Special Counsel for Federal Compliance - Strategic Advocacy Team - City Attorney's Office (8177)

About the Strategic Advocacy Team
The Strategic Advocacy Team is a new team established to respond to complex and novel issues at the intersection of litigation and advice work. Currently the team is exclusively focused on developing, coordinating, and implementing strategies to respond to federal administration actions that threaten the City and County of San Francisco and its residents. In the future, the team may also address other major issues that require significant litigation and legal counsel. The team acts as a force multiplier that allows the Office to leverage internal and external resources to deliver meaningful results on high-priority matters.

Our litigation docket is currently in federal courts across the country and generally involves cases with significant public policy implications, constitutional claims, novel legal issues, and multiple parties. Our advice work typically addresses matters of citywide concern or issues that relate to pending or anticipated litigation. We also handle projects and assignments that extend beyond traditional legal work. No task is too big or too small for this team, and we aspire to be low ego, high energy, creative, collaborative, and nimble.

Special Counsel for Federal Compliance - Position and Responsibilities
The Special Counsel for Federal Compliance will lead and participate in legal review of federal grants and contracts. This will include reviewing grants, contracts, and other agreements, as well as serving as a resource for other attorneys and grant managers. The Special Counsel will work closely with advice attorneys and client departments to analyze existing compliance systems and recommend new systems and protocols as appropriate. The Special Counsel will monitor and analyze federal legislation, rulemaking, and agency policies, and advise attorneys and client departments accordingly. The Counsel will also coordinate with litigation attorneys to monitor federal funding litigation and provide advice on implementing court orders.

The Special Counsel may also be assigned to handle special projects and other matters that require working collaboratively with other lawyers and professional staff across the Office, as well as with other City agencies. Attorneys on the Strategic Advocacy Team perform complex legal and factual research; monitor and analyze federal executive, legislative, and regulatory actions; identify litigation trends and propose litigation strategies; and provide written and oral reports to the City Attorney and other City officials. They also coordinate with other attorneys in the Office to provide oral and written advice on a broad range of legal issues, including interpretation of local, state, and federal laws and the legal risks of proposed actions.