Senior Business Advisory and Transactions Attorney- Regulatory Compliance and Licensing

Jimerson Birr, P.A.•Jacksonville, FL

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Jimerson Birr is seeking a Senior Business Advisory & Transactions Attorney for our Regulatory Compliance and Licensing team. The Senior Attorney serves as day-to-day counsel to business clients on the licensing, compliance, and government-facing questions that determine whether they can keep operating and keep operating cleanly. This is regulatory work with real breadth, and it moves at the agency’s clock, not a court’s. In a given week you might file a licensing application, defend a client against a disciplinary complaint, respond to an audit, review an ad campaign for compliance, and weigh in on a bid protest. You set your own priorities across all of it, troubleshoot the thing in front of you, and move to the next one, you don’t need someone handing you a queue. The part that distinguishes this seat: you build things that keep working long after the filing is done: a compliance program with real policies, training, and an audit cadence; a licensing renewal calendar that never lapses; a government-affairs strategy a client can run on their own. You’re a generalist across regulated industries, but when a regulatory scheme is genuinely interesting, you’re the one willing to go deep on it. And once you’ve built something, you rarely leave it alone. You keep circling back to make it tighter, because "good enough" rarely stays that way in your head. At JB, "great lawyering" isn’t defined by hours worked. It is measured by execution against the plan, disciplined delivery, and visible progress, backed by systems that create clarity, consistency, and client trust. That structure exists to remove friction. The attorneys who thrive here treat it as leverage and then make it better.

Requirements

JD and active membership in the Florida Bar
Three or more consecutive years of legal practice, with demonstrated ability to manage business matters independently
Proven experience across the regulatory compliance and licensing lifecycle: compliance program design, licensing and license defense, government procurement, or government affairs work
Comfort communicating directly with clients, counterparties, agencies, and regulators
A track record of managing matters with minimal oversight while maintaining budget discipline and hitting revenue and utilization targets
Experience delegating to and coaching junior attorneys or paralegals

Nice To Haves

Administrative law or licensing practice before state or local agencies
Depth in a regulated industry: construction, healthcare, financial services, or similar
Experience building a compliance program from scratch rather than maintaining one

Responsibilities

Run regulatory compliance reviews and filings tailored to each client’s industry.
Build compliance programs, industry-specific policies, training, and audit cadence.
Handle state and local business and professional licensing applications and registry filings, and license transfers.
Review marketing and advertising for compliance in regulated industries.
Advise on workplace safety and OSHA compliance.
Defend against license complaints, investigations, and discipline, and respond to regulatory investigations and audits.
Manage government procurement and contracting, including bid protests.
Challenge or respond to laws, rules, or regulations through lobbying or government affairs work.
Advise on economic development and government incentive programs.
Independently manage a full matter caseload from intake through completion, in alignment with the firm’s Proven Process and validated matter plans.
Delegate scoped work to junior attorneys and paralegals, reviewing their output and coaching them toward greater independence.
Contribute to refining matter plans, forms, and playbooks for the Regulatory Compliance and Licensing group.
Maintain budget discipline and hit individual revenue and utilization targets while keeping client work timely and accurate.