| Company Intro |
| County Counsel serves and protects the county, its treasury, and its governing body, by providing timely and accurate legal services and aggressively representing the county in litigation. Legal services are performed while maintaining the highest professional and ethical standards while fostering high morale and productivity in the workplace through collaborative efforts dedicated to continuous improvement. |
| Job Description/Duties |
| The Office of the County Counsel is recruiting for Deputy County Counsel I. This position provides legal advice, assistance and representation in civil legal matters to the officers and employees of the County, its departments and districts in a variety of civil law assignments, which may include: general research to support the Office of County Counsel; construction, including prevailing wage and public works projects; code enforcement; taxation; juvenile dependency matters, guardianship and conservatorship cases; and employment law. There is an immediate opening available in Juvenile Dependency to represent the Department of Children and Family Services in Juvenile Court dependency cases involving allegations of child abuse and neglect. Attorneys in this unit appear in statutorily-required hearings, special interim reviews, settlement conferences, bench trials and specialty court hearings. The resulting eligibility list may be used to fill additional vacancies in the County Counsel’s Office as they occur. For more detailed information, refer to the Deputy County Counsel I job description. |
| Job Criteria |
| License: Must possess an active membership and be in good standing with the State Bar of California. |
| Salary Range/Hourly Rate |
| $89,460.80 – $118,227.20 |
| Other Benefits and Perks |
| Newly hired employees from this recruitment may be eligible to receive bonus payments up to $3,000 Employees are eligible for merit-based step increases within the salary range, up to the maximum step. Refer to the Exempt Employee Ordinance for details. Attorneys may have the opportunity to work a flexible schedule after six months of employment, which may include a 9/80 schedule and/or partial remote work option San Bernardino County Counsel employees may be eligible for student loan forgiveness through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. For more details/application information, review here. |
Job Category: Juvenile Dependency
Job Type: Full Time
Job Location: San Bernardino