Closing Date: 2nd October, 2025

Description:

Job Description:
About the Airport Team
The Airport Team is a collaborative and dynamic group, currently with seven attorneys and one legal secretary, with plans to add two attorneys and one legal secretary. The Team functions as in-house legal counsel to the Airport Commission, an enterprise department of the City and County of San Francisco, which owns and operates San Francisco International Airport (Airport). The Airport serves over 50,000,000 passengers annually. The Airport Commission has an annual operating budget of over $1 billion and a workforce of over 1,700 employees. The Team is located at the Airport.

Deputy City Attorney Position and Responsibilities
Attorneys on the Airport Team provide advice and counsel on a myriad of matters related to Airport management, development and operation. Attorneys advise on general governance under local, state, and federal laws and regulations governing Airport powers and duties. The attorney's role could include interpreting such laws or regulations; advising on the legal risks of a particular government action; advising on procurements and drafting contract documents; and drafting legislation and regulations. Team deputies primarily specialize in commercial real estate (leases and permits), land use and environmental regulation, design and construction, public finance, ground transportation, operations, procurement and contracts, information technology, and managing defense of government claims and litigation. While we practice in many areas, we are particularly looking for candidates with experience and an interest in at least one or more of the following:

Experience with public works contracts;
Experience with advising operations and/or facilities divisions;
Experience in intellectual property matters;
Experience with conducting and/or monitoring civil litigation, and legal issues related to defense of government claims subject to the California Tort Claims Act;
Experience in municipal, airport and/or transportation law, especially matters related to disadvantaged business enterprise programs, Americans with Disabilities Act, and/or Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.

Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications:
Licensed to practice law in California.

Desired Qualifications:

Three or more years of experience practicing law, including either advising public agencies or representing public entities in civil litigation.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Excellent legal analytical skills.
Ability to draft and review agreements, policy documents, and legislation.
Ability to assume responsibility quickly, work both collaboratively and independently, and think deeply and thoroughly about novel substantive and procedural legal issues.
Ability to exercise excellent judgment, multi-task, and be curious.
Ability to work directly with the client in a collaborative environment while maintaining appropriate professional objectivity.
Ability to manage and appropriately balance an active workload and adjust to occasional workload increases.
Desire to handle matters and grow in expertise beyond traditional practice areas.
Commitment to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment.
Excellent interpersonal skills and a positive attitude.
Interest and ability to work successfully as part of a team.

Verification
Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. If education verification is required, information on how to verify education requirements, including verifying foreign education credits or degree equivalency, can be found at https://sfdhr.org/how-verify-education-requirements.

Note: Falsifying one's education, training, or work experience or attempted deception on the application may result in disqualification for this and future job opportunities with the City and County of San Francisco.

All work experience, education, training and other information substantiating how you meet the minimum qualifications must be included on your application by the filing deadline. Information submitted after the filing deadline will not be considered in determining whether you meet the minimum qualifications.

Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a completed City and County of San Francisco application.

Applications completed improperly may be cause for ineligibility, disqualification or may lead to lower scores.

Selection Procedures
The selection process will include evaluation of applications in relation to minimum requirements. Applicants meeting the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed advancement to the interview. Depending on the number of applicants, the Department may establish and implement additional screening mechanisms to comparatively evaluate the qualifications of candidates. If this becomes necessary, only those applicants whose qualifications most closely meet the needs of the Department will be invited to participate in the oral/performance interview.