Description:
A Lawyer & Law Firm in San Francisco, California is a San Francisco-based firm specializing in representation of public entities and nonprofits. We are seeking an attorney at least five years experience, to join our growing practice representing public entities and nonprofits in many types of contract negotiations, advice, and policy development.Client services in this RPLG practice area include public sector labor negotiations; negotiation of community benefits agreements, and related land use policy development; negotiation of project labor agreements, advancing equity in hiring and contracting in public construction projects; affordable housing labor, policy, and development issues; general counsel role for public entities and nonprofits; and public safety innovation and reform initiatives.
Recent client engagements in this practice area include:
- negotiation of public sector labor agreements for over a dozen California jurisdictions in 2021, resolving terms and conditions of employment for thousands of valued public sector employees;
- legal and strategic advice and representation to associations of affordable housing developers regarding affordable housing production legislation and labor agreements;
- representing the State of California Department of Environmental Protection in negotiation of a project labor agreement for large environmental cleanup project, including local and disadvantaged hiring requirements;
- retention by City of Richmond to develop a Community Benefits Policy for the City's land use and economic development projects;
- assisting several large California cities in efforts to reimagine public safety and promote police accountability, exploring alternatives to traditional policing as well as improvements to existing systems;
- serving as general counsel to public, quasi-public, and nonprofit entities, ensuring sound organizational legal approaches to enable clients to advance their policy goals and serve the public.
Applicants must possess extremely strong written and oral communication skills, excellent research and analytical abilities, and experience as lead attorney on client engagements. Candidates should have demonstrated a commitment to public interest legal practice and/or serving the public sector.
Highly desirable qualifications include experience negotiating and drafting contracts; lobbying experience and/or legislative drafting; and litigation experience. Experience regarding employment law, labor law, or affordable housing/land use development is a plus.
