Sr. Assistant City Attorney - Advising

Pay Range:

$58.74 - $72.12/hr. | $122,187 - $150,009 annual compensation

Job Posting Closing on:

Friday, October 23, 2026 📅

Minimum Qualifications:

• Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school
• Eight (8) years of increasingly responsible legal experience in City or related government law
• Possession of a license from the Supreme Court of Texas to practice

Preferred Qualifications:

• Municipal law experience
• Human Resources or labor law experience
• Texas Public Information Act experience
• Public entity employment-related litigation and administrative matters experience
• Texas Local Government Code Chapter 143 Civil Service experience
• The Senior Assistant City Attorney job responsibilities include: Providing advice and guidance regarding employment and disciplinary matters, and the interpretation and application of state civil service statues, City personnel rules and procedures, and labor agreements
• Responding to state and federal administrative charges of employment discrimination, labor contract grievances, and disciplinary appeals
• Processing public information requests in accordance with the Texas Public Information Act
• Reviewing and recommending changes to personnel policies and procedures
• Performing other legal tasks, including advising City labor negotiators, responding to subpoenas and reviewing and commenting on pending legislation
• Advising City boards and commissions, and providing other legal research and legal advice to the City staff on a variety of matters as assigned
• Working Conditions and
• Physical Demands
• Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking and repetitive motions
• Sedentary Work – Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.  Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time.  Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met
• Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) Background Check
• Applicants for this position must pass a Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) fingerprint-based background check and maintain CJIS eligibility.  Due to CJIS requirements related to system access, the following will result in being disqualified for this position:  Felony Convictions, Felony Deferred Adjudication, Class A Misdemeanor Conviction, Class B Misdemeanor Convictions in the last 10 years, Class A Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication, Class B Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication in the last 10 years, an Open Arrest for Any Criminal Offense (Felony or Misdemeanor), and ALL Family Violence Convictions regardless of class
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• Conditions of Employment
• The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.  It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.
• The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.
• Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.