JOB TITLE:  Attorney – General Counsel                                      

FLSA STATUS:  Exempt                                                                          

REPORTS TO:  Supervising Attorney                                              

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF WORK:

Serving as city attorney for various cities, attending meetings with city officials and employees to discuss legal issues,  drafting contracts, real estate documents, ordinances, resolutions, and other municipal related legislation,  drafting and filing briefs with the Texas Attorney General, and reviewing Texas Public Information Act requests and drafting responses. Prosecuting class C misdemeanors and city code violations through municipal court, including defendant briefing and pleas, analyzing cases to determine options, preparing and defending against any motions or requests filed in municipal court, and ultimately presenting those cases to a judge or jury. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:         

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each of the following essential functions – under the assistance and supervision of senior attorneys:

        Attending meetings with city officials and employees to discuss legal issues. 

        Drafting contracts, real estate documents, ordinances, resolutions, and other municipal related legislation.  

        Attending public meetings of city councils, boards, or commissions, providing legal advice, and making public presentations. 

Conducting research, studying newly-enacted legislation and recently decided case law, and preparing legal letters, memoranda, and draft opinions. 
        Traveling to cities for handling municipal court, and meetings and to perform the functions herein.

Handling municipal court prosecutions to include code enforcement, conducting pre-trial hearings, preparing and defending against motions, and handling jury and bench trials.
Prepare and defend against motions and requests filed with the court, prepare police officers and other witnesses for testimony, and represent cities and State of Texas in prosecuting cases before a judge or jury.
Conduct pre-trial hearings in municipal court to educate defendants on options for disposing of their citations, which includes reviewing cases to determine which options may be made available to each defendant and negotiating with defense attorneys regarding pleas and facts of cases.
Reviewing and timely responding to requests for information made under the Texas Public Information Act, drafting responses to such requests, and drafting and filing briefs with the Texas Attorney General for opinion. 
Train police officers, city employees and other witnesses on effective testimony, presentation and courtroom skills.
Regular, reliable, and punctual attendance to all job assignments, meetings and appearances.
Other duties as assigned.