OPS ATTORNEY - 79900880

Requisition No: 848486 

Agency: Business and Professional Regulations

Working Title: OPS ATTORNEY - 79900880

 Pay Plan: Temp

Position Number: 79900880 

Salary:  $25 - $32 

Posting Closing Date: 04/11/2025 

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OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL
OPS-ATTORNEY
Position Number: 79900880
Hiring Salary: $ 25.00 - $ 32.00 hourly

**Open Competitive**

Our Organization and Mission:

License efficiently. Regulate fairly. Florida counts on DBPR to ensure a lot of important matters are handled well. They range from the safety of food service to the integrity of real estate transactions, to the transparency of condominium governance, and of course, the qualifications of licensure that ensure work requiring a skilled professional is performed safely and sufficiently.  Our stakeholders include these professionals and their customers alike.

Under the direction of Secretary Melanie S. Griffin, the agency oversees many of Florida’s professions and industries in the areas above, and many more which can be seen on our website: http://www.myfloridalicense.com/DBPR/.

The General Counsel’s Office has many areas of business and administrative law.

 

The Work You Will Do:

As prosecutors, OGC has a unique role within the Department.

OGC has units in:

• Alcoholic, Beverages, & Tobacco
• Hotels & Restaurants, Condos
• Timeshares, & Mobile Homes
• Drugs, Devices, & Cosmetics
• Construction & Unlicensed Activity
• Arbitration
• Certified Public Accounting
• Real Estate.

 

This advertisement is for units located in Construction, Unlicensed Activity, Certified Public Accounting, and Real Estate.

 

Your Specific Responsibilities:

This position is primarily responsible for performing administrative prosecution of violations for assigned professions/occupations/businesses under the jurisdiction of the department.

• Analyze violations of statutes or administrative rules for regulated professions/occupations/businesses, including reviewing investigative reports and evidence;
• Recommends appropriate action, including finding of probable cause;
• Draft administrative complaints, letters of guidance, dismissal orders, settlement stipulations, consent orders, closing orders, and emergency action documents;
• Present recommendations to probable cause panels or agency management;
• Identify cases where emergency action (including licensure suspension or restriction or remedy in circuit court) may be appropriate;
• Prosecute administrative complaints at the Division of Administrative Hearings or before the Department’s designated hearing officer or board;
• Conduct other civil and administrative litigation on behalf of the Department in all judicial forums as requested and required by law;
• Prepares pleadings, motions, memoranda, discovery, proposed orders, etc.;
• Conducts legal research and participates in settlement negotiations;
• Participate in meetings for non-board matters, probable cause panels, final agency action, board/division rule workshops;
• Provide legal advice on Department matters to management, other divisions and general staff as needed;
• Prosecutes and defends final orders, emergency suspension orders, declaratory judgments, and rule waiver and variance decisions;
• Responds to or reviews responses to public records requests;
• Prepares correspondence applicable to particular cases or complaints as appropriate and on behalf of the Department;
• Performs other duties as directed by the supervisor or the Office of the General Counsel;
• Assists other units as needed.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Skill in drafting legal documents;
• Skill in managing multiple complex cases;
• Ability to prioritize work;
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment;
• Ability to communicate effectively;
• Ability to conduct legal research;
• Ability to make oral presentations in court and in large groups;
• Ability to plan, organize and coordinate work assignments;
• Ability to utilize problem-solving techniques;
• Ability to work independently. 
• Ability to recognize and act on emerging issues and shifting priorities.
• Ability to travel.

 

Minimum Requirements: 

• Must have a valid driver's license.
• Must have a Bachelor of Laws or Ju