The fundamental reason this class exists is to perform the duties of chief assistant to the City Attorney. The employee assists the City Attorney in planning, developing, and implementing the legal program and acts for the City Attorney in absence of same. Duties include providing advice and counsel to Assistant City Attorneys and the City Prosecutor on routine matters, freeing the City Attorney for high administrative and professional tasks, and serving as counsel to a number of major City departments. Supervision is exercised over all professional members of the City Attorney's staff. Work is performed under the direction of the City Attorney within the limits of general policies of the City and established standards and practices of the legal profession and requires the application of extensive experience and skill.
Performance is evaluated on the basis of results obtained.
Demonstrates continuous effort to improve operations, decrease turnaround times, streamline work processes, and work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality seamless customer service. Organization, function, and legal limitations on the authority of various City departments and enforcement and procedural problems. State and federal constitutional and statutory provisions relating to municipalities. Accepted legal principles and court decisions. Judicial procedure, rules of civil and criminal procedure, and rules of evidence.