Assistant Corporation Counsel – Tort, Bronx Assistant Borough Chief

The Tort Division seeks an Assistant Borough Chief in the Bronx Borough office. Duties include:

- general supervision of borough staff;
- supervision of the EBT desk, EBT clerk, and all EBT issues;
- general supervision of the proper functioning of the borough office;
- general supervision of the PC/CSO, CC, SC, and Post-Note-Of-Issue projects; meet regularly with paralegals and claims specialists with respect to these projects;
- general supervision of pre-trial cases (including high exposure and vertical cases);
- general supervision of high school/college aides, and law student interns
- the training, supervision, and evaluation of staff attorneys, clerical and support staff;
- draft attorney and support evaluations;
- conduct regular meetings with management staff, attorneys, and support staff;
- interfacing with senior court personnel and Comptroller’s representatives;
- ensuring the efficient and timely operation of office procedures and programs, such as pre-trial and in-court settlement programs, Intake, and the RFA program;
- helping to ensure proper handling of responsive and affirmative motions;
- ensuring that note-of-issue reviews and summary judgment deadlines are met;
- general supervision of the processing of settlements;
- ensuring the proper handling of mail and efficient and current file room maintenance;
- ensuring the accurate data entry of litigation events;
- negotiating settlements;
- conducting settlement conferences;
- helping to ensure that the borough’s highest-exposure cases are being prepared or settled;
- helping to supervise the pre-trial parts;
- serve as liaison to agencies;
- helping to ensure social media, background, ISO, and surveillance requests are requested;
- ensuring timely compliance with court-ordered deadlines;
- regularly evaluating office processes and recommending and implementing changes to promote efficiency, productivity, and quality;
- helping maintain library learning and applying electronic research and legal research tools;
- learning and applying electronic calendaring and management programs;
- helping to ensure that borough office caseload is flowing appropriately; and
- ensuring that case backlogs are not accumulating.

After the completion of orientation, attorneys hired by the Law Department will have the opportunity to elect to work from home under one of the following two programs. The first option allows attorneys to work remotely on a limited and irregular basis. The second option is a Citywide pilot program, which allows participants to select two set days to work from home each week. The two days will need to be approved by the attorney’s division and take into consideration the needs of the division, as the pilot program requires more than 50% staff coverage each day. In addition, if an attorney needs to appear in court, a client meeting or other in-person work related event on a set work from home day, they will need to attend to those in-person responsibilities and will not be able to work from home that day. Participants in the pilot program must set one work from home location where they will work remotely. This pilot program is currently being tested Citywide to determine its efficacy for City agencies and is not yet a permanent program.

The Law Department sets salaries for experienced attorneys based on their years of legal experience after law school, which is generally consistent with their law school graduation year. Salaries for new hires generally fall within the following salary bands: for 0-5 years of legal experience, from $87,737 to $122,300; for 5-10 years of legal experience, from $122,300-$137,188; for 10-15 years of legal experience, from $137,188-$159,521; for 15-20 years of legal experience, from $159,521-$180,791. Candidates may be hired at a slightly higher rate than others with similar levels of legal experience if they have specialized and unique experience and are hired for a role that requires that specialized and unique experience, or if they are hired for a position that is deemed hard to fill. You may contact the Legal Recruitment Office with any questions at recruitment@law.nyc.gov.

To apply, please upload your cover letter, resume, writing sample, and a list of three references with contact information as one document under “resume.”

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