Trial Court Staff Attorney

Salary Range

Bar Member Starting Annual Salary: $66,706.44;
Bar Member Practicing Law 5+ Years: $78,036.12

Trial Court Staff Attorney
(Robt.

D. Sumner Judicial Center
- Dade City)
Position Number: 9477
Final date to receive applications:
Open until filled
Position will be available January 2, 2026
Bar Member Starting Annual Salary: $66,706.44
Bar Member Practicing Law 5+ Years: $78,036.12
State Benefits Packet

This is professional and highly responsible work, conducting legal research, preparing memos, and drafting orders for the assigned Circuit Criminal, Family, Unified Family Court, Probate, and Civil Judges. Work involves considerable interpretation and judgment in the analysis of legal issues. Contacts are primarily with judges and court personnel. All work is performed under the supervision of a Senior Supervising Staff Attorney.

Up to two days of telework per week may be authorized.

Juris Doctor from an accredited law school and Member in good standing with the Florida Bar.
Five (5) years of work experience in the practice of law or as a law clerk in an appellate or trial court.

Review court files, pleadings, motions, memoranda of law, and other documentation and draft orders, memoranda, reports, and other correspondence at the direction of the judges.

Review pro se motions for postconviction relief, motions to correct illegal sentence, motions to withdraw plea, motions for DNA testing, etc., and prepare proposed orders for the judges.

Research substantive and procedural areas of criminal law, and draft orders on trial motions, including motions to dismiss, to suppress, to admit collateral crime evidence, etc.

Attend hearings in court and prepare appropriate orders following the hearings.

Perform case management of Death Penalty Cases and track Postconviction Relief Cases.

Perform other duties as directed by Court Counsel, Supervising Senior Staff Attorney, and judges.

ADA Accommodation: If you require accommodation to participate in the application/selection process, please call the ADA Coordinator at . The successful applicant will be required to undergo a criminal background check. The Sixth Judicial Circuit of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.

All applications must be submitted through Email:
Careers or via fax at: , include a cover letter, resume, and legal writing sample that does not exceed ten pages. Incomplete applications may not be considered.