Senior Attorney

The Office of the County Counsel at the County of Los Angeles is seeking qualified candidates to fill emergency Senior Deputy County Counsel vacancies related to the windstorm and wildfires natural disasters. We are recruiting for the following practice areas: Labor and Employment Law: Experience may include labor and employment litigation, labor relations, legal advice, public employee discipline, workplace investigations, peace officer personnel issues, and disability compliance. Civil Rights Law – Police Liability: Experience may include civil rights law, police misconduct litigation, police or security liability, constitutional law issues, law enforcement training, internal investigations, policy development, and civil jury trials. Healthcare Law: Experience may include healthcare and behavioral health legal advice, licensing and regulatory matters, HIPAA, professional liability, medical malpractice litigation, and related civil rights claims. What You’ll Do: Assigned complex transactional, advisory, or litigation matters involving such areas as transportation, public safety, and civil rights, healthcare, including behavioral health, tort liability, contract, regulatory actions and/or labor and employment. Acts as principal legal advisor to the Board of Supervisors, a large County department or a special district, and/or a separate legal agency, such as the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA), supervising and participating in the resolution of difficult legal questions regarding powers, jurisdiction, procedures and operations. Supervises less experienced attorneys and oversees outside counsel on the conduct of their assigned cases, discussing questions of law and questions related to the procedure or strategy to be used in trial. Oversees the review and resolution of complex, multi-agency issues, requiring coordination within the office and between County departments/agencies, and/or a separate agency, such as LACMTA. Drafts or oversees the drafting of ordinances, legislation, and amendments to State and County codes and/or rules and regulations applicable to LACMTA related to the most complex issues. Engage in and advance the Anti-racism, Diversity, and Inclusion (ARDI) mission of the Office of the County Counsel. Five years of experience in the practice of public agency law, or civil law experience in areas such as labor and employment, civil rights law, police misconduct litigation, police liability, security guard liability, criminal law, public safety law, or laws and regulations relating to medical and behavioral health care providers. Admission to practice law in all courts of California. To read more about this position, and to apply, please click here: Note: Official payroll title is Senior Deputy County Counsel. Hybrid work schedule is available after initial probationary period. #J-18808-Ljbffr