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Department:	COUNTY COUNSEL
Mission Statement:	"To Deliver the Highest quality Legal Services to our Clients as efficiently and economically as possible in order to facilitate the achievement of the goal of County government to better serve the residents of San Diego County."
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Summary:	County Counsel is mandated to defend all civil actions against the County, its officers, boards, commissions and employees, and to provide other civil legal services to the Board of Supervisors, County officers, departments, boards, commission, courts, school districts and special districts. Services to school and special districts, including litigation, are provided on a fee basis. Through its Claims Division, the department administers public liability claims, County claims against third parties, and employees' lost property claims. County Counsel also represents the Department of Social Services in juvenile dependency matters.