Closing Date: 30th April, 2024
Description:
Our Organization and Mission: The Office represents the State of Florida in state and federal civil and criminal courts, from trial courts to the Supreme Court of the United States.Position Summary: This position is in The Civil Litigation Division in Tallahassee.
Qualifications:
- Admission to the Florida Bar and six 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
The Work You Will Do: The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to the following:
- Prosecute and defend civil litigation on behalf of state agencies and officials in all federal and state trial and appellate courts, as requested and as provided by law.
- Handle settlement negotiations, pleadings, pre-trial, jury, and non-jury trials, post-trial, and appellate practice.
- Exercise a thorough working knowledge of federal and state rules of civil procedure, evidence, and substantive law.
- Requires the ability to research and work independently and involves travel in and out of state.
- The senior assistant attorney general will have greater responsibility for the more sensitive and complex cases, including class action lawsuits, which deal with the Governor and Cabinet, legislators, agency heads, prosecutors, public defenders, and judges. These cases frequently have statewide impact and influence the policy direction of state government. These cases frequently involve emergencies regarding matters of great public importance where response time is minimal, and demands are great.
- Responsible for cases involving constitutional law, civil rights, torts, employment discrimination, elections, environmental law, etc.
- This office relies on the experience and leadership of senior level attorneys to provide guidance to the younger attorneys in the office. Since it can be difficult to draw bright-lines separating litigation issues from standard operational issues, all attorneys must be prepared to provide counsel and guidance to agency and official clients on case-related issues and other topics that may be only indirectly related to a specific case but that nevertheless can have an impact on the client's litigation goals.
- Research and draft motions, answers, replies, interrogatories, memoranda, briefs, opinions, orders and other miscellaneous pleadings and documents.
- Attend trials, hearings and appellate oral arguments in court and appear before agency boards and legislative committees.
- Performs investigations and all aspects of discovery.
- Perform routine administrative matters, including supervising attorneys, legal secretaries, paralegals, and interns; attending staff meetings; preparing travel vouchers, time records and case status reports; filing documents, etc.
- Assist and advise entry-level attorneys in all of the aforementioned aspects of the office's practice, and recommend hiring, retention and promotion when asked.
- Respond to inquiries from the public.
- Maintain current expertise in areas of practice, including reading recent judicial decisions and case summaries and attending continuing legal education and other professional seminars, while contributing to the office's bank of legal briefs, memoranda, forms, and overall base of legal knowledge.
