Description:
About the Town of Leesburg and Nature of WorkDo you want to apply your expertise for a cause you can feel good about? Do you want to work for an organization that wants you to grow with it and offers tuition reimbursement, certification training, and a chance to learn about multiple industries? Come work for the Town of Leesburg, hometown of the 21st century! Located 35 miles west of the nation's capital in the heart of DC's Wine Country, you'll enjoy a vibrant and authentic community with "big city" amenities. The Town of Leesburg strongly encourages innovation, promotes career development, and offers excellent benefits to employees. Benefits include membership to the Town's full-service recreation center, enrollment into the Virginia Retirement System, excellent healthcare insurance, and other fringe benefits.
Who We're Looking for:
If you identify with the following descriptions, then you may be perfect for the Town of Leesburg:
- Creative problem solver
- Proactive self-starter
- Life-long learner
- Strong team player
- Passionate about excellent customer service
- Positive, can-do attitude
- Effective communicator
- Desire to impart knowledge to others
- "Early adopter" of new technologies
What You'll Be Doing:
As a member of the Town Attorney's Office, the Assistant Town Attorney works with the Town Attorney, Deputy Town Attorney, and other attorney and non-attorney staff to provide legal services for the Town of Leesburg. The focus of this position is on labor relations and employment matters, including collective bargaining, employee discipline, related investigations, hearings and arbitrations, as well other civil legal matters that affect the Town. The Assistant Town Attorney advises the Town Manager, Department Directors, and Town staff in assigned areas of the law.
Effective date of hire is anticipated to be in September 2026.*
For a more detailed job description, please visit the Town's Job Descriptions page.
Required Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
For a more detailed job description, please visit the Town's Job Descriptions page.
Required Qualifications:
- Possess a Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school, a license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and be in good standing with the Virginia State Bar;
- Minimum of five (5) years of experience practicing law in one or more of the following areas:
- Labor or employment law;
- Conducting hearings or arbitrations;
- Negotiation and drafting of complex legal agreements.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Six (6) or more years practicing law;
- Local government law experience;
- Familiarity with collective bargaining.
