SENIOR ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL-DLA - 41000379

State of Florida

15d • Onsite

About The Position

This Senior Assistant Attorney position is in the Office of the Attorney Gerenal within the Antitrust Enforcement Unit in Tallahassee, Florida. Pay: $119,303.60 Annually, commensurate with experience The Antitrust Division is seeking a motivated attorney to join a collaborative and dynamic legal team that investigates and enforces cases under state and federal antitrust laws, Florida False Claims Act, Florida securities law, Civil Racketeering and as needed civil complex enforcement of the Florida Consumer Protection Act. The Division’s caseload includes cutting-edge and high-profile matters that receive national attention. The Division collaborates with the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, other state attorneys general and Florida agencies. This position is located in Tallahassee, Florida. The Florida Attorney General’s Antitrust Division is a nationally recognized leader that positively impacts the lives of Floridians.

Requirements

• Admission to the Florida Bar and six (6) years of professional experience in the practice of law, legal research, teaching law or in administrative or judicial hearings.
• The required legal experience must be from the practice of law in a state or territory of the United States.
• Membership in good standing in another state Bar can substitute for the required admission to the Florida Bar provided that, pursuant to Rule 11-1.10 of the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar, the attorney applies for and obtains admission to the Florida Bar within 12 months of appointment to a position in this class.

Nice To Haves

• at least two years of experience in complex litigation, including but not limited to the prosecution or defense of cases involving anticompetitive practices, deceptive trade practices or antitrust.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize and direct a team approach to industry-wide investigations, with an emphasis on those involving purchases by the State and/or local governments, by combining the skills of attorneys, economists, data processing professionals, investigators, and supporting paraprofessional and clerical personnel to gather, analyze and interpret the antitrust significance of observed marketplace behavior as revealed by all available relevant data.
• Analyze and evaluate business practices in order to make initial determination of whether violations of state or federal antitrust laws may have occurred.
• Interview fact witnesses and/or direct an investigator in conducting such interviews.
• Obtain evidence in the form of sworn testimony, answers to written interrogatories and/or documents by means of antitrust Civil Investigative Demands (CIDs).
• Obtain proffers of testimony from prospective witnesses.
• Prepare pleadings and legal memoranda and present oral argument on issues involved in legal challenges to compulsory investigative demands.
• Coordinate investigative efforts with other interested law enforcement agencies, including local state attorneys, attorneys general of other states, the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission.
• Report to the Antitrust Division Director regarding the results of investigations and makes recommendations regarding enforcement options.
• Prepare initial and responsive pleadings, motions and memoranda of law in antitrust cases filed in both the state and federal trial courts.
• Plan and conduct, with the assistance of subordinate attorneys, all phases of taking and defending discovery, including negotiations with opposing counsel, inspections and copying of documents, interrogatories, depositions, stipulations, etc.
• Develop and implement litigation strategy and supervise all aspects of trial preparation as the senior member of a trial preparation team.
• Select and supervise the work of expert witnesses in the fields of economics and statistics in preparing expert testimony as to liability and/or damages.
• Prepare briefs and present oral argument before all levels of state and federal courts.
• Plan and supervise the presentation of evidence at trial.
• Take primary responsibility for settlement negotiations and the form and content of settlement agreements and related documents.
• Establish guidelines and policies for verifying, allocating and distributing claims against damage recoveries in parens patriae and governmental monopoly claim class actions.
• Report to the Antitrust Division Director on the progress of litigation, including recommendations to make, accept or reject settlement offers.
• Recognize the need for legislative changes in the state antitrust laws or closely related statutes and supervise the drafting of proposed legislation.
• Assess the impact of proposed legislation on antitrust enforcement efforts and competition policy generally.
• Respond to antitrust-related inquiries from private citizens, officials and agencies of state and local governments and other members of the Attorney General’s staff.
• Represent the Antitrust Division at educational and professional meetings where issues of significance for antitrust enforcement are discussed.

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 (For more information, please click www.myfrs.com).
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Tuition waivers.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees