Assistant City Attorney - Civil Division - Duluth

Central Minnesota Jobs and Training Services, Inc.; Duluth (MN); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The Central Minnesota Jobs and Training Services, Inc. is seeking a legal professional to support the City Attorney’s Office in a broad range of duties, including drafting briefs, ordinances, contracts, and memos, and reviewing claims against City agencies.

The role involves preparing for hearings, trials, and administrative proceedings, providing written opinions, and assisting in negotiations and settlements with external parties, while upholding City policies and procedures.

Qualifications

• Draft legal documents and provide opinions.
• Review claims, administrative proceedings, and lawsuits against City departments.
• Represent City in hearings, trials, and administrative proceedings.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and draft briefs, pleadings, ordinances, resolutions, contracts, leases, permits, letters, memos, and other documents for City matters.
• Receive and review claims, administrative proceedings, and lawsuits against City and its departments for litigation or settlement.
• Initiate litigation or administrative proceedings on behalf of City and its departments.
• Provide written and oral legal opinions to City departments, employees and officers.
• Provide legal support in negotiations of contracts or agreements.
• Prosecute misdemeanors, gross misdemeanors and violations of City ordinances.
• Prepare for and represent City in all court hearings, trials, administrative proceedings, mediation and arbitration.

Job description

Job Posting

To perform a variety of legal duties to support the City Attorney’s Office, which may include preparing and drafting briefs, pleadings, ordinances, resolutions, contracts, leases, permits, letters, memos, and other documents; receiving and reviewing claims, administrative proceedings, and lawsuits against the City and its departments for litigation or settlement; initiating litigation or administrative proceedings on behalf of the City and its departments; providing written and oral legal opinions to departments, employees and officers of the City and its related authorities; providing legal support to the City in negotiations of contracts or agreements; prosecuting misdemeanors, gross misdemeanors and violations of City ordinances; preparing for and representing the City and its departments in all court hearings, trials, administrative proceedings, mediation and arbitration.

Benefits information is not available for this position. Please contact the city directly for this information.