Chief Deputy County Counsel

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County Counsel's Office: The County Counsel's Office provides high quality and timely legal services supporting the County of Marin's governmental functions. Services are provided to County departments, boards and agencies in a manner that is cost-effective, professional and promotes excellence in delivery of government services contributing to the health, safety and welfare of county residents and visitors.

The Chief Deputy County Counsel is a key part of the department's management team, participating in management meetings and decision-making as well as leading a division of the office and providing direct supervision to attorneys and leadership to all department employees. Further, the Chief Deputy performs a variety of professional legal work for County departments, individuals and represented special districts including but not limited to advice and counsel, litigation in a variety of areas (excessive force defense, land use, trip and falls, dangerous condition of public property, etc.) public contracting law, public meeting law and land use. The Chief Deputy will exercise a considerable amount of independent judgment and initiative in representing their assigned clients and may be assigned the most complex cases as special projects. The Chief Deputy is typically assigned to any of the specialty areas of the office and is expected to handle federal and state litigation from case assignment through trial and appellate hearings. The (classification or working title), takes an active role in performance management, coaching and staff/team development.

The general duties and minimum requirements of this position are described in the class specification. If you are interested in more specific information regarding this position, please contact Renee Giacomini, Assistant County Counsel, renee.brewer@marincounty.gov.

Our Highly Qualified Candidate: is an experienced attorney who has independently performed litigation and advice work for public entity clients and has management experience in public sector law offices. The candidate has strong leadership skills and is capable of taking an active role in managing the Office and developing our staff. Further, the ideal candidate has a proven track record of excellent customer service and is a team player, working respectfully, collaboratively and developing positive working relationships with colleagues, clients, staff and court personnel.

We recognize your time is valuable, so please note that you must have at least the following required Minimum Qualifications in order to be considered for this position:

Five (5) years of progressively responsible experience as an attorney in civil or governmental law. Lead or supervisory experience is highly desirable.

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Testing and Eligible List: Depending on the number of qualified applications received, the examination may consist of a highly qualified review, application screening, online assessment, written examination, oral examination, performance examination, or any combination to determine which candidates' names will be placed on the eligible list.

The eligible list established from this recruitment will be used to fill the current vacancy and any future vacancies for open, fixed-term, full-time or part-time positions which may occur while the list remains active.

Disaster Service Workers: All County of Marin employees are designated Disaster Service Workers through state and local law (California Government Code Section 3100-3109). Employment with the County requires the affirmation of a loyalty oath to this effect. Employees are required to complete all Disaster Service Worker-related training as assigned, and to return to work as ordered in the event of an emergency.