Assistant City Attorney II

City of Fort Worth; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 106,000 - 119,000; 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’s City Attorney’s Office is seeking an Assistant City Attorney II who will partner with multiple departments to handle property interests for City projects, including eminent domain matters. This in-house role focuses on condemnation work, general civil litigation, and providing excellent legal service to a growing city.

Minimum qualifications include a Juris Doctorate, Texas bar license, and five years of relevant legal experience with trial exposure.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school.
• Five (5) years of increasingly responsible legal experience, including relevant trial experience.
• Possession of a license from the Supreme Court of Texas to practice.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing files for condemnation, preparing petitions, arranging and representing the City in special commissioners’ hearings.
• Preparing the condemnation case for trial; and conducting bench/jury trials.
• Conducting research, analysis, and writing to draft legal opinions for assigned legal issues related to condemnation; utilizing a variety of resources for research, including computerized legal data bases and reference materials
• Handling notices; conducting written discovery; attending and taking depositions; presenting oral arguments; negotiating settlements; and monitoring general compliance with local, state and federal law

Skills

Legal experience

Trial experience

Texas Bar License

Education

Juris Doctorate

Job description

Pay Range: $51.05/hr. - $57.01/hr. | $106,184 - $118,580 annual compensation

Job Posting Closing on: Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, and 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 consistently strive to be a respectful and supportive work place with a great culture.

An Assistant City Attorney II position is available with the Fort Worth City Attorney’s Office. position will partner with multiple departments, including the Real Property Management, the Water Department, and Transportation & Public Works.

The City is growing rapidly and as a result needs property interests for various City projects such as roads, sidewalks, water and sewer lines, and parks. While the City most often is able to negotiate with proper owners to purchase the interests it seeks, it is sometimes necessary to acquire property through eminent domain. Therefore, the City seeks a condemnation lawyer to assist with these acquisitions.

Minimum Qualifications

• Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school
• Five (5) years of increasingly responsible legal experience, including relevant trial experience
• Possession of a license from the Supreme Court of Texas to practice

Preferred Qualifications

• Municipal law experience
• Some experience filing condemnation petitions, representing clients at special commissioners’ hearings and litigating condemnation cases is preferred. However, candidates with general civil litigation experience will be considered

The Assistant City Attorney II - Job Responsibilities Include

• Reviewing files for condemnation, preparing petitions, arranging and representing the City in special commissioners’ hearings
• Preparing the condemnation case for trial; and conducting bench/jury trials
• Conducting research, analysis, and writing to draft legal opinions for assigned legal issues related to condemnation; utilizing a variety of resources for research, including computerized legal data bases and reference materials
• Handling notices; conducting written discovery; attending and taking depositions; presenting oral arguments; negotiating settlements; and monitoring general compliance with local, state and federal law

Working Conditions and Physical Demand

Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking and repetitive motions

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/or 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‑time basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.