Principal Assistant County Attorney (Office of the County Attorney - Transactional)

Principal Assistant County Attorney (Office of the County Attorney - Transactional)

• Type:Rockland County Government
• Salary/Pay Rate:$108,247/year
• Posted Date:01/09/2026 5:42 PM

The Rockland County Office of the County Attorney is seeking a candidate for a full-time, Principal Assistant County Attorney position on its Transactional team, to perform transactional legal work of a routine moderate to complex nature representing the County of Rockland. The candidate will be responsible for legal work involving independent responsibility for a wide variety of legal issues, e.g., legal research and writing, preparing correspondence, contracts, agreements, deeds, affidavits, resolutions, land acquisition documents, bid reviews, and notices; performing legal research, drafting legal documents; and reviewing documents for completeness, legal sufficiency and accuracy.

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; attending public hearings, boards, commission meetings, and meetings with County, public and elected officials; 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 staff and other County personnel on pertinent areas of law, newly enacted regulations, recently decided cases. Does related work as required

The Office of the County Attorney is also seeking candidates for a full-time, Principal Assistant County Attorney position on its Litigation Team. See full job description and minimum qualifications.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Possession of a license to practice law in New York State; and
• Provision of a current certificate of good standing,
• License to practice law in the State of New York must be maintained throughout the course of employment in this title;
• 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. Residency in Rockland County is REQUIRED.

Salary and Benefits:

Competitive with the public sector market including but not limited to the following.

• Annual $108,247
• 40-hour work week (8 hours per day, Monday through Friday)
• Paid time off including vacation, personal, holiday, sick, cancer screening, bereavement
• Benefits include medical, dental and vision
• Other Benefits include deferred compensation, tuition reimbursement, flex spending, AFLAC, NY 529 College Savings program, employee assistance program, leadership and other professional development training opportunities
• This position is New York State Pension eligible
• This position may qualify for the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness program

How to Apply:

Interested candidates should email a completed Rockland County employment application, together with their cover letter, resume and references to: Cabezasb@co.rockland.ny.us. Please indicate "Principal Assistant County Attorney - Transactions Team" in the subject line.

Brittany Cabezas, Paralegal Specialist III/Office Manager

Click here to access the online application.

Position open until filled.