CHIEF LEGAL COUNSEL - 79010916

State of Florida•Tallahassee, FL

54d

About The Position

License efficiently. Regulate fairly. Florida counts on the Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) to ensure important matters are handled well. Responsibilities range from ensuring the safety of food service, maintaining the integrity of real estate transactions, furthering the transparency of condominium governance, and overseeing the qualifications of licensure that ensure work requiring a skilled professional is performed safely and sufficiently. DBPR’s stakeholders include these professionals and their customers alike. Under the direction of Secretary Melanie S. Griffin, DBPR oversees many of Florida’s professions and industries in the areas above, and many more which can be seen on our website: http://www.myfloridalicense.com/DBPR/. The Chief Appellate Counsel works under the direction of the General Counsel and is responsible for directing and overseeing appellate and rule-making matters. This is a highly responsible position in the Office of the General Counsel that serves as the Department’s appellate attorney and directs and supervises the Office of the Agency Clerk and the Rules Attorney.

Requirements

Must be a member in good standing of The Florida Bar
Must have at least two years of professional experience in the practice of law
Must have a valid Driver's License.

Responsibilities

Serves as a senior legal advisor to the Office of the Secretary and the various divisions of the department regarding appellate issues
Represents the department in all appellate proceedings for the various divisions within the department including coordination of appeals, review of cases and records on appeal, drafting briefs and motions, and preparing and attending oral arguments
Provides supervision, guidance and direction to the department’s Rules Attorney and Agency Clerk’s Office
Provides, participates, and facilitates training for the Office of the General Counsel with respect to various issues from an appellate standpoint
Advises the Office of the Secretary and General Counsel on potential impact of proposed legislative changes and issues of importance as necessary
Serves as the department’s back-up informal hearing officer pursuant to section 120.57(2), F.S. and drafts final orders as necessary.

Benefits

State of Florida retirement package: 3% employee contribution required.
Nine annual paid holidays and one personal holiday
Ability to earn up to 104 hours of paid annual leave annually as a new employee with the State of Florida
Ability to earn up to 104 hours of paid sick leave annually.
The State of Florida offers health insurance coverage (i.e. individual and family coverage) to eligible employees.
The State of Florida provides a $25,000 life insurance policy to eligible employees.
Additional supplemental insurance policies are available for dental, vision, hospital supplement, cancer, etc.
Tax deferred medical and childcare reimbursement accounts are available.
Tuition waiver program to attend an approved State of Florida College or University

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