Attorney - General Litigation

Duties

• Performs sophisticated legal research and prepares opinions on various legal issues.
• Interprets and applies legal principles and precedents in resolving complex legal issues.
• Represents the Office of General Counsel (OGC) and clients in civil cases, hearings, administrative proceedings and appeals.
• Works with consulting and testifying experts and reviews their work-product.
• Drafts pleadings, motions, and legal memoranda.
• Handles the drafting of discovery, responses to discovery, and depositions.
• Attends meetings of the City Council, boards, agencies and OGC clients when needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimums

• Knowledge of Florida and Federal civil procedures and rules of evidence.
• Ability to interpret and apply legal principles and precedents in resolving complex legal issues.
• Ability to effectively communicate and express ideas clearly and concisely, both orally and inwriting.
• Ability to conduct research on complex legal issues and prepare significant and high priority legal opinions.
• Ability to gain knowledge of municipal, county, state and federal case law, statutory and regulatory law as it relates to City government and other OGC clients.
• Abilitytoprepareandtrycivillawcasesbeforecounty,stateandfederalcourts,administrativebodiesandarbitrators.
• Abilitytoanalyzeandpreparecivillawcases,settlement agreementsandotherlegaldocuments.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.

How to apply

• Graduation from an accredited law school. Possession of a Florida license to practice law.
• Seven (7) years or more of experience in civil litigation is preferred.
• Professional legal experience in government is preferred.
• Legal writing sample is required.

A FULLY COMPLETED ONLINE APPLICATION IS REQUIRED. A resume and legal writing sample are required with your application. Work history is required for all employment/volunteer work in which qualifications are being based. When meeting/basing qualifications on education, a copy of your college transcript is required with application. Transcripts do not need to be official, but must state your name, the school's name, classes taken, grades received, type of degree, and date degree was conferred.