Chief Deputy County Counsel

The County Counsel’s Office provides high quality and timely legal services supporting the County of Marin’s governmental functions. Services are provided to County departments, boards and agencies in a manner that is cost‑effective, professional and promotes excellence in delivery of government services contributing to the health, safety and welfare of county residents and visitors.

ABOUT THE POSITION

The Chief Deputy County Counsel is a key part of the department’s management team, participating in management meetings and decision‑making as well as leading a division of the office and providing direct supervision to attorneys and leadership to all department employees. Further, the Chief Deputy performs a variety of professional legal work for County departments and represented special districts including but not limited to advice and counsel, litigation in a variety of areas (excessive force defense, land use, trip and falls, dangerous condition of public property, etc.) public contracting law, public meeting law and land use. The Chief Deputy will exercise a considerable amount of independent judgment and initiative in representing their assigned clients and may be assigned the most complex cases as special projects. The Chief Deputy is typically assigned to any of the specialty areas of the office and is expected to handle federal and state litigation from case assignment through trial and appellate hearings. The Chief Deputy County Counsel takes an active role in performance management, coaching and staff/team development. The general duties and minimum requirements of this position are described in the class specification . If you are interested in more specific information regarding this position, please contact Renee Brewer, Assistant County Counsel, at: View email address on click.appcast.io .

ABOUT YOU

Our Highly Qualified Candidate is an experienced attorney who has independently performed litigation and advice work for public entity clients and has sufficient public law experience to effectively supervise a broad range of Office of the County Counsel functions. Specific experience advising public entity clients in the areas of land use, public works, or general civil litigation is particularly relevant, but not required. The candidate has strong leadership skills and is capable of taking an active role in managing the Office and developing our staff. Further, the ideal candidate has a proven track record of excellent customer service and is a team player, working respectfully, collaboratively and developing positive working relationships with colleagues, clients, staff and court personnel.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Five (5) years of progressively responsible experience as an attorney in civil or governmental law. Lead or supervisory experience is highly desirable. Certificates and Licenses Current active membership in the State Bar of California is required. The County Counsel’s Office has embraced hybrid work schedule that considers that some duties of this position may be performed remotely. However, the successful candidate must be able to report to County facilities for meetings, work assignments, and/or disaster service work upon short notice, as needed and deemed appropriate. During the initial probationary period, the successful candidate may be required to work primarily onsite before establishing a hybrid work schedule. #J-18808-Ljbffr California State Association of Counties