Assistant Corporation Counsel II (Permanent)

The Assistant Corporation Counsel II provides legal assistance and support to city departments or authorities within city government by analyzing legal opinions, briefs and other materials, preparing memoranda of law and conferring with governmental personnel or parties to legal actions in order to mediate, negotiate or set the legal issues. Incumbents, who must have been admitted to the New York State Bar, perform a wide range of assignments and tasks. The Assistant Corporation Counsel II presents and argues legal issues with governmental personnel, other attorneys and/or parties to legal disputes. Although these presentations vary by degree of complexity and formality, they usually involve case preparation and formulation of persuasive argument. In addition, the incumbent prepares detailed, accurate and convincing legal memoranda accompanied by appropriate citations in support of actions taken by department heads. Incumbents to positions in this class independently plan, organize and conduct reviews and analyses on day-to-day legal problems, cases and legislative proposals. Completed work is expected to be accurate with regard to legal citations and the technical treatment of fac