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About the Office

The San Francisco City Attorney’s Office is an innovative, nationally-recognized municipal law office working to protect and advance the rights and interests of the City and County of San Francisco and its residents.  With just over 300 talented, dedicated, and diverse employees, the Office provides exceptional legal services to the City’s Mayor, Board of Supervisors, officials, and departments.  Our work empowers City leaders with effective, responsive and creative legal solutions and representation so they can deliver critical public services and our affirmative advocacy enhances the lives and wellbeing of San Francisco’s residents and visitors.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Office recognizes that diversity in the backgrounds, ideas and lived experiences of our employees enriches our workplace and enhances our work.  We aspire to recruit, employ, retain and promote capable individuals representing the full spectrum of our community, and welcome all candidates, including candidates of any race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age and candidates with disabilities.  We have a clear vision: to be the place where a diverse mix of talented people want to come and stay, and where employees feel welcomed, engaged and valued for their work and contributions to the Office and the City.  To learn more about the Office’s efforts to provide a welcoming, diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace please click here.

Current Opportunities

Legal Secretary, Dependency & Mental Health Team

The San Francisco City Attorney’s Office is looking for a qualified and motivated Legal Secretary to join its Dependency & Mental Health (DMH) Team.

The DMH Team is a collaborative and dynamic group of fourteen 14 attorneys, two paralegals, one legal assistant and two legal secretaries. DMH is a litigation team that handles two confidential court-based practices with heavy and active caseloads: Child Welfare/Dependency and Conservatorships. DMH works with protective services workers to represent the interests of abused and neglected children in San Francisco. Attorneys advise the Family and Children Services Division of the Human Services Agency in all phases of dependency litigation. DMH also advises the Public Conservator (PC) and represents them in court proceedings on Lanterman Petris Short (LPS) conservatorships. DMH serves as advice counsel, as well as litigation counsel, on more than 600 conservatorship cases in San Francisco.

If you are interested in the position, more information about the job and application process is available here.

Legal Assistant, Code Enforcement Team

The San Francisco City Attorney’s Office is looking for a qualified and motivated Legal Assistant to join its Code Enforcement Team.

The Code Enforcement Team is a collaborative and dynamic group of six attorneys and two legal secretaries. The Team investigates and civilly prosecutes violations of city and state codes, including code violations related to substandard housing, illegal businesses, and other public nuisances.

If you are interested in the position, more information about the job and application process is available here.

Deputy City Attorney, Labor Team

The San Francisco City Attorney’s Office is looking for a qualified and motivated Deputy City Attorney to join its Labor Team.

The Labor Team is a collaborative and dynamic group of 19 attorneys, five paralegals and legal assistants, and six legal secretaries. The Team defends the City in state and federal civil litigation (through trial and appeals), in administrative proceedings involving employment and labor matters, and provides proactive advice and risk management strategies to its client departments on all aspects of the City’s labor and employment relationships. The Team advises and represents the City in its on-going relationships with the more than 30 unions that represent City employees, including collective bargaining, labor grievance arbitrations, and defending unfair labor practice and other administrative charges.

If you are interested in the position, more information about the job and application process is available here.

Applying

Prospective candidates for all city government positions—including the City Attorney’s Office—are encouraged to visit the Careers with Purpose page of the City’s website to learn more about employment with the City and County of San Francisco.