2 Legal jobs

Attention civil litigation attorneys: If you have a passion for the courtroom and a desire to diversify your caseload, the Placer County Counsel’s Office has a place for you. Joining this litigation team means managing public entity defense across a broad spectrum of legal matters. As a successful applicant, you will oversee cases through their entire lifecycle – from initial pleadings and discovery to law and motion, trials, administrative hearings, and appeals. This role offers the chance to tackle complex, engaging, and occasionally high-profile litigation. If you are seeking an invigorating career path within the public sector, this is an exceptional opportunity to expand your expertise. The ideal candidate will be a licensed attorney with two to four years of civil litigation experience, particularly those who have advised or represented public entities and officials in the areas described above. Applicants should provide a resume and writing sample , using their...

Join the Transactions/Housing team in the Placer County Counsel’s Office, working on innovative programs supporting housing, commercial growth, and infrastructure expansion. The County Counsel is the civil attorney for the County and reports to the Board of Supervisors, with deputies practicing public law in transactions, housing, land use, environmental, litigation, child welfare, law enforcement, and general government. The office provides legal advice to the Board, elected officials, departments, joint power authorities, and special districts. Typical responsibilities for the transactional attorney position include the following: Negotiate and draft real estate purchase and sale agreements, licenses and leases, use or operational agreements on behalf of the County with nationally known residential and commercial developers and companies, state and local governmental entities and certain joint power authorities and special districts. Negotiate and draft use...