Description:
Who We Are:The Office of the County Attorney provides legal advice and representation to all County departments, agencies, instrumentalities, boards, and commissions, including the County Council, and all their employees. A full description of the Offices' work is available here. https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/cat/index.html
The Office also provides legal defense for cases involving Montgomery County and other governmental entities that participate in the Montgomery County Self-Insurance Program (including the Board of Education for Montgomery County, Montgomery College, and the Housing Opportunities Commission) and all their employees.
Attorneys in the Division of Labor Relations and Public Safety provide legal advice and represent the Montgomery County Government in all labor and personnel matters. They also serve as general counsel for the following County agencies, Montgomery Fire and Rescue Services, Office of Human Resources, Office of Labor Relations, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and the Police Department and its Internal Affairs Division.
Who we are looking for:
Montgomery County Government - The Office of the County Attorney is currently recruiting for an experienced full-time attorney for its Division of Labor Relations and Public Safety.
What You'll Be Doing:
The Attorney will act as general counsel and provide legal advice on labor and employment matters, as well as, defend or prosecute cases involving the County, Self-Insurance Fund agencies, and their employees before State and Federal courts.
Although you could be called upon to handle any matter assigned to the Division, the Office anticipates that you would act as general counsel and provide legal advice on labor and employment matters.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Education - Graduation from an accredited university school of law
- Membership in the Maryland State Bar, or, membership in the bar of any other state in the U.S. in which case Maryland State Bar Membership must be obtained during the probationary period
- Experience:
- At the Assistant County Attorney I level, Grade 24: One (1) year of post-degree experience as a law clerk or in a similar capacity.
- At the Assistant County Attorney II level, Grade 27: Two (2) years of professional experience as an attorney, including trial experience.
- At the Assistant County Attorney III level, Grade 32: Thorough (four (4) years) experience as an attorney, including some specialized (one (1) year) experience involving either local government law or labor relations and public safety.
- Equivalency - None
- License: • Membership in the Maryland State Bar.
