Attorney III (Litigation)

Salary\: $81,094 - $121,628

Position Grade\: 219G

Department\: City Counselor

Job Type\: Full-Time (Permanent)

Examination Number\: EX1749

Location\: Downtown - St. Louis, MO

A senior-level litigator responsible for the Law Department’s more complex, high-profile, and high exposure civil lawsuits. Operates with a high degree of autonomy, commanding cases from inception through trial while mentoring junior litigation staff.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities\:

● Defends claims against the City and its officers in complex state court, federal court, and administrative hearings.

● Performs complex legal writing and research in personal injury, employment, equity, civil rights, and other matters as assigned.

● Drafts and files pleadings, motions, legal memoranda, discovery requests, discovery responses, and appellate briefs.

● Interviews witnesses; takes and defends depositions in complex matters.

● Represents the City and its employees at trials and administrative hearings.

● Assists (as second chair) senior attorneys with the City’s most complex and high-exposure matters.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities\:

● Proficient in Microsoft Word, LexisNexis, and/or Westlaw.

● Data Utilization\: Requires the ability to perform mid to upper-level data analysis including the ability to coordinate, strategize, systematize and correlate, using discretion in determining time, place and/or sequence of operations within an organizational framework. Requires the ability to implement decisions based on such data, and overseeing the execution of these decisions.

● Human Interaction\: Requires the ability to apply principles of negotiation within the context of legal guidelines.

● Equipment, Machinery, Tools and Materials Use\: Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or provide simple but continuous adjustment on equipment, machinery and tools such as a computer, calculator, copy and fax machines, and/or materials used in performing essential functions.

● Verbal Aptitude\: Requires the ability to utilize reference, descriptive, consulting, design and advisory data and information such as legal briefs and opinions, statutes and ordinances, contracts and legal research materials.

● Mathematical Aptitude\: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; ability to calculate percentages and decimals and may use basic algebra.

● Functional Reasoning\: Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or synthesis functions involving planning and directing of interrelated activities or multiple departments. Ability to deal with several concrete and abstract variables in working out approaches to major problems.

● Situational Reasoning\: Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity required in situations involving the direction, control and planning of an entire program or multiple programs.

● Environmental Factors\: Work is normally performed in an office environment under generally safe and comfortable conditions where exposure to irate individuals poses a very limited risk of injury.

● Physical Requirements\: Tasks involve the ability to exert light physical effort in sedentary to light work. Tasks may involve extended periods of visual concentration at a keyboard or workstation.

● Sensory Requirements\: Requires the ability to recognize and identify individual characteristics of colors, shapes, and sounds, associated with job-related objects, materials and tasks.