Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida

Attorney

• Advocate for low-income individuals and families by providing high-quality legal representation and advice on a wide range of public benefits matters.
• Responsible for substantial compliance with the CCLA Program Priority Plan within their areas of specialization.
• Carry out all phases of case work, interviewing clients and witnesses, discovery, investigations, negotiations, legal research, hearings and appeals.
• Supervise legal interns and paralegals who have been assigned to cases within their practice areas.
• Conduct client interviews to gather information, investigate fact situations, gather and evaluate evidence, draft letters, emails, memoranda, pleadings, briefs, and review agency notices.
• Advise and represent clients in SSDI/SSI cases, healthcare related cases, reemployment assistance cases, and SNAP/TANF cases.
• Communicate frequently with clients and outside agencies; in person, on the phone, and via email.
• Perform community outreach events and conduct educational training for staff, clients, and community providers.

Attorney – Public Benefits

• Prepares pleadings and represents clients for family law, injunctions, victims’ rights, and other related cases for holistic representation of clients who are victims of intimate partner violence, human trafficking, and/or seniors age 60 and older.
• Maintains own caseload and co-counsel on more complex cases when needed.
• Conducts interviews with clients and witnesses.
• Answers client-related phone calls, keep detailed case notes, keep court calendar updated.
• Advises clients regarding their family law and or domestic violence issues and their legal rights and responsibilities.
• Interprets and analyzes statues and relevant case law and perform necessary legal research and writing.
• Analyzes probable outcome of cases using knowledge of legal precedent.
• Develop strategies and arguments in preparing cases and presenting cases in court.
• Engages in troubleshooting and prioritizing cases.
• Analyze client documentation.
• Represent clients in court.
• Litigate contested and uncontested court hearings and proceedings.
• Engage in discovery, mediation, and depositions and prepare clients for the same.
• Oversee status of cases through case management system.
• Participates in application/prescreen review for acceptance of cases.
• Assists Director and Supervising Attorneys with mentoring the Unit’s other Staff Attorneys, Supervising Paralegals, and helping to supervise substantive legal work and non-substantive work of Paralegals as assigned.
• Attends regular unit meetings and case reviews to ensure proper case management and grant compliance with LSC and other grants.
• With the Director and Supervising Attorneys, assists in interviewing, hiring, orientation, training, continuous training and evaluation of current staff in the Unit, and recommends personnel actions as needed.
• Ensures cases are compliant with grant requirements, completes and submits grant reporting, ensures grant deliverables are met, and assists the Unit in identifying gaps in services and source grants or resources to address those needs in our community.
• Ensures compliance with policies and procedures in accordance with grants and office requirements.
• Performs community outreach to ensure agencies are referring victims to CCLA for legal services, including providing content for social media, virtual and in-person outreach, active participation with coordinated community response organizations and groups, and educational training for staff, clients and community providers.
• Maintain accurate timekeeping to ensure contemporaneous and compliant timekeeping.
• Performs all other duties as assigned and/or requested by Director, Supervising Attorneys, or Management, or as required by grant(s).

Attorney – Public Benefits

Attorney, Family Law & Victims of Crime