SENIOR ATTORNEY - 43000785

Requisition No: 827475 

Agency: Financial Services

Working Title: SENIOR ATTORNEY - 43000785

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 43000785 

Salary:  $90,000.00 

Posting Closing Date: 05/16/2024 

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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 (JD) degree and admittance to the Florida Bar required.

Preferences:

• Seven (7) years of professional experience as a licensed attorney in the practice of law with at least five (5) years’ experience as a state or federal criminal prosecutor, public defender, or criminal defense attorney.
• Five (5) years’ experience in white collar/economic crime or insurance fraud, as a law enforcement agency legal advisor, insurance defense attorney handling matters involving suspected fraud, or government or relator’s counsel in a state or federal qui tam action.
• Experience being a lead counsel for a party in a civil or criminal jury trial that was tried to a verdict.

Some benefits include:

• 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

This position is located in Tallahassee.

The annual hiring salary is $90,000.00.

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.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR THIS POSITION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING REQUIRED ENTRY LEVEL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

Strong civil or criminal litigation skills. Knowledge of and experience in using the Florida Rules of Criminal or Civil Procedure and Rules of Evidence. Strong legal research and writing skills and ability to produce well drafted complaints, motions, and other pleadings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES:

The Criminal Law & False Claims section attorneys serve as Police Legal Advisors to the Division of Investigative and Forensic Services (DIFS) and the Division of Public Assistance Fraud (DPAF). 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, they provide a substantial amount of training to all DIFS and DPAF 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.