principal assistant county attorney

3 weeks ago

New City, New York, United States County of Rockland Full time

PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY

ROCKLAND COUNTY OFFICE OF THE COUNTY ATTORNEY

The Rockland County Office of the County Attorney is seeking a candidate to perform transactional legal work of a routine moderate to complex nature representing the County of Rockland. The candidate will be responsible for legal work involving independent responsibility for a wide variety of legal issues; e.g., legal research and writing, preparing correspondence, contracts, agreements, deeds, affidavits, resolutions, land acquisition documents, bid reviews, and notices; performing legal research, drafting legal documents; and reviewing documents for completeness, legal sufficiency and accuracy.

This position reports directly to the Chief Assistant County Attorney.

Job description: Duties include: providing legal advice to the Office of the County Executive, County Legislature, elected officials, commissioners, agency heads and employees on a variety of matters; providing day-to-day guidance to legal, paralegal and clerical staff, when assigned; attending public hearings, boards, commission meetings, and meetings with County, public and elected officials; participating in meetings and conferences; working with legal staff in the handling of their assigned cases; preparing case status and statistical reports, as required; conducting training for attorneys, paralegal staff and other County personnel on pertinent areas of law, newly enacted regulations, recently decided cases. Does related work as required.

Required Qualifications:

1. Possession of a license to practice law in New York State; and

2. Provision of a current certificate of good standing;

3. License to practice law in the State of New York must be maintained throughout the course of employment in this title;

4. As a public officer one must meet all current requirements of Section 3 of the Public Officers Law, including, but not limited to United States citizenship and applicable residency requirements.

Other Requirements and Information:

· Work Location: New City, NY

Salary and benefits are competitive with the public sector market including but not limited to the following:

· Approximate annual starting salary in 2025 ($106,000); upon successful probationary period and continued employment annual increases as authorized by the Rockland Association of Management collective bargaining agreement with the County of Rockland:

o 2026 (year 1 - $112,903)

o 2027 (year 2 - $121,304)

o 2028 (year 3 - $130,339)

· 40 hour work week (8 hours per day, Monday through Friday)

· Paid time off including: vacation, personal, holiday, sick, cancer screening, bereavement,

· Benefits include Medical, Dental and Vision

· Other Benefits include deferred compensation retirement saving and health savings account programs, flex spending, AFLAC, and the NY 529 College Savings program

· This position is New York State Pension eligible

· This position qualifies for the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness program

· Employee assistance program offered

Interested candidates should email a resume and cover letter to:

Mercedes Felix Confidential Assistant to the Rockland County Attorney

11 New Hempstead Road

New City, New York 10956 felixm@co.rockland.ny.us

Date Posted: 2/26/2025

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