Assistant City Attorney I

The City of Fort Worth; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 94,000 - 97,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

11 Paid Holidays

Medical

Dental

Vision

Paid Time Off

Pension Plan

Professional Development Opportunities

Job summary

The City of Fort Worth is seeking an Assistant City Attorney I in the General Counsel Division to provide legal guidance on municipal matters and draft legal documents. This in-house role supports the City Council, commissions, and staff, focusing on transactional and regulatory issues rather than litigation.

Minimum qualifications include a Juris Doctorate, Texas bar license, and two years of relevant experience, with preferred knowledge of municipal law and contract matters.

Qualifications

• JD from an accredited law school.
• Two years of increasingly responsible legal experience, including transactional work.
• License to practice law in Texas at the time of hiring.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice to City Council, commissions, boards, and staff on municipal law issues.
• Research issues and draft opinions, ordinances, resolutions, and regulations for form and legality.
• Draft or review contracts, leases, ordinances, and records requests; assist in complex matters.
• Attend City Council meetings as legal counsel or on a project basis.
• Review Public Information Act requests and draft correspondence as needed.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Skills

Transactional matters knowledge

Municipal/government law experience

Education

Juris Doctorate (JD)

Job description

Pay Range: $44.99 - $46.78/hr. | $93,579.20 - $97,302.40 annual compensation

Job Posting Closing on: Monday,October 26, 2026

Benefits for this position include:11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities. Find Out More!

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of over 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.

The Fort Worth City Attorney’s Office is a collegial team of legal professionals providing excellent legal service to the City of Fort Worth. As an in‑house legal department, we practice in a wide range of civil and criminal law on behalf of and for the City, including general counsel, litigation, and prosecutorial areas. Local government is the form of government that is closest to the people and working for a well‑managed city like Fort Worth gives meaning and purpose as you see the direct and positive impact your legal work has on improving the community.

The City Attorney’s Office places strong emphasis on mentorship and career development and the majority of our attorneys receive in‑house training for their positions. We highly value diversity and work life balance and we view our office as a work family, consistently striving to be a respectful and supportive work place with a great culture.

An Assistant City Attorney I position is available with the City Attorney’s Office in the General Counsel Division. This position does not involve litigation, although the attorneys in the General Counsel Division will work with and advise litigators in the litigation division on matters. Other duties may also be assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school
• Two (2) years of increasingly responsible experience in legal experience, including relevant transactional experience
• Possession of a license from the Supreme Court of Texas to practice law is required at the time of hiring

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of transactional legal matters, contract review and drafting
• Experience in municipal or governmental law

The Assistant City Attorney I job responsibilities include:

• Provides and renders legal advice to the City Council, members of City commissions, boards and committees and City staff on a wide range of municipal law issues including interpretation of the City Charter
• Research legal issues and drafts and reviews opinions, ordinances, resolutions, regulations and other legal documents. Approves the same as to form and legality. Handles matters ranging from routine to complex, which may vary based on experience, expertise, and demonstrated proficiency
• Drafting or reviewing City contracts, leases, ordinances, requests for records and assist in all other aspects of municipal law and other duties as assigned. Assists other attorneys on complex legal matters
• Attend meetings of the City Council or other City commissions, boards, or committees as legal counsel or on a project‑by‑project basis
• Review Public Information Act requests and draft letters to the Attorney General when required
• Performs other related duties as required

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, walking, repetitive motions, climbing, balancing, pushing, pulling and lifting; depending on assignment. Incumbents may be exposed to moving mechanical parts, odors, dusts, poor ventilation, chemicals, oils, extreme temperatures, inadequate lighting, intense noises, gases, vibrations, chemicals, oils and workspace restrictions.

Sedentary Work – Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/oror constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) Background Check

Applicants for this position must pass a Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) fingerprint‑based background check and maintain CJIS eligibility. Due to CJIS requirements related to system access, the following will result in being disqualified for this position: Felony Convictions, Felony Deferred Adjudication, Class A Misdemeanor Conviction, Class B Misdemeanor Convictions in the last 10 years, Class A Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication, Class B Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication in the last 10 years, an Open Arrest for Any Criminal Offense (Felony or Misdemeanor), and ALL Family Violence Convictions regardless of class.

Conditions of Employment

The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non‑merit factor.

The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.

Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre‑Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case‑by‑case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.

Voluntary Self-Identification

For government reporting purposes, we ask candidates to respond to the below self‑identification survey. Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiringprocess or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in aconfidential file.

As set forth in The City of Fort Worth’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate by making the appropriate selection. As a government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), we request this information in order to measurethe effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA. Classification of protected categoriesis as follows:

A "disabled veteran" is one of the following: a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service‑connected disability.

A "recently separated veteran" means any veteran during the three‑year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in a U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.

An "active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran" means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.

An "Armed forces service medal veteran" means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.