Principal Assistant County Attorney

Department of Personnel Human Resources Recruitment and Retention Coordinator- M.B.A. Health Care Administration/Management

The Rockland County Office of the County Attorney is seeking candidates for 2 full‑time, Principal Assistant County Attorney positions on the Department's Litigation Team and Transactional Team.

This high‑level title in the Assistant County Attorney series involves responsibility for litigation work of a moderate to complex nature representing the County of Rockland. The candidate will be independently responsible for legal work involving a wide variety of legal issues (e.g., legal research and writing, preparing correspondence, review and enforcement of civil collection matters, Vehicle Traffic Law 1174‑A Litigation, Notices of Claim, affidavits, Chapter 45, etc.)

and reviewing documents for completeness, legal sufficiency, and accuracy.

The candidate will perform transactional legal work of a routine moderate to complex nature representing the County of Rockland. Responsibilities include independent legal research and writing, preparing correspondence, contracts, agreements, deeds, affidavits, resolutions, land acquisition documents, bid reviews, and notices; drafting legal documents; and reviewing documents for completeness, legal sufficiency, and accuracy.

Providing legal advice to the Office of the County Executive, County Legislature, elected officials, commissioners, agency heads and employees on a variety of matters; providing day‑to‑day guidance to legal, paralegal and clerical staff when assigned; attending public hearings, boards, commission meetings, and meetings with County, public and elected officials; participating in meetings and conferences; working with legal staff in the handling of their assigned cases;

preparing case status and statistical reports, as required; conducting training for attorneys, paralegal staff and other County personnel on pertinent areas of law, newly enacted regulations, recently decided cases. Does related work as required.

• Possession of a license to practice law in New York State and provision of a current certificate of good standing.
• License to practice law in the State of New York must be maintained throughout the course of employment in this title.
• As a public officer one must meet all current requirements of Section 3 of the Public Officers Law, including, but not limited to United States citizenship and applicable residency requirements.

• Work Location:
  
  New City, NY
• 2‑5 years of litigation experience and/or law enforcement and transaction prosecution experience; preferred but not required.

Competitive with the public sector market including but not limited to the following:

• Annual $108,247
• 40‑hour work week (8 hours per day, Monday through Friday)
• Paid time off including vacation, personal, holiday, sick, cancer screening, bereavement
• Benefits include medical, dental and vision
• Other benefits include deferred compensation, tuition reimbursement, flex spending, AFLAC, NY 529 College Savings program, employee assistance program, leadership and other professional development training opportunities
• This position is New York State Pension eligible
• This position may qualify for the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness program

Interested candidates should email a completed Rockland County employment application, together with their cover letter, resume and references to:
Cabezasbkland.ny.us

Brittany Cabezas, Paralegal Specialist III/Office Manager

to access the online application.

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Legal, Writing/Editing, and Public Relations

Industries:
Government Administration, Courts of Law, and Legal Services

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