Pensacola City Attorney
The Pensacola City Attorney is a staff position of the City of Pensacola appointed by a majority vote of the Pensacola City Council. The City Attorney provides legal counsel for the city's representatives and staff and oversees the rest of the city's legal department, which can include several assistants and a budget for outside counsel.
Requirements to become city attorney include a minimum of five years' experience practicing law in Florida, or at least three years' experience practicing municipal law by an incorporated Florida municipality. Obtaining city residency within six months of employment is also required.[1]
The current Pensacola City Attorney is William D. "Rusty" Wells, a longtime assistant city attorney who was selected abruptly on May 8, 2008, foregoing a ranking process that would have decided the replacement for previous City Attorney John Fleming.[2] His annual salary is $131,435.[3]
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Government of the City of Pensacola |
| Mayor: Grover Robinson IV • City Administrator: Chris Holley • City Attorney: Susan Woolf • City Clerk: Ericka Burnett | |
| Pensacola City Council | |
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| District 1: P. C. Wu • District 2: Sherri Myers • District 3: Andy Terhaar • District 4: Jared Moore District 5: Gerald Wingate • District 6: Ann Hill • District 7: Jewel Cannada-Wynn | |
| See also: Seal of the City of Pensacola • Pensacola City Hall • Charter of the City of Pensacola • Pensacola city limits |
