Duties & Responsibilities
This office shall be held by an attorney, appointed by the Commission. The salary of the Town Attorney shall be fixed by the Commission. The Town Attorney shall be legal advisor and attorney to the Commission in matters affecting the Town or relating to their official duties; prosecute and defend on behalf of the Town all civil actions in which the Town is a party; prepare and endorse written instruments in which the Town is concerned; be prosecutor in the Town court; and perform other duties as the Commission may require or as may be prescribed by general state law, consistent with this Charter and with ordinances or resolutions of the Commission. One or more assistants may perform any duties of the Town Attorney. The Town Attorney and his assistants shall be lawyers admitted to and having authority to practice in all courts of the State of Florida, as well as the Federal District Court.