misdemeanor Conviction, Class B Misdemeanor Convictions in the last 10 years, Class A Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication, Class B Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication in the last 10 years, an Open Arrest for Any Criminal Offense (Felony or Misdemeanor), and ALL Family Violence Convictions regardless of class.
Physical Demands:
Sedentary Work – Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/or or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.
