Assistant Corporation Counsel

The Ethics & Compliance Division has counseling and litigation adjacent roles and responsibilities. The Divisions counseling role involves advising City Hall, elected officials, and Law Department and other City agency officers and employees on a variety of topics, including legal ethics, conflicts, privileges, federal grants, Medicare compliance, and outside employment. Division attorneys also conduct internal and external trainings in these areas. The Division investigates and reports on whistleblower and employment disciplinary matters and serves as a liaison to the Conflicts of Interest Board on Chapter 68 inquiries. Division attorneys also represent City attorneys and Assistant District Attorneys before the attorney grievance committees. In addition, they review and provide guidance on sanctions and representation matters, including conducting representation interviews. 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 attorneys 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.