Requisition No: 365624
Agency: Justice Administrative Commission
Working Title: CRIMINAL CONFLICT AND CIVIL REGIONAL COUNSEL, 2ND REGION- ASSISTANT REGIONAL COUNSEL - 21014764
Position Number: 21014764
Salary:  $45,000.00
Posting Closing Date: 05/27/2021
LITIGATION ATTORNEY
ASSISTANT REGIONAL COUNSEL
DEPENDENCY OR CRIMINAL DIVISIONS
State of Florida Benefits
OPEN ATTORNEY POSITION FOR THE OFFICE OF CRIMINAL CONFLICT AND CIVIL REGIONAL COUNSEL IN HILLSBOROUGH (COUNTY) FLORIDA.
THIS APPLICANT MUST BE A CURRENT MEMBER OF THE FLORIDA BAR IN GOOD STANDING.
The primary responsibility of assistant regional counsel is to provide highly efficient and professional representation to our clients.
Duties include, but are not limited to:
• Accepting, researching, and preparing each case efficiently and expeditiously;
• Advising and counseling each client regarding plea offers, client’s rights and options, strategies, sentencing, appellate rights, etc.;
• Establishing and maintaining a professional relationship with each client, family, witness, and court personnel;
• Maintaining open lines of communications with clients and their families, witnesses, and court personnel;
• Involving investigators, interns and other support staff appropriately;
• Seeking assistance from experts appropriate to the case;
• Demonstrating maturity and a professional demeanor at all times;
• Exercising sound judgment to achieve desired results;
• Handling emergency assignments when needed;
• Attending and participating in training seminars, division meetings, and staffing sessions;
• Abide by all Regional Counsel policies and procedures outlined in manual including but not limited to attendance, punctuality and professional dress code.
• Performing other related work as required.
SPECIAL NOTE:  THIS AGENCY DOES NOT ACCEPT INTERNET APPLICATIONS.  PLEASE E-MAIL YOUR COVER LETTER, WRITING SAMPLE AND RESUME TO:  DIANA GOLDEN AT DGOLDEN@FLRC2.ORG AND ALLA GORDON AT AGORDON@FLRC2.ORG THANK YOU.
Hours:  8 AM - 5 PM Monday through Friday.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
There are some supervisory responsibilities when a managing attorney or circuit chief.
QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be member in Good Standing of the Florida Bar and able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed in this document are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Ability to:
Communicate effectively and professionally with clients and staff Use correct English grammar, spelling, and punctuation
Follow written and oral instructions and procedures Exhibit sound judgment and good listening skills Handle matters with integrity and confidentiality
Plan and prepare reports, correspondence, and charts in a variety of formats
Use personal computer and general office equipment
Be extremely organized, establish priorities, and meet deadlines Maintain an effective filing system
Manage multiple assignments simultaneously including long- and short-range projects be flexible in work assignments and processes based upon need
Travel to various locations throughout the circuit for assignments and training
Effectively utilize Microsoft Word and Outlook
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
Juris Doctorate
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, technical procedures, legal documents and governmental regulations.  Ability to write reports, business correspondence and transcripts.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.
REASONING ABILITY
Must be able to apply common sense and understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.  Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. Must be able to evaluate problems, isolate key issues, research and develop alternative solutions.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be mobile, speak and hear. The employee frequently is required to sit and reach with hands and arms. The employee maybe required to stand. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus.
CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:
Valid Florida Driver’s license; Valid Florida Bar license
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The noise level for this position is moderate.
EQUIPMENT UTILIZED
Personal computers, printers, copiers, scanners, telephones, calculators, cell phone
This position description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.
This position description has excluded the marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of essential job duties. All duties and responsibilities are essential job functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills and abilities. Employees of the Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel are at-will employees. This document does not create employment contract, implied or otherwise, and may be revised or rescinded at any time, due to operational necessity, at the sole discretion of the Regional Counsel.
If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS at 1-844-377-1888 on how your current benefits may be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida.  Your current retirement benefits may be canceled, suspended, or deemed ineligible depending upon the date of your retirement.
The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.
Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.
The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.