Deputy City Attorney IV / Assistant Supervising Attorney

Los Angeles City Attorney's Office • Pacific Office (Harbor Location), CA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Office of the Los Angeles City Attorney is one of the nation's largest municipal law offices, with over 1,000 legal professionals, including 500 attorneys. The Office provides the City of Los Angeles with high-caliber legal services, including prosecuting criminal misdemeanors, advising on homelessness initiatives, defending civil lawsuits, and bringing civil enforcement actions. The Criminal Branch is responsible for the prosecution of misdemeanor cases throughout the City of Los Angeles. This role involves working closely with the Supervising Attorney on the administration and operation of misdemeanor prosecutions, including training, management, and supervision of attorneys and support staff.

Requirements

• Seven years of criminal law experience.
• Mastery of evidentiary issues and jury trials.
• Broad knowledge of criminal law and procedure.
• Thorough understanding of trial strategy and case and trial preparation.
• Excellent judgment regarding the value and appropriate disposition of cases.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to interact effectively with members of the public, law enforcement and the court system with tact, sensitivity and good judgment.
• Strong research and writing skills.
• Thorough understanding of Office policies, current legal trends, and issues affecting substantive criminal law and procedure and the administration of justice by our Office.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with arraignment, master calendar, trial and post-conviction courts.
• Supervisory experience, including personnel issues.
• Experience prosecuting a wide range of misdemeanors.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and train newer attorneys, and to conduct seminars as part of ongoing training in coordination with the Legal Training Director.
• Working knowledge of the community, including existing relationships with law enforcement, regulatory agencies, neighborhood groups, and business leaders.
• Experience in the preparation of reports, memoranda, legal research, budget requests and analysis of statistical data and trends.
• Familiarity with databases used by the Criminal Branch, including CCMS, CLETS/NECS (and all databases contained therein), CCHRS, TCIS, and Evidence.com.
• Working knowledge of computer technology, including Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Adobe Acrobat (PDFs), and the Google Suite of programs (Drive, Docs, Sheets, Forms and Slides).
• Experience with all video conferencing programs and platforms (e.g., Zoom, Google Meet, WebEx).

Responsibilities

• Organizing and directing the daily operations, including making staffing assignments, case assignments and rotational assignments of attorneys and support staff.
• Coordinating with the Supervisor on case selection, special projects, public safety strategies, the effective utilization of resources, and developing new policies that impact the work of the Branch.
• Conducting fieldwork, including visiting problem locations and reviewing public safety projects.
• Participating in the daily oversight, training and mentoring of attorneys, including court observation and providing feedback, assisting attorneys in carrying out their assignments, reviewing trial results and trial transcripts, responding to inquiries from attorneys concerning trials and strategies, issues in court, dispositions or other issues relating to the handling of cases.
• Participating in personnel matters for both attorneys and support staff, including disciplinary matters, evaluations, and performance reviews.
• Coordinating with the Support Staff Supervisor in overseeing support staff operations to assure timely processing of cases and ensure the efficient working of the office, including developing and facilitating improvements to the existing system.
• Responding to inquiries from judges, commissioners, court personnel, attorneys, other agencies or departments, law enforcement agencies and members of the public.
• Addressing requests and referrals from the Executive Office and Branch Management.
• Developing and implementing mechanisms to accurately monitor crime reduction and deterrence.
• Representing the Office at meetings with criminal justice personnel and members of the public.
• Working closely with other sections of the Office to facilitate effective and efficient administration of justice, including the integration of the Office’s restorative justice programs.
• Preparing reports, statistics, surveys, and budgetary recommendations.
• Implementing new and existing innovative programs and procedures to achieve recidivism reduction, increased productivity, quality control and cost savings.
• Prosecuting cases in court as needed, including assigned cases, jury trials, post-trial motions, appeals, and writs.
• Facilitating consistency and management information sharing, assistant supervisors may have the opportunity to rotate with other assistant supervisors.
• Performing other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System (LACERS) which includes mandatory employee pension contributions through payroll deduction.
• The City also contributes toward the employee’s retirement benefit.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior