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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

Deputy City Attorney, Worker Protection Team

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

The mission of the Worker Protection Team is to protect the rights of workers in San Francisco and California with an emphasis on combatting systemic business practices that exploit marginalized workers. Building on the Office’s longstanding leadership in affirmative litigation, the Team investigates and litigates instances of wage theft, employee misclassification, and other abusive workplace practices. The Team also advises and supports the City’s Office of Labor Standards Enforcement (OLSE), which enforces more than two dozen local workplace protection ordinances, including ordinances that establish rights to a minimum wage, paid sick leave. paid parental leave, and healthcare benefits. The Team also drafts relevant legislation and amicus briefs, and performs other duties consistent with the Team’s mission.

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

Paralegal, Tax Team

The San Francisco City Attorney’s Office is looking for a qualified and motivated litigator to litigate tax disputes along with subject matter experts on its Tax Team.

The Tax Team drafts tax legislation, advises the City on tax issues, and litigates tax disputes with taxpayers. The Tax Team Paralegal would work with other members of the Tax Team in the litigation involving tax issues.

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 Health & Human Services 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.

Deputy City Attorney, Business/Tax Litigator, Tax Team

The San Francisco City Attorney’s Office is looking for a qualified and motivated litigator to litigate tax disputes along with subject matter experts on its Tax Team.

This position would work with tax advice attorneys on the City’s Tax Team to defend the City in tax suits filed by taxpayers, including high-value cases and cases of first impression.  The position would involve significant law and motion practice, bench trials, and all levels of appellate review.

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

Law Fellow

The San Francisco City Attorney’s Office Law Fellow Program offers a unique and rewarding one-year professional opportunity for a recent law school graduate to gain direct experience in a specific aspect of municipal law practice. The Office has one position for the year. The successful applicant must be available for full-time work beginning September/October 2025 and the fellowship position ends after approximately one year (specific dates to be determined based on the successful applicant’s schedule and the Law Fellow Program annual cycle).

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

Deputy City Attorney, Government Litigation Team

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

The Government Litigation Team is a collaborative and dynamic group of four attorneys, two paralegals, and two legal secretaries. The Team handles litigation in state and federal trial and appellate courts, principally on the defense side. The Team’s docket is broad, and generally focuses on defending the legality of City ordinances, regulations, and programs and of quasi-judicial decisions made by City administrative agencies challenged through administrative mandamus. The Team is experienced in litigating issues of federal and state preemption and all manner of federal and state Constitutional claims, focusing particularly on issues of free speech, free exercise and/or establishment of religion, equal protection, and due process. The Team also litigates issues arising under California constitutional or statutory provisions limiting the enactment of local taxes and fees, as well as under state and local open meeting and public records laws. Most of the Team’s cases involve principally legal rather than factual issues.

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

Deputy City Attorney, Government Team

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

The Government Team provides legal advice and serves as general counsel to San Francisco’s Mayor, Board of Supervisors, City Administrator, and an array of other City officials and agencies. This includes City agencies that protect public safety, such as the Police Department, Fire Department, and Department of Emergency Management; those that promote equality and human dignity, such as the Human Rights Commission, Immigrant Rights Commission, and Office of Labor Standards Enforcement; those that enhance the quality of life in the City, such as the Recreation and Park Department, Arts Commission, and Public Library; those that promote good government and accountability, such as the Controller, Civil Service Commission, and Department of Police Accountability; and those that ensure careful review of agency decisions directly affecting the interests of the public, such as the Board of Appeals and the Assessment Appeals Board.

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.