The Fresno City Attorney's Office (CAO) seeks qualified attorneys for its Litigation Unit. Fresno is the fifth largest city in California, with over 3,500 employees, and 16 departments. Deputy City Attorneys work under the direction of the City Attorney, who is appointed by the City Council. The CAO provides legal services to all City departments, staff, and elected officials for a very wide range of transactional, litigation, and code enforcement matters. The Litigation Unit of the CAO handles Public Records Act requests and litigated cases involving claims of personal injury, wrongful death, use of force, civil rights violations; and, issues related to City personnel, labor, and employment, including conducting personnel administrative investigations. The Litigation Unit has also recently started an employer wage theft program to investigate and prosecute California Labor Code violations within the City's jurisdiction.
Attorneys would be expected to either have prosecution and/or Public Records Act request experience or be prepared to quickly develop such experience. In particular, the Litigation Unit is currently hiring attorneys to handle wage theft prosecutions (two positions) and Public Records Act requests (one position). Qualifications would also include excellent legal writing, research, analysis, and communication skills. A high degree of maturity, creativity, judgment, and discretion is required. The CAO offers opportunities to be directly involved in numerous high profile, interesting, rewarding, and challenging projects. Many projects are novel and complex.
Attorneys are not represented and serve at the will of the City Attorney. Attorneys must be licensed to practice and in good standing in the State of California. Benefits are excellent, and salary range will be $92,700 - $130,584, depending upon qualifications.
To apply, please email your resume and a cover letter to the attention of Tina R. Griffin, Chief Assistant City Attorney at Tina.Griffin@fresno.gov.
Posted: July 3, 2024