processes court orders and prepares and presents cases at proceedings concerning such actions; evaluates and negotiates amount of settlements with parties concerned; Gives legal counsel to and writes legal opinions for the City department heads and officers; Conducts legal research of statutes, decisions, opinions and other legal sources in order to respond, both orally and in writing, to requests for legal decisions and opinions; Researches requests and inquiries from department staff and prepares legal decisions and opinions and consults with department personnel regularly; Minimum Qualifications. compliance with contractual and statutory regulations, to defense of claims against the City; Negotiates and prepares various legal documents, i.e. contracts, agreements and other legal instruments, with outside parties; Prepares the necessary legal papers to enforce laws, rules, regulations for services rendered by the City and reviews claims and approves payments; interprets and provides verbal and/or written legal opinions on pertinent laws, rules, regulations, procedures, etc.