Assistant Solicitor – Federal Litigation Attorney

Position Summary

Handles Federal Litigation involving primarily 1983 Civil Rights and Employment Discrimination cases on behalf of or against the City, City officials, City Boards, and/or City employees. Handles all matters relating to federal cases from pretrial through appellate stages, including case preparation, brief writing, strategy development, courtroom representation, appeals, and arguments. Responsible for collecting relevant evidence and handling general requests, including subpoenas and other matters related to litigation.

A perk of this position includes some remote work flexibility in a hybrid work schedule!

Department : Law

Salary : $91,166 per year.

• WORK EXPERIENCE: The ideal applicant will have four (4 ) or more year s of full-time, paid legal experience in litigation and must have tried jury trials from voir dire to post-trial motions.
• EDUCATION/TRAINING: The application must clearly show a Juris Doctorate Degree and an active Pennsylvania license on the start date.

POSITION DUTIES

• Represents the City in Federal civil litigation proceedings brought on behalf or against the City, including its City officials, or City employees.
• Researches legal issues and prepares legal memoranda and correspondence.
• Maintains and develops expertise about laws, regulations, and court decisions affecting municipal legal issues.
• Researches legal issues and prepares legal memoranda, correspondence, pleadings, motions, petitions, and discovery.
• Conducts discovery, including corresponding with opposing counsel, depositions, answering written discovery requests, requesting documents and interrogatories from opposing counsel, and conducting expert discovery.
• Conducts depositions, trials, and appeals of proceedings in Federal courts regarding allegations of constitutional violations or tort claims.
• Performs activities, functions, and other tasks and duties as assigned or required by the City Solicitor.