What are the responsibilities and job description for the Paralegal position at The Florida Bar?
Paralegal #4151
Lawyer Regulation Headquarters | Tallahassee
Minimum starting salary $54,519.76 with an excellent benefits package including employer paid pension contribution | Employees of The Florida Bar are eligible to apply for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF).
A legal writing sample is required with application.
Summary function: Monitors Florida Attorneys with probationary or post disciplinary conditions and conducts legal research.
Required minimum education: Completion of an accredited paralegal/legal assistant course of study. Juris Doctorate will substitute for this education.
Required minimum professional work experience: Four (4) years of paralegal/legal assistant experience or certified as a Florida Registered Paralegal or Certified Legal Assistant or Juris Doctorate.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Monitors respondent compliance with disciplinary conditions and conditional admitees with probationary conditions. Exchanges information with other Florida Bar Departments.
- Draft correspondence relating to disciplinary conditions and probation for Lawyer Regulation Director and Staff Counsel.
- Draft pleadings for Lawyer Regulation Director's and Staff Counsel's signature.
- Acts as Liaison with FLA, Inc. Monitors compliance with check-ins and monthly monitoring reports, FLA monitors, payments to FLA, FLA processes.
- Act as informational liaison with The Florida Board of Bar Examiners.
- Performs legal research and miscellaneous special functions as assigned by Division Director and/pr Staff Counsel; testifies at referee proceedings.
- Other related duties as assigned.
Knowledge of:
- The Rules Regulating The Florida Bar
- Legal terminology and the judicial process
- Legal writing
- Legal research techniques
Skilled in:
- Excellent legal and analytical communication, both oral and written
- MS Word, Excel, Outlook
- Adobe Acrobat
- Database input
Ability to:
- Think logically and effectively problem solve
- Interpret TFB policies and procedures
- Organize and prioritize work
- Demonstrate initiative in group projects and individual settings
- Tactfully manage difficult situations
- Communicate effectively and professionally, both verbally and in writing
- Operate well under pressure and in a team atmosphere
- Consistently provide an excellent service-oriented attitude
- Create ADA compliant forms and documents using Adobe
- To 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. Non-exempt.
This position is located in Tallahassee, Florida and is not a remote position.
Salary : $54,520