Principal Assistant Attorney - Civil Division

The City Attorney is looking for an attorney to practice in the Civil Division of the Office. The attorneys in the Civil Division are assigned to various practice areas as Office needs may change or arise over time. Those practice areas could range from administrative law to zoning; and examples include construction of public works; constitutional law; contracts and intergovernmental agreements;

affordable housing development; elections; eminent domain; employment law (Title VII, Arizona Civil Rights Act, FLSA, ADA, ADEA, FMLA, etc.); environmental law; municipal finance and taxation; open meetings and public records; procurement; public utilities and telecom; real estate; water law; land use/zoning and more. While the currently anticipated practice areas for the current position(s) include employment law, real estate development and transactions and land use, given the range of practice areas within the Civil Division the City Attorney will consider applicants whose prior experience may not include experience in the currently anticipated practice areas of need.

The City Attorney may choose to hire more than one candidate from this recruitment.

An uploaded letter of intent along with your resume is required for this application. Any application submitted without the required documents will be considered incomplete.

Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications will be evaluated on the education and work experience in their employment profile. The most qualified applicants will then be invited to participate in a panel interview and will be required to provide a legal writing sample composed within the last 3 years, no larger than 10 pages.

All interested candidates must apply though the City of Tucson's jobs portal at