Assistant Corporation Counsel Police Legal Advisor

This job was posted by https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov : For more information, please see: https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov/jobs/13777212 Department: The Office of the Mayor - Division: Corporation Counsel In this role you will: - Provide on-call legal counsel to Springfield Police Department staff and officers on statutory and case law interpretation, information access and confidentiality, arrest/search and seizure, personnel and disciplinary matters (including investigation review), policy updates, and responses to subpoenas and FOIA requests. - Represent the City and its employees in federal litigation, primarily defending police practices and employment-related claims, with emphasis on motions, discovery, experts, trials, and appeals. Also handle additional litigation and legal matters, including ordinance drafting, as assigned by the Corporation Counsel. - Meet with City officials, employees, witnesses, doctors, expert witnesses, etc. in preparation of discovery/trials. - Assign duties to secretaries and paralegals for preparation of correspondence, notices, pleadings, depositions, research, etc.