{"id":1102977,"url":"https://alion.io/job/city-county-of-san-francisco-deputy-city-attorney-complex-commercial-litigator-city-attorneys-office","title":"Deputy City Attorney - Complex Commercial Litigator - City Attorney's Office","company":{"id":243,"name":"City & County of San Francisco","domain":"sf.gov","url":"https://alion.io/company/city-and-county-of-san-francisco","size_band":"51-200","is_staffing_agency":false,"is_intermediary":false,"ats_vendor":"SmartRecruiters","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":80,"open_postings":18,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":1,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":11,"computed_at":"2026-09-24T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"Legal","role_family":"Legal","seniority":null,"employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["San Francisco, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":158548,"max":277810,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":277810},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-21T15:25:09Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-21","last_verified_at":"2026-09-24T10:06:47Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":2,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":2},"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.\"\nApplication Opening: September 18, 2026\nApplication Deadline: Continuous, earliest close 5:00 p.m. Friday, October 2, 2026\nCompensation Range:$158,548 - $277,810\nRecruitment ID: RTF0167143-01097721\nThe San Francisco City Attorney’s Office is looking for a qualified and motivated complex commercial litigator to join its office.\nAbout the Office\nThe 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 nearly 350 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.\nThe Office recognizes that diversity in the backgrounds, identities, and 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, and valued for their work and contributions to the Office and the City.\nThe Office provides a hybrid work schedule for eligible employees.\nTo learn more about the City Attorney’s Office please visit our website.\n About the Position\nThis position would be part of the Tax Team. Litigators on the Tax Team work primarily on defending the City in tax refund lawsuits. Issues litigated in these cases include federal and state constitutional doctrines (e.g., Commerce, Due Process, and Equal Protection Clauses, state preemption of city taxing power); valuation of taxable and nontaxable property; interpreting complex federal, state, and local laws and regulations; and the application of the City’s taxes to the diverse and emerging industries comprising San Francisco’s business community. Amounts in dispute range from the tens of thousands to hundreds of millions of dollars. Experience with state or local tax matters is not required as litigators on the Tax Team benefit from the subject matter expertise of the Team’s advice attorneys and collaborate with auditors and appraisers in the Office of the Treasurer and Tax Collector and the Office of the Assessor-Recorder.\n Minimum Qualifications\nLicensed to practice law in California.\nDesired Qualifications\nFive or ideally more years of civil litigation experience.\nExperience with complex litigation, ideally litigation involving financial transactions or financial issues (for example, business litigation). \nExperience with litigation involving constitutional issues and/or statutory interpretation issues.\nExperience with complex motion practice and/or appeals. \nAbility to assume a high degree of responsibility quickly, work both independently and collaboratively, and identify and assess substantive and procedural legal issues.\nAbility to work effectively and efficiently, meet multiple competing deadlines, manage workload changes, and dive into new assignments quickly.\nExcellent written and oral communication and advocacy skills.\nAbility to manage, investigate, and litigate multiple matters.\nAbility to handle all phases of litigation, including written discovery, depositions, motion practice, settlement negotiations, non-jury trials, and appeals.\nExperience handling court appearances and oral argument.\nFamiliarity with California civil procedure and San Francisco local rules.\nExperience with e-discovery.\nDemonstrated interest, comfort, and good working knowledge of sophisticated document review tools.\nAbility to work effectively with paralegals, legal assistants, investigators, and other colleagues.\nAbility to exercise excellent judgment, adapt to changes, and be curious.\nExcellent interpersonal skills and a positive attitude.\nCommitment to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment.\nInterest and ability to work successfully as part of a team.\nVerification\nApplicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. If education verification is required, information on how to verify education requirements, including verifying foreign education credits or degree equivalency, can be found at https://sfdhr.org/how-verify-education-requirements.\nNote: Falsifying one’s education, training, or work experience or attempted deception on the application may result in disqualification for this and future job opportunities with the City and County of San Francisco.\nAll work experience, education, training and other information substantiating how you meet the minimum qualifications must be included on your application by the filing deadline. Information submitted after the filing deadline will not be considered in determining whether you meet the minimum qualifications.\nResumes will not be accepted in lieu of a completed City and County of San Francisco application.\nApplications completed improperly may be cause for ineligibility, disqualification or may lead to lower scores.\nSelection Procedures\nThe selection process will include evaluation of applications in relation to minimum requirements. Applicants meeting the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed advancement to the interview. Depending on the number of applicants, the Department may establish and implement additional screening mechanisms to comparatively evaluate the qualifications of candidates. If this becomes necessary, only those applicants whose qualifications most closely meet the needs of the Department will be invited to participate in the oral/performance interview.\n Salary and Benefits\nThe Deputy City Attorney position has a 16-step salary scale ranging from $158,548-$277,810. The successful applicant is appointed to a salary step based on years of experience as a lawyer. The City offers robust health, retirement and other benefits. For more information please visit: https://sfdhr.org/benefits-overview. Attorneys are represented by the Municipal Attorneys Association. Information about compensation and benefits is available by entering Classification Code 8177 at https://careers.sf.gov/classifications/.\nAdditional Information Regarding Employment with the City and County of San Francisco:\nInformation About the Hiring Process\nConviction History\nEmployee Benefits Overview \nEqual Employment Opportunity \nDisaster Service Worker\nADA Accommodation\nRight to Work\nCopies of Application Documents\nDiversity Statement\nHOW TO APPLY\nApplications for City and County of San Francisco jobs are only accepted through an online process. Visit https://careers.sf.gov/ and begin the application process.\nSelect the “Apply Now” button and follow instructions on the screen\nMake sure to include your CA Bar Number in the education section on your application\nUpload a Cover Letter and a Resume\nApplicants who advance in the selection process must submit three references (at least one from a supervisor) and one writing sample.\nApplicants may be contacted by email about this recruitment and, therefore, it is their responsibility to ensure that their registered email address is accurate and kept up-to-date. Also, applicants must ensure that email from CCSF is not blocked on their computer by a spam filter. To prevent blocking, applicants should set up their email to accept CCSF mail from the following addresses (@sfgov.org, @sfcityatty.org, @sfdpw.org, @sfport.com, @flysfo.com, @sfwater.org, @sfdph.org, @asianart.org, @sfmta.com, @sfpl.org, @dcyf.org, @first5sf.org, @famsf.org, @ccsf.edu, @smartalerts.info, and @smartrecruiters.com).\nApplicants will receive a confirmation email that their online application has been received in response to every announcement for which they file. Applicants should retain this confirmation email for their records. Failure to receive this email means that the online application was not submitted or received.\nHuman Resources Analyst Information: If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please send your inquires to Asa Nojd, Human Resources Analyst, at .\nThe City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. 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