Attorney V - VII (Land Use)

About the role

Are you looking for career opportunities that provide top-notch benefits including paid vacation and sick leave, parental leave, outstanding health, vision, and dental insurance, an on-site health clinic for you and your dependents, a generous retirement plan, and much more? Then bring your talents to Travis County!

This role practices civil real estate and land use law for Travis County and its elected and appointed officials.

Distinguishing Characteristics

This is the seventh in a series of seven attorney-related job classifications within the Attorneys job family. This classification handles cases and matters that are the most complex and that may result in the most severe consequences without supervision.

• Performs legal research. Searches resources and studies legal records and documents to obtain information applicable to matters or issues under consideration.
• Drafts contracts, legal analyses, and other legal documents, as well as correspondence and reports.
• Provides legal briefings, advises on legal and procedural matters related to real estate and land use.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

• Attorney V: J.D./LL.B. from an accredited law school AND six (6) years licensed attorney work experience. Salary starting at $109,771.62.
• Attorney VI: J.D./LL.B. from an accredited law school AND eight (8) years licensed attorney work experience. Salary starting at $117,455.64.
• Attorney VII: J.D./LL.B. from an accredited law school AND ten (10) years licensed attorney work experience. Salary starting at $125,677.53.

Licenses, Registrations, Certifications, or Special Requirements

Licensed to practice law in the State of Texas.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Knowledge of

• Jurisprudence, civil law and procedures, including constitutional and statutory law.
• Federal, State, Local and County applicable laws, rules, regulations, codes, and guidelines.
• Real estate and land use law and practices related to government transactions.
• Methods and practices to effectively present facts and precedents verbally and in writing in law related matters.
• Texas state and local government procurement laws and practices, including but not limited to the County Purchasing Act, the Interlocal Cooperation Act, and cooperative contracts involving other state and local governmental entities.
• Real Estate, development and land use transactions, including related agreements.
• Computer equipment to include word processing, spreadsheets, databases and a variety of software packages.
• Business letter writing, grammar and punctuation, and report preparation.

Skill in

• Supervising others, allocating resources, and evaluating programs.
• Problem-solving and decision-making.
• Analyzing and appraising facts, policies, procedures and legal precedents in area of specialty.
• Both verbal and written communication, including presentations.

Ability to

• Conduct legal research and analysis, both manually and electronically.
• Present facts, precedents and arguments verbally and in writing and apply negotiation skills.
• Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• Work independently.
• Manage time well and perform multiple tasks, and organize diverse activities.
• Work well under pressure and exercise tact in trying situations.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with departmental clientele, representatives of outside agencies, other County employees and officials, and the general public.

Additional information

Physical requirements include the ability to lift/carry up to 25 pounds occasionally, visual acuity, speech and hearing, hand and eye coordination and manual dexterity necessary to operate a computer and office equipment. Subject to standing, walking, sitting, repetitive motion, reaching, climbing stairs, bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, pushing, pulling, balancing, client/customer contact, squatting to perform the essential functions.

Travis County employees play an important role in business continuity. As such, employees can be assigned to business continuity efforts outside of normal job functions.

Work Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 - 5:00 PMLocation: 314 W 11th St, Austin, TX 78701Department: County AttorneyCriminal, Driving, Education, and Employment Background Checks Required.For updates or questions on this position, contact:

This job description is intended to be generic in nature. It is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. The essential duties, functions and responsibilities and overtime eligibility may vary based on the specific tasks assigned to the position.