SENIOR ATTORNEY - 79011513

State of Florida • Dundee, FL

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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 of course, 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/.

This is a highly responsible position that may serve as a Deputy Chief Attorney and performs administrative prosecution of violations for assigned professions under the jurisdiction of the department, including Chapters 455 and 475, Florida Statutes, and all applicable practice acts.

Requirements

• Must have a valid driver's license
• Must be a member of The Florida Bar in good standing
• Must have at least two years of professional experience in the practice of law
• Ability to supervise
• Ability to understand and apply applicable rules, regulations, and policies
• Skill in drafting legal documents
• Skill in managing multiple complex cases
• Ability to prioritize work
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment
• Ability to communicate effectively
• Ability to conduct legal research
• Ability to make oral presentations in court and in large groups
• Ability to recognize and act on emerging issues and shifting priorities
• Ability to travel

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership and guidance to assigned law clerks and other division employees
• Provides legal procescution
• Evaluates investigative reports and evidence
• Analyzes violations of statutes or administrative rules for regulated professions and recommends appropriate action
• Prepares/presents recommended actions before Probable Cause Panels
• Attends board meetings and rule workshops
• Researches/drafts/reviews/amends pleadings, complaints, motions, dismissal orders, consent orders, settlement agreements and memoranda of law
• Negotiates settlements
• Reviews, edits, and evaluates proposed rule packages
• Responds to consumer and industry inquiries
• Analyzes bills
• Compiles exhibits
• Prepares witnesses to testify
• Takes and defends depositions
• Initiates and responds to discovery
• Prosecutes and defends enforcement actions before the Division of Administrative Hearings and the agency's informal hearing officer
• Prosecutes and defends final orders, emergency suspension orders, declaratory judgments, and rule waiver and variance decisions
• Defends claims for attorney fees and costs
• Provides legal advice to division staff and other agency employees.

Benefits

• State of Florida retirement package: 3% employee contribution required.
• Nine annual paid holidays and one personal holiday.
• You will receive 176 hours of paid annual leave annually as a new employee with the State of Florida.
• You will receive 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed