ATTORNEY - 42001814

State of Florida • Tallahassee, FL

28d

About The Position

This position serves as an Attorney (Hearing Officer) within the Office of the Commissioner General Counsel’s Office for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The role involves conducting informal hearings, reviewing evidence and applicable laws, hearing testimony, conducting legal research, and preparing legal memoranda, opinions, and orders related to the department’s enforcement and licensing processes. The attorney will also conduct peer reviews of initial final orders and provide legal guidance to non-attorney hearing officers.

Requirements

• Law degree from an accredited law school.
• Membership in the Florida Bar within 12 months of appointment.
• All fields in the Candidate Profile must be completed (an attached resume is not a substitution for the information required on the candidate profile).
• Work history, duties and responsibilities, hours worked, supervisor, and formal education fields, etc. must be filled out to determine qualifications for this position.
• Responses to Qualifying Questions must be verifiable in the Candidate Profile.
• Successful applicant must pass a background screening, including fingerprinting, as a condition of employment.

Responsibilities

• Acts as a department attorney hearing officer in the Office of the Agency Clerk and Informal Hearings by conducting informal hearings scheduled by the department in accordance with Chapter 120.569 and 120.57(2), Florida Statutes.
• Reviews evidence, applicable laws, and rules in preparation for said hearings, hears testimony, evaluates evidence provided by parties at said hearings and conducts legal research (that includes searching and examining public and other legal records) related to the hearing case at issue.
• Correctly interprets the statutes, judicial decisions, regulations, rules, administrative policies and procedures and ordinances of quasi-judicial bodies in the state of Florida, as well as the same from other states and the federal government and applies that information to arrive at a correct conclusion of law in an issued final order.
• Prepares legal memoranda, opinions, and orders on issues that are related to the department’s enforcement and licensing processes, but not yet ripe for an informal hearing.
• Conducts peer review of initial final orders (IFO) submitted by other hearing officers and provides legal guidance to non-attorney hearing officers.
• Assists the Agency Clerk/Chief Hearing Officer as directed and performs other related duties as required.

Benefits

• Annual and Sick Leave benefits
• Nine paid holidays and one Personal holiday each year
• State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision and other supplemental insurance options
• Retirement plan options, including employer contributions
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Tuition waivers

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level