Supervising Trial Court Staff Attorney

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https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/15thcircuit/jobs/5082619/supervising-trial-court-staff-attorney?pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs

SUMMARY

$89,812.92 (annual salary of $85,534.92 plus competitive area differential pay of $4,278.00)

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.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Supervisory duties include training, assigning and evaluating work, counseling, and ensuring that deadlines as assigned are met.
• Must ensure quality work product from staff
• Provide guidance to the attorneys, as needed, in researching, interpreting, and applying legal principles of the most complex nature within the assigned work area.
• Review, edit, analyze, discuss, and provide final approval for written work of attorneys on a regular basis and as needed
• Monitor workflow to identify and address potential workload issues and to ensure performance goals are met
• Monitors and reports on the status of the department's backlogged cases and identifies solutions to address backlog and workload issues
• Responsible for various reports concerning department statistics and other records
• Work 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

The omission of specific statements of the duties does not exclude them from the classification if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment for this classification.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS / KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

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.

Preferred:

• 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

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

During the Application Process please upload the following ATTACHMENTS:

• College and law school transcripts (official or unofficial)
• Writing sample not to exceed five (5) pages

Notice:

Incomplete applications will not be considered. Applications will continue to be received until the position is filled. Submission of an application does not guarantee the applicant an interview. Applicants will be subject to a criminal background check. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate against any person.

If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in the interviewing process once selected, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator, Palm Beach County Courthouse, 205 North Dixie Highway West Palm Beach, Florida 33401; telephone number (561) 355-4380 at least 7 days before your scheduled either in-person or telephonic interview; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call “711.”

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $89,812.92 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Parental leave
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person