Attorney UN

Overview

Responsible for managing all legal affairs affecting the City. Work involves responsibility for supervising and approving the work of all subordinates and outside counsel; providing legal advice and counsel to the City Council, Mayor, Chief Administrative Officer, Director of Council Services and department heads. The position requires the exercise of extensive public contact of a sensitive and demanding nature.

This is an unclassified at-will position.

Job descriptions are intended to present a general list of tasks/duties performed by employees within this job classification. Job Description s are not intended to reflect all duties performed within the job.

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Juris Doctorate Degree from an accredited law school recognized by the American Bar Association plus experience in the practice of municipal law, managing a budget, municipal, local, state government and intergovernmental affairs to include direct supervisory experience.

The City Attorney must be a licensed attorney at law admitted to practice by the State Bar of New Mexico.

Possession of a valid Driver s License or the ability to obtain by date of hire.

Possession of a City Operator s Permit (COP) within six (6) months from date of hire

• Constitutional, federal, state, and local law affecting municipal government
• Judicial procedures
• Established precedents and sources of legal reference applicable to municipal activities
• Municipal ordinances and charter provisions relating to the authority and function of municipal departments

• Plan, direct, and coordinate the work of subordinate attorneys
• Analyze, appraise, and organize facts, evidence, and precedents concerned in difficult and complex cases and to present such material in a clear and local form for oral and written presentations or briefs, opinions, orders, and decisions
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work, including City officials and the general public