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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.

Junior Management Assistant, Executive Team

The San Francisco City Attorney’s Office is looking for a qualified and motivated Junior Management Assistant to join its Executive Team.

Under supervision of the City Attorney and/or his designee, the Junior Management Assistant performs general administrative and management functions with rotating assignments and assists the City Attorney and executive staff with various projects.

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, Retirement Team

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

The Retirement Team is a collaborative group of seven attorneys and a legal secretary. The team counsels the Retirement Board and the San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System (SFERS), which administers, manages, and operates the City’s retirement plans; this work includes investing system assets, approving or denying disability benefit determinations, and disbursing benefits. SFERS serves approximately 75,000 members and beneficiaries and has approximately $35 billion in assets. The Retirement Board also administers the San Francisco Deferred Compensation Plan (SFDCP), which has over 34,000 participants and approximately $5 billion in assets. The Retirement Team’s work covers a broad array of municipal issues that impact the Retirement Board and SFERS, including matters related to pension benefits, SFERS’s investments portfolio, and the SFDCP. The Team also represents SFERS in administrative hearings on industrial and ordinary disability retirement applications involving employees of the City, the Community College District, and the School District before the California Office of Administrative Hearings and may defend those administrative decisions in court.

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.

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.