Litigation Counsel III (#RL2073)

Under direction, provides professional legal services for San Joaquin County, its departments and officers, and special districts in matters of litigation; and does related or other work as required in accordance with Rule 3, Section 3 of the Civil Service Rules.

This is the experienced level class in the Litigation Counsel series. Employees in this class exercise a considerable amount of independent judgment and initiative in representing their assigned clients and may be assigned some of the most complex cases as special projects.

Membership in the California State Bar.

Experience: Four years of experience in the practice of civil law, which included considerable courtroom experience.

Legal principles and their applications; legal research methods, court procedures, rules of evidence and procedures; administrative law and the conduct of proceedings before administrative bodies; and laws applicable to operation of County government and related agencies.

Analyze legal principles and precedents and to apply them to complex legal and administrative problems; present statements of fact, law and argument clearly and logically in written and oral form; draft opinions, pleadings, rulings regulations and legislation; and independently present difficult and complex cases in court and before administrative agencies.