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    GENERAL COUNSEL

    Date:
    Apr 26, 2024


    Location:
    TALLAHASSEE, FL, US, 32399

    The State Personnel System is an E-Verify employer. For more information click on our E-Verify Website \_operations/human\_resource\_management/for\_job\_applicants/e\_verify) .


    Requisition No:

    Agency:
    State Courts System


    Working Title:

    GENERAL COUNSEL

    Pay Plan:
    State Courts System


    Position Number:

    Salary:
    $95,064 - $100,000 Annually

    Posting Closing
    Date:
    05/17/2024

    Total Compensation Estimator Tool )

    Job Location

    Nineteenth Judicial Circuit; Fort Pierce, Florida

    Job Description


    The essential function of the position is to serve as legal advocate and counsel for the interests of the circuit.

    The position is responsible for staff supervision, providing legal counsel, formulating and implementing policies to comply with statutory and rule requirements, overseeing services and programs, managing fiscal activity, and performing administrative functions, including reporting.

    The position formulates long range goals for the organization based upon legal requirements; develops policy and position papers; and works with court administration staff, judges, and local government officials.

    Education and Training Guidelines

    Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school required; and

    Seven years of related work experience, including extensive working knowledge of Florida State Courts System operations and governmental affairs.

    Additional relevant education may substitute for the recommended experience on a year-for-year basis.

    Requires membership in Good Standing in The Florida Bar.

    Valid Florida State Driver's License required.

    Special Comments

    Nineteenth Judicial Circuit serves Indian River, Okeechobee, Martin, and Saint Lucie Counties.

    Travel to other locations within the judicial circuit is required.


    The Florida State Courts System offers a comprehensive selection of State of Florida employee benefits: membership in the Florida Retirement System, optional enrollment in a subsidized Health insurance plan, optional enrollment in Life, Dental, and Disability insurance plans, and paid term life insurance.

    Benefits include vacation and sick leave and paid holidays.

    The Florida State Courts System is a criminal justice agency. The successful applicant will be fingerprinted for the purpose of conducting a criminal history record check. Employment in this position is contingent upon a satisfactory criminal background check.

    How to Apply

    For additional information and to apply visit the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida Employment website at

    Submit a cover letter, resume, five hundred (500) word essay on family court, and state employment application.

    To download the employment application, please visit the Circuit's website at

    Submit all documents by email to

    For additional information about the job advertised contact Tamara Thomas in Human Resources by phone at or

    Address is 250 Northwest Country Club Drive, Port Saint Lucie, Florida 34986.

    The successful applicant will be subject to a criminal background check.

    We are an equal opportunity employer.

    We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, sex or gender, religion or creed, national origin, age, marital status, genetic, disability, or political opinions or affiliations.

    We hire only U.S. citizens and lawfully authorized alien workers.

    If you need an accommodation to participate in the application or selection process, please call the contact Human Resources by phone at option 6) or person at the contact information indicated for each respective position.

    Persons using a TTY or TDD may call the contact person through the


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    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 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 , F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.


    Nearest Major Market:
    Tallahassee

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