Company Description

Appointment Type: Permanent Exempt (PEX) position; individuals who are appointed to Exempt Positions are appointed at the pleasure of their appointing officer and are considered to be “at-will.”

• Application Opening: July 16, 2025
• Application Deadline: Continuous, earliest close 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 30, 2025
• Compensation Range: $153,140 - $268,320
• Recruitment ID: RTF0158061-01152111

The San Francisco City Attorney’s Office is looking for a qualified and motivated litigator to join its Dependency & Mental Health Team (Team), to perform juvenile dependency work. Dependency work is a high volume, fast paced, and confidential court-based practice.

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 over 340 talented and dedicated 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.
The Office recognizes that diversity in the backgrounds, identities, ideas, and lived experiences of our employees enriches our workplace and enhances our work. We aspire to recruit, employ, retain, and promote talented 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, and age, and candidates with disabilities. We have a clear vision: to be the place where a diverse mix of people want to come and stay, grow professionally, and find purpose and engagement, and where all employees feel welcomed and respected for their full authentic selves, and valued for their work and contributions to the Office and the City. To learn more about the Office’s efforts to provide an inclusive workplace where employees feel they belong and can meaningfully contribute, please visit: https://www.sfcityattorney.org/aboutus/dei/
Currently, the Office offers a hybrid remote work schedule for eligible employees, with three days onsite and up to two days remote. This schedule may change to conform to Citywide standards of four days onsite work.
To learn more about the City Attorney’s Office please visit: https://www.sfcityattorney.org/
Job Description

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION

• Licensed to practice law in California.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Three or more years of litigation experience.
• Three or more years of dependency practice, whether litigation or advice.
• Ability to assume responsibility quickly and work independently, collaboratively, and efficiently.
• Ability to manage a high volume, fast paced caseload, and adjust to occasional workload increases.
• Excellent oral and written communication and advocacy skills.
• Ability to exercise good judgment, multi-task, and meet deadlines.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a positive attitude.
• Commitment to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment.
• Desire and ability to work successfully as part of a team.

Attorneys assigned to dependency work juggle caseloads of close to 100 cases at various stages in the dependency process. In addition to working with social workers, they work with professionals such as doctors (child abuse specialists), child psychologists and psychiatrists, law enforcement, and service providers. Our Team provides on going trainings for child welfare workers about the legal aspects of their practice and advises the Agency on requests for confidential child welfare records.
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