Staff Attorney

CITY RESIDENCY WILL BE REQUIRED WITHIN ONE YEAR OF HIRE.

• Conducts legal research and renders legal opinions in the Police Accountability Board’s Executive Office, Investigations Division, or Oversight & Policy Division;
• Assists General Counsel in service as legal counsel to various Board units, Board employees acting in an official capacity;
• Drafts, reviews, and implements oversight investigations, legislative and policy proposals, and administrative rules in the Oversight & Policy Division;
• Assists in investigating instances of potential officer wrongdoing in the Investigations Division by responding to scenes of critical incidents; collecting documents, videos, and photographs; interviewing witnesses and officers; and analyzing evidence;
• Enforces the Board’s policies by drafting evidentiary reports to be presented to the Police Accountability Board;
• Presents facts and law to Board panels at evidentiary hearings;
• Performs legal work necessary to bring accountability and transparency to the powers exercised by sworn officers of the Rochester Police Department.

Graduation from a law school of recognized standing AND two (2) years of experience as an attorney admitted to practice in New York State.