SPECIAL COUNSEL-ASST ATTORNY GENERAL-DLA - 41001259

Work You Will Do

• Participates and oversees investigations of alleged consumer protection violations by individuals and/or corporate entities;
• Reviews reports prepared by law enforcement officers, investigators, accountants and financial analysts;
• Locates and obtains documentary evidence.
• Oversees the investigation of potential violations of state and federal consumer protection and trade practices law;
• Gathers and evaluates evidence and prepares cases for appropriate legal proceedings.
• Conducts litigation of consumer protection cases in state and federal courts, including preparing pleadings, motions, memoranda of law and briefs;
• Prepares legal research and evaluates the research of investigators and paralegals;
• Prepares subpoenas, conducts discovery and engages in other pretrial and trial work.
• Attends trials, hearings, and appellate oral arguments in court.
• Negotiates resolutions of litigation cases or investigations and drafts resolution documents such as assurances of voluntary compliance, consent judgments, and mediated resolutions.
• Conducts legal research and assists in preparing legislation proposed by the Department.
• Responds to correspondence and telephone inquiries concerning consumer protection issues.
• Represents the Department in meetings and conferences relating to consumer protection investigations and litigation.
• Establishes lines of communication with local, state and federal law enforcement officers and prosecutors;
• Serves on federal and state task forces and works with those agencies, as needed;
• Initiates contact with and processes information from law enforcement agencies to further consumer protection enforcement.
• Reviews and maintains current expertise to share with the Division in consumer protection law, including reading recent judicial decisions and case summaries and attending continuing legal education and other professional seminars.
• Affords support to bureau management by providing back up for manager coverage to ensure the smooth day-to-day running of the Tallahassee office.
• Affords assistance with initiatives and special assignments.
• Affords assistance with post judgment enforcement matters.
• Affords assistance with developing training programs for attorneys, paralegals, and investigators.
• Performs routine administrative functions, including supervising legal secretaries, paralegals, and interns;
• Attends staff meetings;
• Prepares time records and case status reports;
• Files documents, etc.
• Performs in a timely fashion other assigned duties, which may require extended hours and/or travel outside the worksite.

Qualifications

• Admission to the Florida Bar and ten (10) years of professional experience in the practice of law, in the judiciary or in teaching law or any combination thereof;
• Five (5) of the ten (10) years must be in the specialty area in which the attorney is being hired;
• Preference will be given to attorneys with 5 or more years of experience handling civil litigation cases.
• Two (2) or more years of experience handling the prosecution or defense of cases involving fraud, deceptive trade practices or white-collar crime cases.
• Leadership experience and experience mentoring other attorneys.