SUPERVISING TRIAL COURT STAFF ATTORNEY - 22008962

State of Florida•West Palm Beach, FL

19d•$85,535 - $89,813•Hybrid

About The Position

The Fifteenth Judicial Circuit seeks a Supervising Senior Trial Court Staff Attorney (Supervisor). This position is based in downtown West Palm Beach, but may require occasional travel to the North and South County branches. This position is eligible for the Circuit’s remote work program, which permits two remote work days per week. The Supervisor will manage other staff attorneys while also conduct legal research and writing. This is demanding, professional, and highly responsible work.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited law school with excellent academic standing and substantial relevant experience in the practice of law or as a law clerk in an appellate or trial court.
Membership in the Florida Bar.

Nice To Haves

Managerial, administrative, or supervisory experience.
Law Review, journal, or significant law school writing and editing experience.
Exceptional writing skills.
Well-rounded understanding of many areas of law, court procedures, court systems, and judicial rules.

Responsibilities

Supervision duties include training, assigning and evaluating work, counseling, and ensuring that deadlines as assigned are met
Must ensure quality work product from staff.
Provides guidance to the attorneys, as needed, in researching, interpreting, and applying legal principles of the most complex nature within the assigned work area.
Reviews, edits, analyzes, discusses, and provides final approval for written work of attorneys on a regular basis and as needed.
Monitors workflow to identify and address potential workload issues and to ensure performance goals are met.
Supervisor monitors and reports on the status of the department's cases and identifies solutions to address workload issues.
Will be responsible for various reports concerning department statistics and other records.
Works independently, as well as cooperatively in a team environment.
Complete multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
Legal research and writing duties include reviewing case files, researching the law, preparing memoranda and proposed orders in a variety of legal areas brought before the trial court.
Supervisor provides legal advice to Judges, General Counsel, and others as may be required.