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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