Cleveland Division of Police
Assistant Director of Law - Code Enforcement
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Assistant Director of Law - Code Enforcement
The Law Department’s Code Enforcement section works with various City of Cleveland departments to enforce the city’s building, housing, zoning, fire, health, and sidewalk ordinance to obtain compliance with the code and improve quality of life for residents. The section is seeking an attorney who will focus on criminal prosecution and civil litigation to enforce the City’s ordinances and procedures, including working to design and perfect processes for effective enforcement of strategic code enforcement by the City’s Department of Building and Housing.
Examples of Duties
- Attorney duties will include helping to design and implement processes for enforcing the City’s lead paint ordinances and regulations, and also include handling civil cases and criminal prosecutions in the Cleveland Housing Court; defending appeals of Housing Court cases in the Court of Appeals; representing City departments before local and state administrative appeal boards and handling appeals of the Board decisions in Common Pleas court and the Court of Appeals; conducting legal review of various documents related to prosecution, demolition and other nuisance abatement activities; interacting with inspectors, managers, Council members and the public to address inquiries and complaints; handling subpoenas and public records requests, participating in special projects and other duties as assigned.
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Minimum Qualifications
- Must be an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Ohio and in good standing with the Ohio Supreme Court.
- The ideal candidate should have a demonstrated commitment to public service, with some prosecution or litigation experience preferred, but not essential.
- The candidate must be hard-working, self-motivated, technically proficient, and detail oriented.
- The candidate must be able to work with staff from other City departments to create and perfect new processes that will enable the City to pursue strategic code enforcement.
- The candidate should have excellent written and verbal communication skills and be able to interact effectively with clients, management, and the general public.
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The City's guiding principles are as follows: Placing Clevelanders at the Center, Empowering Employees to Do Purposeful Work, Defining Clear and Pragmatic Objectives, Leading with Trust and Transparency, Striving for Equity in All We Do, and Embracing Change. All City employees are responsible for embracing and carrying out these principles in all that they do.
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