Attorney Manager (Civil Litigation)

Job Description - Attorney Manager (Civil Litigation) (260000BO) Position Grade: 20M Department: City Counselor’s Office Job Type: Full-Time (Permanent) Examination Number: EX1667 Location: Downtown - St. Louis, MO This position is selected for the Hiring Incentive Program. The incentive shall be in the amount of three thousand and five hundred dollars ($3500.00) upon completion of the probationary period. The hiring incentive will be paid (if funds are available) by the Department/Division which appoints the applicant. The hiring incentive is not available to current City employees. This is a management position within the City Counselor’s Office responsible for supervising, planning, organizing, and directing the work of a particular unit. Responsibilities include the management and oversight of attorneys and support staff; drafting and reviewing legal documents; performing complex legal research and providing legal advice and opinions to Directors or Commissioners. Essential Functions and Responsibilities: Handles a personal docket including the most complex civil litigation filed against the City of St. Louis involving civil rights, equity, general tort, personal injury, and administrative law matters at the trial court and appellate court levels in state court and federal court. Prepares written discovery, motions, and briefs; and takes and defends depositions. Represents the City in legal proceedings before state and federal courts as well as administrative bodies; researches and prepares appellate briefs; and argues appeals at all appellate levels. Provides legal advice to City departments, appointing authorities, and employees or officials. Supervises and trains junior attorneys who practice in the area of law noted above as well as some civil service hearings and employment law matters, representing the City and its officials in lawsuits in state and federal courts and providing legal advice to City officials, departments, and employees. This attorney will receive assignments and direction from the City Counselor and a Deputy City Counselor. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Data Utilization: Requires the ability to perform mid to upper-level data analysis including the ability to coordinate, strategize, systematize and correlate, using discretion in determining time, place and/or sequence of operations within an organizational framework. Requires the ability to implement decisions based on such data, and overseeing the execution of these decisions. Human Interaction: Requires the ability to apply principles of negotiation within the context of legal guidelines. Equipment, Machinery, Tools and Materials Use: Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or provide simple but continuous adjustment on equipment, machinery and tools such as a computer, calculator, copy and fax machines, and/or materials used in performing essential functions. Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize reference, descriptive, consulting, design and advisory data and information such as legal briefs and opinions, statutes and ordinances, contracts, and legal research materials. Mathematical Aptitude: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; calculate percentages and decimals and may use basic algebra. Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or synthesis functions involving planning and directing of interrelated activities or multiple departments. Ability to deal with several concrete and abstract variables in working out approaches to major problems. Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity required in situations involving the direction, control and planning of an entire program or multiple programs. Environmental Factors: Work is normally performed in an office environment under generally safe and comfortable conditions where exposure to irate individuals poses a very limited risk of injury. Physical Requirements: Tasks require the ability to exert light physical effort in sedentary to light work. Tasks may involve extended periods of visual concentration at a keyboard or workstation. Sensory Requirements: Requires the ability to recognize and identify individual characteristics of colors, shapes, and sounds, associated with job-related objects, materials and tasks. Qualifications Graduation from a school of law approved by the American Bar Association; current membership in the Missouri Bar in good standing or licensure in another state with eligibility for reciprocity in Missouri; plus seven years of civil litigation experience that includes matters at the trial and appellate levels in state court and federal court. Preferences: Previous supervisory/management experience in a legal practice setting. Accommodations If assistance with the job application is necessary based on a physical impairment, mental impairment, or otherwise, they should reach out to the Office on the Disabled with contact information. This office will not disclose any information that an applicant or employee has a disability or has discussed possible accommodations without the applicant's or employee's prior consent. City of St. Louis City Hall 1200 Market Street Saint Louis, MO 63103 #J-18808-Ljbffr City of St. Louis