SENIOR ATTORNEY - 43000134

Requisition No: 849608 

Agency: Financial Services

Working Title: SENIOR ATTORNEY - 43000134

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 43000134 

Salary:  $90,000.00 - $103,000.00 

Posting Closing Date: 04/25/2025 

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*****OPEN COMPETITIVE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY*****

DIVISION: OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

BUREAU: CRIMINAL LAW & FALSE CLAIMS

CITY: TALLAHASSEE

COUNTY: LEON

SPECIAL NOTES:

A Juris Doctor degree is required.

Additional requirements:

• Active member of the Florida Bar.

Preferences:

• Five (5) years of professional experience as a licensed attorney in the practice of law.
• Five (5) years’ experience as a state or federal criminal prosecutor.
• Five (5) years’ experience as a public defender or criminal defense attorney.
• Five (5) years’ experience in white collar/economic crime or insurance fraud.
• Five (5) years’ experience as a law enforcement agency legal advisor
• Five (5) years’ experience as an insurance defense attorney handling matters involving suspected fraud.
• Five (5) years’ experience as a government or relator’s counsel in state or federal qui tam actions.

This position requires a security background check, including fingerprint as a condition of employment.

This position is located in Tallahassee.

Expected hiring salary range is $90,000.00 - $103,000.00 depending upon experience.  

Employees of the Department of Financial Services are paid on a monthly pay cycle.

Responses to qualifying questions must be clearly supported by the state application and any omission, falsification, or misrepresentation in the answering of the qualifying questions will be cause for immediate elimination from the selection process.

This position offers the following benefits:

• Highly skilled, professional environment
• Career Growth                                   
• Student Loan Forgiveness Program (Eligibility Required)
• Healthcare Benefits
• Tuition Fee Waivers (Accepted by major Florida colleges/universities)
• Leave Benefits

Minimum Qualifications for this position include the following REQUIRED ENTRY LEVEL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Knowledge of Microsoft Office and either Westlaw or Lexis/Nexis legal research tools

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES:

Attorneys in the Criminal Law & False Claims section serve as police legal advisors to the Criminal Investigations Division (CID). They advise sworn and civilian investigators state-wide on insurance fraud, public assistance fraud, workers’ compensation fraud, theft of state resources, unclaimed property fraud, public corruption, and fire, arson, and explosives investigations.  The section also monitors and represents the Chief Financial Officer’s interest in False Claims Act cases served on the Department. The attorneys work daily with investigators on a variety of matters, from developing complex, multi-jurisdictional organized fraud rings and scheme to defraud cases for presentation to prosecutors, to reviewing search warrants for sufficiency, advising on investigational procedures and agency policy, and preparing to testify.  Additionally, attorneys provide training to all CID personnel. 

If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS on how your current benefits will 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.