Description:

Summary function: Director of Branch Office. Directs and supervises the activities of a Branch Office within the legal division of The Florida Bar.

Supervises: Senior Attorney (6); Paralegal (2); Senior Auditor; Branch Office Manager: Investigators

Required minimum education: Juris Doctorate and a Florida Bar Membership in Good Standing.

Required minimum professional work experience: Six (6) years of post-graduate level legal experience in effective case management, trials, pretrial matters, and development of trial strategy, as well as transactional matters and in alternate dispute resolution forums. Experience with hiring, training, supervision and evaluation of legal professionals and paraprofessionals.

A legal writing sample is required with the resume/application.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Overall management and administration of all branch functions; including hiring, training, overseeing of the branch's Bar and public relations, fiscal management, and case management. Bar and public relations; including communicating with Bar leadership and headquarters staff on high profile and complex matters. Case management including supervising the processing of all files from staff level through final hearing as well as discussing strategies and appropriate discipline recommendations and ensuring compliance with case processing goals established by Bar policy.

Personal case load, including the reviewing and processing of cases at staff, grievance committee, referee and appellate levels and handling of cases as needed due to reassignment or shortage of branch attorneys.

Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge of:

Rules Regulating The Florida Bar
Complex legal matters
Budget preparation and monitoring
Effective organization, developing and implementing administrative procedures and plans
Effective personnel management
Legal case management
Adobe Acrobat

Skilled in:

Effective management
Problem solving
Sound fiscal practices
Complex hearings and trials
Excellent legal, analytical and writing skills
Demonstrated analytical, trial and case management skills, in routine as well as complex legal matters
Effective verbal and written communication
Hearings and trials
Database usage

Ability to:

Make reasoned decisions based upon analysis and policy goals
Demonstrate initiative in group project and individual settings
Supervise and work well with staff
Interpret policies and procedures
Manage and maintain a high level of confidentiality
Manage case load
Create ADA compliant forms and documents using Adobe
Prioritize and coordinate work assignments
Tactfully manage difficult situations
Use discretion and independent judgment
Travel:
Sit for long periods of time, hear and converse over the telephone, and key/work frequently on a computer
Lift 5 to 10 lbs.

Please notify HR, in advance, if you need reasonable accommodations to participate in the employment process.

EOE. This organization participates in E-Verify. Position is open until filled. Exempt position.

This position is in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and is not a remote position.