Deputy City Attorney II/III
About The Position
The Office of the Los Angeles City Attorney is one of the nation's largest municipal law offices, providing high-caliber legal services to the City of Los Angeles. The ACE Program is an alternative enforcement method for violations of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, issuing administrative citations instead of criminal ones. This approach aligns with 'smart justice' initiatives, offering an alternative to criminal sanctions for appropriate offenders. The program involves significant city enforcement personnel and currently includes departments such as LAPD, Animal Services, Parks and Recreation, Bureau of Street Services, Housing Department, Building and Safety, and Sanitation.
Requirements
- Minimum three years of experience in the practice of law.
- Excellent oral communication skills and the ability to effectively engage in oral advocacy.
- Demonstrated ability to successfully interact with a wide variety of members of the public, law enforcement, governmental entities, public officials, and the court system with tact, sensitivity and good judgment.
- Strong research and writing skills.
- Applicants must have effective skills in written and verbal communications, presentation of administrative and judicial cases, and effective appellate advocacy.
Nice To Haves
- Demonstrated ability to complete multiple tasks under abbreviated time deadlines and an ability to quickly prioritize and complete a variety of staff assignments.
- Ability to efficiently work in a program with a high volume of demands for information, dealing with a wide variety of issues and city departments.
- Experience and proficiency in the administration of misdemeanor criminal law, procedure, and appellate advocacy.
- The applicant should also have misdemeanor case management procedural experience.
- In addition, the applicant should have experience with state court writ practice.
- Applicant should have experience in the area of administrative and regulatory law.
Responsibilities
- Reviewing and tracking administrative citations; ensuring that all information is accurately documented in the program’s database.
- Assisting in preparing statistical documents, City Council reports and other reports as needed.
- Regularly meeting with ACE staff to review open citations and hearings, handle initial reviews of contested citations, prepare cases for administrative hearings and oversee administrative hearings.
- Assisting in the recruitment, training and monitoring of volunteer ACE hearing officers.
- Responding to inquiries from members of the public regarding issues affecting quality of life in neighborhoods.
- Communicating and coordinating with a variety of law enforcement and regulatory agencies on joint projects, City Attorney policies, guidelines, filing requirements, legislative changes and other matters of interest concerning the successful resolution of quality-of-life issues.
- Ensuring uniform implementation of City Attorney policies concerning the filing and disposition of ACE citations.
- Regularly meeting and discussing procedures and issues with the supervising attorney of the ACE Program.
- Assisting in the continued development and expansion of the Administrative Citation Enforcement Program.
- This position will be highly involved with the processing of citations issued by the Housing Department under Tenant Anti-Harassment Ordinance.
- Other assignments as requested.
Benefits
- Mandatory employee pension contributions through payroll deduction.
- The City also contributes toward the employee’s retirement benefit.
- Two year probationary period for exempt positions.
- Tenure with the office upon successful completion of the probationary period.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
