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City Attorney's Office
Home page for the City of Newport News City Attorney.
The City Attorney's Office is responsible for the management and control of all the legal business of the City and represents the City as counsel in any civil case in which it has an interest. The City Attorney's Office is not permitted to give legal advice or permitted to provide legal services to individuals with private/personal legal issues.
Examples of the work performed by the Office of the City Attorney in 2006 included: 377 ordinances and resolutions were prepared; 1,034 active bankruptcy cases were managed; 228 misdemeanor criminal charges were prosecuted; over 720 insurance certificates were reviewed and approved; 61 new contracts were drafted or reviewed; 62 Waterline easements were processed; 960 foster care review hearings were handled; and 500 abuse and neglect cases were prosecuted.