Requisition No: 865136 

Agency: State Courts System

Working Title: SENIOR TRIAL COURT STAFF ATTORNEY - 22008183

 Pay Plan: State Courts System

Position Number: 22008183 

Salary:  agency to update 

Posting Closing Date: 01/30/2026 

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Trial Court Staff Attorney

 (Pinellas County Justice Center – Annex)

Position Number: 8183

Application Deadline: Open until filled

 **Position will be available January 2, 2026**

 Bar Member Starting Annual Salary: $66,706.44

Bar Member Practicing Law 5+ Years: $78,036.12

State Benefits Packet

This is professional and highly responsible work, conducting legal research, preparing memos, and drafting orders for the assigned Circuit Criminal, Family, Unified Family Court, Probate, and Civil Judges. This position will be based in Clearwater at the Pinellas County Justice Center Annex, but will serve the Dade City Circuit Judges. Travel to the Robert D. Sumner Judicial Center in Dade City will be required at least once monthly, and additional travel to Dade City may be required at the judges’ request. Work involves considerable interpretation and judgment in the analysis of legal issues. Contacts are primarily with judges and court personnel. All work is performed under the supervision of a Senior Supervising Staff Attorney. Up to two days of telework per week may be authorized.

Education, Experience, Licenses, Certifications, and Registrations:

• Juris Doctor from an accredited law school and Member in good standing with the Florida Bar.
• Five (5) years of work experience in the practice of law or as a law clerk in an appellate or trial court.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Advise judges in assigned divisions on pending litigation and issues.
• Attend hearings and trials, review electronic case files, evidence, depositions, pleadings, motions, memoranda of law, and other documentation to advise judges in a variety of legal areas.
• Research legal matters, substantive and procedural, as directed by judges and draft legal memoranda, judgments, orders, reports, and other correspondence.
• Work effectively in a cooperative atmosphere with judges, attorneys, constitutional officers, and administrative staff functioning within a judicial circuit.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to maintain and monitor a caseload, including Death Penalty cases and Postconviction Relief cases.

How to Apply: All applications must be submitted through Email: sixthcircuithr@jud6.org or via fax at: 727-453-7166, include a cover letter, resume, and legal writing sample that does not exceed ten pages. Incomplete applications may not be considered.

ADA Accommodation: If you require accommodation to participate in the application/selection process, please call the ADA Coordinator at (727) 453-7165. The successful applicant will be required to undergo a criminal background check. The Sixth Judicial Circuit of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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.