About the position
The Statewide Legal Services Managing Attorney, ('Managing Attorney') is responsible for implementing and overseeing the IFP Project in an assigned set of counties, completing all required reports, and compiling monthly reports that track the number of survivors receiving representation, the type of representation and other relevant information. The Managing Attorney will assist the domestic violence center IFP Project Attorneys representing survivors seeking temporary and final injunctions for protection, and in hearings on violations of injunctions, with providing high quality, effective legal services by providing them electronic technical assistance and legal research, monthly case law updates, technical assistance conference calls, and learning exchanges to discuss local, regional, or statewide trends and challenges, and develop and provide other legal resources to assist IFP Project attorneys in providing effective legal representation. The Managing Attorney will serve as a resource to the IFP Project Attorneys by conducting site visits to the attorneys located at centers in the counties assigned to them to help them develop outreach plans and referral protocols specific to their communities, identifying appropriate community partners with which to form collaborations for referrals of survivors, and assisting with the development of Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with community partners. The Managing Attorney will organize and contract with speakers and event venues for training events and/or develop webinar and other training opportunities for IFP Project Attorneys. The Managing Attorney will serve as a resource to identify statewide trends and training gaps relating to injunctions for protection against domestic, dating and sexual violence and stalking.
Responsibilities
- Accept monthly reports submitted by the IFP Project attorneys and review to ensure representations are within the scope of the IFP Project.
- Complete all required reports and compile monthly reports that track the number of survivors receiving representation, the type of representation and other relevant information in their assigned counties.
- Compile data from monthly reports into quarterly trend reports to share with state OAG and DCF DVP, certified domestic violence center partners, and other stakeholders.
- Organize and conduct site visits at assigned domestic violence centers to assist the IFP Project Attorneys with implementing or continuing the project.
- Conduct new project orientations with domestic violence centers newly implementing the IFP Project.
- Review and approve each MOU for referral and collaboration between IFP Projects and partners prior to execution.
- Provide electronic, telephonic and on-site technical and research assistance to project attorneys.
- Review IFP Project Attorney requests for accepting repeat violence cases.
- Review client complaints and assist with responding to any complaint, where appropriate.
- Assist IFP Project Attorneys in responding to investigation from the Florida Bar.
- Assist in creating transition plan for any IFP Project Attorney leaving the IFP Project.
- Review content of flyers that describe the IFP Project free legal services for distribution.
- Co-facilitate technical assistance conference calls with the IFP Project attorneys.
- Organize and develop webinar and other training opportunities for IFP Project Attorneys.
- Provide guidance and feedback about statewide trends and training gaps relating to injunctions for protection against domestic, dating and sexual violence and stalking.
- Assist the Statewide Legal Services Lead Managing Attorney in providing technical assistance to domestic violence centers.
Requirements
- J.D. from an accredited law school.
- Minimum of three years of litigation experience, preferably representing survivors of domestic, dating and sexual violence.
- Strong understanding of and commitment to the philosophy of the Battered Women's Movement.
- Knowledge of the feminist analysis of battering and the dynamics of domestic violence.
- Expertise in domestic, dating, and sexual violence and stalking.
- Excellent research and writing skills.
- Highly developed interpersonal skills and management acumen.
- Critical thinking and problem solving skills.
- Florida licensed attorney in good standing with no prior Florida Bar disciplinary proceedings.
- Valid Florida Driver's License and two years driving experience.
- Requires Domestic Violence Core Competency training.
- Must be able to pass a level 2 background check.
- Requires ongoing 16-hours of DV related training after the first year.
