The Town of North Attleborough is soliciting proposals from a legal firm or independent individual attorney to submit qualifications and costs for services to provide general town attorney legal services for the Town. The Town Attorney shall be a competent and duly qualified and licensed attorney or a law firm practicing in the commonwealth. The Town Attorney shall, at the direction of the Town Manager, provide legal advice to the Town and its officers and departments, other than the School Committee and the North Attleborough Electric Department, and consistent therewith, represent the Town in all litigation and legal proceedings brought by or against the Town in any court or other tribunal in the commonwealth, review contracts, prepare legal instruments and perform such other duties as may be requested. The Town Attorney shall have other powers and duties as may be authorized by the Town Manager, this Charter or Bylaw. The successful appointee must meet or exceed the qualifications stated herein, be readily accessible to authorized public officials, exceptionally experienced in all areas of municipal law, scrupulous in adhering to required standards of professional conduct and ethics and committed to rendering sound legal advice with suitable objectivity and professional detachment.
