Deputy Attorney III

January 14, 2026 The Oakland City Attorney's Office, Oakland, CA Open until it's filled.

The Oakland City Attorney’s Office is hiring a Deputy City Attorney III to join the office’s labor and employment advisory unit.

The Deputy City Attorney III will be exposed to a wide range of personnel matters
across a variety of City’s departments, including police personnel matters. Duties will include, but
will not be limited to: working collaboratively with other attorneys, City staff, and City leadership
to analyze labor and employment issues and resolve disputes; advising City investigators and
Department heads on employee-misconduct, due process, and related grievances, representing
the City in administrative hearings to resolve labor and/or employment disputes; drafting and
reviewing opinions, legislation, contracts and other legal documents which require the application
of labor law and/or employment law; and, potentially, advising on police officer administrative
investigations and discipline.

This position is represented by the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Local 21. The incumbent may receive general supervision from a Deputy City Attorney V, Special Counsel, Chief Assistant City Attorney or the City Attorney. The City Attorney may assign the selected attorney to new, additional, or different duties or practice areas in litigation, advice or transactional work.

Duties may include but are not limited to:

• Advising on administrative investigations of misconduct as well as the discipline process, including throughout the pendency of the grievance process.
• Advising on the investigation and resolution of labor and employment or personnel-related claims and complaints against the City or City management, including allegations involving harassment and discrimination and recommending actions to be taken.
• Advising clients, including the City Administrator, Employee Relations Director, Human Resources Director, Chief of Police and Office of the Inspector General, on personnel matters to help them comply with laws and policies and to help them identify various risks and manage them accordingly.
• Representing the City in administrative proceedings, including labor arbitration hearings, Civil Service Board hearings, and hearings before the Public Employee Relations Board.
• Advising the City Administrator, Employee Relations Director, and other designated labor negotiators in preparation for and during labor-contract bargaining and other labor negotiations.
• Performing legal research; interpreting and applying laws and court decisions; preparing opinions for departments, programs, boards, commissions, and officials.
• Preparing, reviewing, and revising ordinances, resolutions, employment contracts, MOU’s, settlements, and other legal documents; revising such documents as necessary to meet legal standards.

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