Medical Legal Partnerships Staff Attorney

Medical Legal Partnerships Staff Attorney

Community Legal Services (CLS) seeks a Staff Attorney as we expand our partnerships with community organizations located throughout our service area with a focus on Marion County, Florida. The project is aimed at addressing civil legal barriers to housing, health, and well‑being of low‑income individuals. Reporting to the (Senior) Managing Attorney, Medical‑Legal Partnership or designee, this position provides comprehensive legal services to eligible clients in civil and other cases in accordance with the program’ mission and principles of advocacy, other program guidelines, the ABA Standards for Providers of Civil Legal Services and the Florida Rules of Professional Conduct.

This range is provided by Community Legal Services. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

$70,000.00/yr - $85,000.00/yr

• 15 paid holidays and 24 days of paid time off
• Excellent physical/mental health, vision, and benefits (95% of benefits paid for by company)
• Full coverage with dental benefits, life insurance, long/short term disability
• 100% 403B match after 1 year of employment (5%)
• CLS pays bar dues and CLE credits
• Student loan reimbursement for attorneys
• Tuition reimbursement
• Ability to apply for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)
• Fantastic work‑life balance
• Various opportunities for upward mobility into leadership/advanced roles
• Pet insurance
• Wellness committee dedicated to employee morale, with events such as company wide retreats, activities and challenges

• Determining client eligibility for legal services in accordance with program policies and procedures.
• Representing low‑income and/or vulnerable clients in a variety of civil law matters affecting clients’ health including public benefits, landlord/tenant disputes, disability‑related issues, family law matters, debt collection, and access to appropriate educational services.
• Providing high‑quality legal services to eligible clients including identification of legal problems, investigation, advice, negotiation, representation before courts, administrative and legislative/quasi‑legislative bodies, and preparation of necessary documentation.
• Researching and interpreting laws, rulings, and regulations applicable to cases assigned, as well as preparing and reviewing legal writings such as pleadings, orders, discovery, and other documents for courts or government agencies.
• Identifying the legal needs of the low‑income clients of our community partner and developing legal educational programs to address those needs.
• Cultivating and coordinating effective relationships with health care professionals and community‑based organizations to assure CLS’ positive impact on individuals served.
• Actively engaging community partner in the integration of legal services by training partner staff and volunteers; serving as an active member of the care team; and working with students including those in law, medicine, social work, and public health.
• Assisting with the reporting requirements for grants under the Medical‑Legal Partnership. This includes running reports in the case management system, reviewing for compliance, meeting grant deliverables, and drafting reporting responses.
• Developing and maintaining excellent working relationships with bar associations (including regularly attending bar meetings), bar leaders, legislators and other political officials and other community and non‑profit organizations to assist in resource development.
• Recruiting and providing services for private attorney involvement in CLS’s pro‑bono programs (which includes co‑counseling).
• Assisting at the CLS Helpline answering calls from potential clients, completing intakes, assisting with online intakes, and providing advice/brief services to eligible clients for civil legal issues.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Commitment to promoting the mission, vision, and values of CLS.
• Unwavering dedication to high‑quality legal programs, fiscal strength, and organizational integrity.
• Member in good standing of The Florida Bar.
• Bondable.
• Bilingual:
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