The director of law shall be an attorney at law who shall have practiced in the state of Ohio for at least five years. He shall be the chief legal advisor of and attorney for the city and all departments and offices thereof in matters relating to their official powers and duties. It shall be his duty, either personally or by such assistants as he may designate, with the approval of the city manager, to perform all services incident to the department of law; to attend all meetings of the commission; to give advice in writing, when so requested, by the commission, commissioners, the city manager, the director of any department or the head of any office not connected with a department; to prosecute or defend, as the case may be, all suits or cases to which the city may be a party; to prosecute for all offenses against the ordinances of the city and for such offenses against the laws of the state as may be required of him by law; to prepare all contracts, bonds and other instruments in writing in which the city is concerned, and to endorse on each his approval of the form and correctness thereof; and to perform such other duties of a legal nature as the commission may by ordinance require.
(Adopted by electorate, November 7, 1978 – Amending Ordinance No. 37-78; Adopted by electorate, November 2, 2010 – Amending Ordinance 19-10)