The Oakland City Attorney’s Office seeks a well-qualified, highly motivated attorney to serve as Supervising Deputy City Attorney (DCA V) in the General & Complex Litigation Division (Defense).

The ideal candidate will have substantial and significant litigation experience and expertise. Experience in supervising attorneys, handling general administrative matters, and managing outside counsel also is desirable. 

Job Description

Duties may include but are not limited to:

• Providing advice and guidance and reviewing work of the attorneys in the Division.
• Handling supervisory administrative matters including allocating work assignments among supervised attorneys; preparing attorney performance reviews, and attending meetings with senior City staff, City Attorney management and other attorney supervisors.
• Attending meetings with high-level elected and appointed City officials.
• Directly providing advice and counsel for lawsuits, serving as co-counsel or lead counsel with supervised attorneys on projects, lawsuits and other matters.  The supervising attorney will have his/her own projects/matters/cases/lawsuits for which s/he is responsible in addition to supervising the supervised attorneys.
• Performing and/or reviewing legal research, interpreting and applying laws and court decisions.

• Providing and/or supervising and reviewing legal advice related to claims and lawsuits.
• Supervising and/or handling all aspects of litigation.
• Keeping the Special Counsel apprised of key issues and developments; anticipating, foreseeing and planning strategy, discovery and trial preparation.

• Ensuring coordination with and keeping the relevant Departments/Agencies apprised of developments and upcoming hearings, decisions and closed session presentations and other matters.
• Supervising and/or acting in an advisory capacity at meetings of the City Council, City boards and commissions.
• Reviewing staff reports; writing City Council reports for open and closed sessions.
• Developing expertise in a particular area of municipal law.
• Overseeing outside counsel.
• Exercising sound judgment and clearly explaining legal advice to attorneys and lay people and defending legal analyses.
• Responding to questions posed by members of the public.
• May serve as counsel to City Council committees and City boards, or commissions.
• Attending evening and late night meetings on matters and issues involving lawsuits, claims and other matters that the General and Complex Litigation Division handles.

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