Older Adults Program Staff Attorney

2 weeks ago

Orlando, United States Community Legal Services Full time

Be a part of an organization making a difference in the Central Florida community. As an Orlando Business Journal’s 2021 Best Places to Work Honoree and Orlando Sentinel’s 2022 Best Workplaces Honoree, Community Legal Services (CLS) is a full service civil legal aid law firm that promotes equal access to justice, specifically for the most vulnerable individuals in our society.

**CLS offers**:

- 15 paid holidays and 24 days of paid time off
- Excellent physical/mental health, vision, and benefits (With 95% of benefits paid for by company)
- 100% Coverage with Dental Benefits, Life Insurance, Long/Short Term Disability
- 100% 403B match
- CLS pays Bar Dues and CLE Credits
- Student loan reimbursement for Attorneys
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Fantastic work-life balance
- Various opportunities for upward mobility into leadership/more advanced roles
- Pet Insurance
- Wellness Committee dedicated to employee morale, with events such as company-wide retreats, activities, and challenges

CLS is currently searching for a service-minded, mission-driven individual to fill the following position:
**Older Adult Programs Staff Attorney (**Ocala, Inverness, Tavares, Putnam, or Kissimmee)**

**OVERVIEW**

Reports to Senior Managing Attorney of Older Adult Programs or designee. Provides comprehensive legal services to eligible clients in civil and other cases in accordance with the program’s mission and principles of advocacy, other program guidelines, the ABA Standards for Providers of Civil Legal Services, and the Florida Rules of Professional Conduct.

**Description**: Community Legal Services (CLS) is seeking a committed Staff Attorney to provide high quality legal services by representing clients in central Florida with civil legal issues. This position is responsible for representing individuals who are low income and/or vulnerable populations, including older adults and caregivers, on a broad range of elder law matters. In addition, this position will assist older adults and caregivers with addressing civil legal barriers impacting their ability to age in place such as elder abuse, financial exploitation, consumer scams, housing, residential placement, age discrimination, advance health care/long-term care/estate planning, guardianship, income instability, and family law matters. Also, community education, senior outreach, and developing partnerships with community-based organizations to better serve our aging population.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Regular client interaction includes completing intakes, conducting interviews, and providing legal assistance such as brief advice, limited services, and full representation.
- Research and interpret laws, rulings, and regulations applicable to cases assigned as well as prepare and review legal writings for the court or administrative agencies.
- Representing and advising clients in a variety of civil law matters affecting clients’ independence, including, but not limited to elder abuse, financial exploitation, public benefits, long-term care benefits, landlord/tenant issues, foreclosure prevention, homestead issues, debt collection, consumer scams, guardianship, age discrimination, estate planning, custody by extended family members, and dissolution of marriage.
- Developing and maintaining a referral process between community partners and CLS.
- Identifying legal needs of older adults and caregivers, and developing legal educational programs to address those needs.
- Conducting training and outreach with the community organization’s managers, staff, subagencies, and volunteers and supporting the firm’s overall mission.
- Collaborating with aging and caregiver service providers and organizations including areas on aging agencies, county senior services divisions, aging networks, domestic abuse, law enforcement, public schools, and faith-based organizations.
- Cultivating and coordinating effective working relationships with professionals and faith or community-based organizations, to assure CLS’s positive impact on its clients served and create awareness.
- Provide legal assistance to older adults and caregivers ranging from pro se assistance to full representation.
- Drafting pro se pleadings, counseling pro se litigants through in the court process, representing clients in court or before administrative agencies, conducting discovery, attending mediation, negotiating disputes, and drafting settlement agreements.
- Participate in outreach events and provide community education.
- Working a full-time position with the ability to work both scheduled and flexible work hours, including some evenings/weekends, based on business needs to perform duties, attend meetings and/or other functions throughout the counties served by CLS.
- Identify and participate in impact advocacy that impacts older adults and caregivers.
- Supervise paralegals and other subordinates in all aspects of their work.
- All other duties as assigned to further the overall mission of CLS.

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