Supervising Attorney – Housing

Position Summary
In concert with and at the direction of the Housing Managing Attorney, effectively represents clients in all phases
of unlawful detainer litigation; supervises, advises and co-counsels with lesser experienced staff attorneys to
improve their litigation and advocacy skills in delivering legal services to our client community in all types of
housing and landlord-tenant issues. Is responsible for all required administrative functions and grant requirements
of their team. Responsible for the optimum functioning of a specialized law team in a legal aid environment.

About the Organization
Legal Aid Society of San Diego (LASSD), the largest poverty law firm serving San Diego County since 1953, strengthens our
communities by redressing our clients’ legal problems, empowering our clients to access and effectively participate within
the legal, governmental and social systems and encouraging self-empowerment in the fight against poverty and injustice.
LASSD continues to be a proud, committed and compassionate group of people dedicated to providing equal access to
justice for San Diegans through aggressive, quality legal services. #justicebeginshere

Principal Duties and Responsibilities
• Assists the Housing Managing Attorney with supervision of a large team comprised of staff attorneys,
advocates, support staff, and volunteers.
• Represents clients in all phases of litigation and pre-litigation matters.
• Trains and assists less experienced attorneys to become effective in representation of their clients
through trial preparation, drafting of pleadings, discovery, negotiation, research and case strategy.
• Trains and supervises advocates to ensure effective representation of clients in administrative matters
and proceedings.
• Assists the Managing Attorney in evaluating the work of and creating professional development plans
for staff underneath their direct supervision.
• Timely and accurately performs all team administrative duties for the benefit of the program and as an
example to their staff (e.g., is punctual, sets a good attendance example for staff, daily entry of time and
case notes into the Case Management System, and timely completes administrative and required regulatory
and contractual tasks).
• Reviews closed cases of staff to ensure appropriate handling and compliance with grant requirements.
• Maintains data, records, case files in compliance with funding and programmatic requirements.
• Helps manage grant projects, including review of staff time and case note entries, monitoring productivity,
and preparation of documentation and information as requested by funders, etc.
• Develops and implements mid and long-term strategies for resolution of identified systemic barriers to
our clients’ economic and social security.
• Engages in community outreach and education.
• Works with our client communities to develop and implement new strategies for resolution of systemic problems
which adversely affect them.
• Develops positive working relationship with the court and other partner organizations.
• Compliance with all program and grant requirements.
• Other tasks as may be assigned.

Qualifications
• Must be a member of the California Bar.
• Must have three (3) years’ experience as a practicing attorney, two (2) of which must be in civil poverty law or public
interest law.
• Must have demonstrated capabilities in using basic tools of a litigating attorney: drafting answers, propounding and
responding to discovery, depositions, negotiations, law and motion trial experience, and post-trial remedies including
post-trial motions, writs and appeals.
• Must have desire and demonstrated capacity to train and mentor lesser experienced attorneys.
• Demonstrated experience in working with and representing our client communities.
• Demonstrated skills in managing others in a regulated climate and ensuring personal and team compliance with
such regulations.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work with other teams, the public, volunteers, court
personnel, government agencies, and partner organizations.
• Must have demonstrated capability to support team efforts and to strategize/plan in order to timely and consistently
meet grant deliverables and reporting requirements.
• High level of attention to detail required.
• Skill in working independently and following through on assignments with accuracy and minimal direction.
• Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends as required by events and deadlines.

Desired Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
• Fluency in written and spoken Spanish preferred.
• Must have demonstrated knowledge of or experience with administrative proceedings.
• Must have demonstrated knowledge, skills and experience in housing law (landlord-tenant law, unlawful detainer
proceedings, and administrative law pertaining to subsidized housing) with the ability to develop procedural and
substantive strategies to effectively represent clients and undertake resolution of structural inequities affecting our
client population.
• Excellent Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint skills
• Demonstrated commitment to serving low-income people
• Ability to work successfully with people from diverse backgrounds

Salary and Benefits
The Supervising Attorney position is an exempt position with an annual salary range of $90,000 – $135,000. The starting pay rate is
$95,000. In addition, there is a bilingual pay increase of 2% for passing an oral test and 2% for passing a written test for threshold
languages other than English.

LASSD offers a generous benefits package, a 35-hour workweek, paid vacation leave and sick leave and 100% employer-paid
medical premium, 50% employer-paid premium for dependents under LASSD health plan, as well as dental, vision, and life
benefits. Staff also have the option to participate in a 403(b)-retirement plan and dependent and health flex savings accounts
(FSA). LASSD has its own law school loan repayment program and is an eligible nonprofit employer for the Public Service Loan
Forgiveness (PSLF) Program.

LASSD is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed (including religious dress
and grooming practices), national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including cancer and
genetic characteristics), genetic information, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical
conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, age (40 years and over), sexual orientation, veteran and/or military status,
domestic violence victim status, political affiliation, and any other status protected by state or federal law.

Hybrid Work Environment
Legal Aid Society of San Diego (“LASSD”) has adopted a hybrid work environment in which most staff are required to work in the
office part of the week and permitted to work remotely for the remainder of the week, provided their job duties allow. All
employees are issued LASSD computers and provided with appropriate supplies to perform their work. LASSD has implemented
and continues to explore additional technologies to make our hybrid working environment as efficient and connected as possible.
All employees must be available to travel to LASSD offices and service locations throughout San Diego County as needed and in
compliance with public health advisories. Applicants must reside in or near San Diego County or plan to relocate in or near the
County prior to their start date and must be able to commute to the physical Legal Aid Society of San Diego office locations or
service delivery locations within San Diego County. LASSD’s normal business hours are 9am-5pm, but we are open to providing
flexible work schedules to the extent feasible for the position. LASSD reserves the right to change these policies at any time.