The City Attorney shall be an attorney at law licensed to practice before any and all courts in the state. He or she shall be the chief legal advisor and attorney for the city and all departments and offices thereof in matters relating to their official powers and duties. It shall be his or her duty, either personally or by such assistants as he or she may designate, to perform all services of a legal nature to the city and all departments and offices thereof; attend all regular meetings of the City Council, unless excused; give advice in writing, when so requested; prosecute or defend, as the case may be, all suits or cases to which the city may be a party; review all contracts, bonds and other instruments in writing wherein the city is concerned and to perform such other duties of a legal nature as the City Council may require.
(2005 Code, § 2-27)