• Provides general legal guidance to the Mayor, City council, department heads, and City committees and boards, including preparing various legal documents. 
• Prepares cases for hearings and trials. 
• Represents the City in litigation proceedings in court, which includes determining procedural avenues for actions; attending depositions; making strategic and tactical litigation decisions; and/or performing related activities. 
• Reviews contracts, deeds, bonds, ordinances, and resolutions to verify appropriateness of terms, conditions, and applicable clauses. 
• Prepares and files legal pleadings, motions, briefs, and related documents. 
• Performs other duties of a similar nature or level.
• Performs other related work as required.

• Juris Doctorate from an American Bar Association accredited school of law.
• Three (3) to four (4) years of experience as a practicing attorney.

• Tennessee State Law License.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS REQUIRED 

• Legal theory.
• Applicable Federal, State, and local laws, rules, regulations, codes, and/or statutes.
• Contract management principles and practices.
• Court procedures.
• Criminal justice system.
• Interview methods and techniques.
• Research methods.
• Legal document preparation techniques.
• Computers and related software applications.

• Interpreting and applying applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
• Providing sound legal advice.
• Analyzing complex information.
• Conducting legal research.
• Preparing legal documents.
• Applying legal principles to determinations on individual cases and problems.
• Trying cases in court.
• Analyzing, appraising, and organizing facts, evidence, and precedents relevant to assigned cases.
• Using computers and related software applications.
• Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with subordinates, coworkers, supervisor, the public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction.

• Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination sound. 
• Mental Acuity: Making rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction. 
• Repetitive Motion: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.
• Speaking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.
• Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Visual ability 1: sufficient to perform an activity like preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading.
• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or move from one work site to another.