Responsibilities:
Any town may establish the office of town attorney, appoint an individual to serve in that position and fix the salary for that position. The individual serving as town attorney is a town officer. Towns that have established the office and appointed a town attorney may also contract with other attorneys or law firms to provide assistance to the town attorney for specific purposes. Towns that have not established the office of town attorney may contract with an outside attorney or law firm to provide professional services and legal advice (Town Law, Section 20(2)).