{"id":97502,"date":"2026-09-08T21:14:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T21:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/career-development\/job\/principal-assistant-county-attorney\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T20:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T00:18:11","slug":"principal-assistant-county-attorney","status":"publish","type":"ch_job","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/career-development\/job\/principal-assistant-county-attorney\/","title":{"rendered":"Principal Assistant County Attorney"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Principal Assistant County Attorney (Litigation)(Office of the County Attorney)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<strong>Type:<\/strong>Rockland County Government<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>Salary\/Pay Rate:<\/strong>$108,247\/year<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>Posted Date:<\/strong>08\/12\/2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Rockland County Office of the County Attorney is seeking candidates\u00a0 for a full-time, Principal Assistant County Attorney position on its Litigation Team This is high level title in the Assistant County Attorney series involving the responsibility for litigation work of a moderate to complex nature representing the County of Rockland.\u00a0 The candidate will be independently responsible for legal work involving for a wide variety of legal issues, e.g., legal research and writing, preparing correspondence, review and enforcement of civil collection matters, Vehicle Traffic Law 1174-A Litigation, Notices of Claim, affidavits, Chapter 45; and reviewing documents for completeness, legal sufficiency and accuracy.<\/p>\n<p>This position reports directly to the Deputy County Attorney.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Job Description<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Duties include: providing legal advice to the Office of the County Executive, County Legislature, elected officials, commissioners, agency heads and employees on a variety of matters; providing day-to-day guidance to legal, paralegal and clerical staff, when assigned;; participating in meetings and conferences; working with legal staff in the handling of their assigned cases; preparing case status and statistical reports, as required; conducting training for attorneys, paralegal and clerical staff and other County personnel on pertinent areas of law, newly enacted regulations, recently decided cases. Does related work as required.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Minimum Qualifications:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Possession of a license to practice law in New York State; and<\/li>\n<li>Provision of a current certificate of good standing;<\/li>\n<li>License to practice law in the State of New York must be maintained throughout the course of employment in this title;<\/li>\n<li>As a public officer one must meet all current requirements of Section 3 of the Public Officers Law, including, but not limited to United States citizenship and applicable residency requirements.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><u>Other Requirements and Information:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Work Location: New City, NY<\/li>\n<li>Experience with budget and finance, accounting and\/or real estate matters is a plus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Salary and Benefits:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Salary and benefits are competitive with the public sector market including but not limited to the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Approximate annual starting salary in 2026 (RAM Grade 6, Step 99) <strong>$108,247<\/strong>; upon successful probationary period and continued employment annual increases as authorized by the Rockland Association of Management collective bargaining agreement with the County of Rockland:\n<ul>\n<li>2027 (RAM Grade 6, Step 1 &#8211;\u00a0 $116,290)<\/li>\n<li>2028 (RAM Grade 6, Step 2\u00a0 &#8211; $124,943)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>40 hour work week (<i>8 hours per day, Monday through Friday 9am \u2013 5pm<\/i>)<\/li>\n<li>Paid time off including: vacation, personal, holiday, sick, cancer screening, bereavement,<\/li>\n<li>Benefits include Medical, Dental and Vision<\/li>\n<li>Other Benefits include deferred compensation retirement saving and health savings account programs, flex spending, AFLAC, and the NY 529 College Savings program<\/li>\n<li>This position is New York State Pension eligible<\/li>\n<li>This position qualifies for the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness program<\/li>\n<li>Employee assistance program offered<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>How to Apply:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Interested candidates should email a comleted Rockland County employment application, together with their resume, cover letter and references to Brittany Cabezas, Paralegal Specialist III\/Office Manager at: <a href=\"mailto:Cabezasb@co.rockland.ny.us\"><u>Cabezasb@co.rockland.ny.us<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rocklandcountyny.gov\/home\/showpublisheddocument\/3482\/638350545935170000\"><u>Click here to access the online application.<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Position open until filled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_ch_employer_id":"18174","_ch_external_id":"11397488","_ch_location_state":"","_ch_location_city":"","_ch_is_ocr_job":"","_ch_expiration_date":"2026-10-09","_ch_apply_link":"https:\/\/monmouth.joinhandshake.com\/jobs\/11397488\/share_preview"},"ch_stakeholder":[],"ch_class_year":[],"ch_job_category":[86],"ch_career_skill":[],"ch_industry":[59],"class_list":["post-97502","ch_job","type-ch_job","status-publish","hentry","ch_job_category-full-time","ch_industry-government-law-enforcement-public-policy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ch_job\/97502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ch_job"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ch_job"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ch_stakeholder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ch_stakeholder?post=97502"},{"taxonomy":"ch_class_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ch_class_year?post=97502"},{"taxonomy":"ch_job_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ch_job_category?post=97502"},{"taxonomy":"ch_career_skill","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ch_career_skill?post=97502"},{"taxonomy":"ch_industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ch_industry?post=97502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}