After serving as the deputy for more than a decade, Danielle Pacik, is now Concord’s new city solicitor.

Pacik landed the permanent position after she was appointed to the role on an interim basis following the February departure of longtime city solicitor James Kennedy for the Superior Court bench.

“It has been a pleasure to work as the deputy city solicitor over the last 12 years,” Pacik said in a statement. “I look forward to continuing to serve Concord in my new role.”

A the leader of the city’s legal department, the solicitor provides legal advice to members of Concord’s administration and city council on everything from ordinance wording to litigation.

Before becoming deputy solicitor in 2011, Pacik was an assistant attorney general in the Civil Bureau of the New Hampshire Department of Justice — which similarly provides counsel to state executive departments. She also worked as a commercial litigation attorney and a clerk for state Supreme Court Justice James Duggan, according to a city announcement.

Among her responsibilities over her more than twelve years as deputy solicitor — all of which were alongside Kennedy, who himself had been appointed from the deputy position — Pacik was the lead negotiator on the city’s collective bargaining team.

“We are happy to be able to promote Danielle to the role of city solicitor,” City Manager Tom Aspell said in a statement. “She has extensive law experience and has been a valuable asset to not only our solicitor’s office, but to the city overall as a legal resource.”