Attorney; Civil​/Criminal

Deputy City Attorney - Labor Team - City Attorney's Office (8177)

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6/4/25:
The announcement is reposted/refreshed. Applicants who have already submitted an application are not required to reapply and will be included in the applicant pool.

Appointment Type:
Permanent Exempt (PEX) position; individuals who are appointed to Exempt Positions are appointed at the pleasure of their appointing officer and are considered to be 'at-will.'

• Application Opening: Friday, December 20, 2024
• Final date to receive applications: Continuous, earliest close on Friday, January 10, 2025, at 5:00 pm

The San Francisco City Attorney’s Office is looking for a qualified and motivated attorney to join its Labor Team.

The San Francisco City Attorney’s Office is an innovative, nationally‑recognized municipal law office working to protect and advance the rights and interests of the City and County of San Francisco and its residents. With over 300 talented and dedicated employees, the Office provides exceptional legal services to the City’s Mayor, Board of Supervisors, officials, and departments. Our work empowers City leaders with effective, responsive, and creative legal solutions and representation so they can deliver critical public services, and our affirmative advocacy enhances the lives and wellbeing of the San Francisco’s residents and visitors.

The Office recognizes that diversity in the backgrounds, identities, ideas, and lived experiences of our employees enriches our workplace and enhances our work. We aspire to recruit, employ, retain, and promote talented individuals representing the full spectrum of our community, and welcome all candidates, including candidates of any race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, and age, and candidates with disabilities.

We have a clear vision: to be the place where a diverse mix of people want to come and stay, grow professionally, and find purpose and engagement, and where all employees feel welcomed and respected for their full authentic selves, and valued for their work and contributions to the Office and the City. To learn more about the Office’s efforts to provide a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where employees feel they belong and can meaningfully contribute, please .

The Office currently offers remote work to eligible employees, with three days onsite and up to two days remote work.

The Labor Team is a collaborative and dynamic group of 18 attorneys, 5 paralegals and legal assistants, and 7 legal secretaries. The Team defends the City in state and federal civil litigation (through trial and appeals), in administrative proceedings involving labor and employment matters, and provides proactive advice and risk management strategies to its client departments on all aspects of the City’s labor and employment relationships.

The Team advises and represents the City in its on-going relationships with the more than 30 unions that represent City employees, including collective bargaining, labor grievance arbitrations, and defending unfair labor practice and other administrative charges.

Attorneys on the Labor Team are assigned a caseload of civil litigation and administrative matters. They handle all aspects of their cases, including case assessment, litigation strategy, client communication and coordination, conducting and responding to discovery, all motion practice, settlement evaluation and negotiation, trial and appeal. Also, attorneys may be assigned to provide labor and employment advice to specific client departments and to support collective bargaining.

• Licensed to practice law in California

• Three or more years of labor or employment experience, such as employment advice and counseling, litigation, labor relations, or collective bargaining experience. Candidates need not have experience in all of these aspects of the labor and employment practice
• Ability to assume responsibility quickly, work both independently and…