Senior Business Advisory and Transactions Attorney- Regulatory Compliance and Licensing
Department: Legal Operations
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Description
Jimerson Birr is seeking a Senior Business Advisory & Transactions Attorney for our Regulatory Compliance and Licensing team. The Senior Attorney serves as day-to-day counsel to business clients on the licensing, compliance, and government-facing questions that determine whether they can keep operating and keep operating cleanly.
This is regulatory work with real breadth, and it moves at the agency's clock, not a court's. In a given week you might file a licensing application, defend a client against a disciplinary complaint, respond to an audit, review an ad campaign for compliance, and weigh in on a bid protest. You set your own priorities across all of it, troubleshoot the thing in front of you, and move to the next one, you don't need someone handing you a queue.
The part that distinguishes this seat: you build things that keep working long after the filing is done: a compliance program with real policies, training, and an audit cadence; a licensing renewal calendar that never lapses; a government-affairs strategy a client can run on their own. You're a generalist across regulated industries, but when a regulatory scheme is genuinely interesting, you're the one willing to go deep on it. And once you've built something, you rarely leave it alone. You keep circling back to make it tighter, because "good enough" rarely stays that way in your head.
At JB, "great lawyering" isn't defined by hours worked. It is measured by execution against the plan, disciplined delivery, and visible progress, backed by systems that create clarity, consistency, and client trust. That structure exists to remove friction. The attorneys who thrive here treat it as leverage and then make it better.
This is your seat if:
• You'd rather build the compliance program that prevents the violation than defend the client after the fact.
• You are precise by instinct: you catch the filing deadline nobody calendared and the regulation that changed since last quarter.
• You want variety without chaos: many agencies and matters, clear plans, and defensible priorities you set yourself.
• You solve the problem in front of you, move on, and don't need someone else's process to tell you what's next.
• You want to own the client relationship, not hand it up the chain.
What You'll Do
Keep Clients Licensed and Compliant
• Run regulatory compliance reviews and filings tailored to each client's industry.
• Build compliance programs, industry-specific policies, training, and audit cadence.
• Handle state and local business and professional licensing applications and registry filings, and license transfers.
• Review marketing and advertising for compliance in regulated industries.
• Advise on workplace safety and OSHA compliance.
Defend the License and the Business
• Defend against license complaints, investigations, and discipline, and respond to regulatory investigations and audits.
Navigate Government and Policy
• Manage government procurement and contracting, including bid protests.
• Challenge or respond to laws, rules, or regulations through lobbying or government affairs work.
• Advise on economic development and government incentive programs.
Own the Practice
• Independently manage a full matter caseload from intake through completion, in alignment with the firm's Proven Process and validated matter plans.
• Delegate scoped work to junior attorneys and paralegals, reviewing their output and coaching them toward greater independence.
• Contribute to refining matter plans, forms, and playbooks for the Regulatory Compliance and Licensing group.
• Maintain budget discipline and hit individual revenue and utilization targets while keeping client work timely and accurate.
What You'll Bring
• JD and active membership in the Florida Bar
• Three or more consecutive years of legal practice, with demonstrated ability to manage business matters independently
• Proven experience across the regulatory compliance and licensing lifecycle: compliance program design, licensing and license defense, government procurement, or government affairs work
• Comfort communicating directly with clients, counterparties, agencies, and regulators
• A track record of managing matters with minimal oversight while maintaining budget discipline and hitting revenue and utilization targets
• Experience delegating to and coaching junior attorneys or paralegals
Preferred Qualifications
• Administrative law or licensing practice before state or local agencies
• Depth in a regulated industry: construction, healthcare, financial services, or similar
• Experience building a compliance program from scratch rather than maintaining one
Why Join Jimerson Birr?
This seat sits inside the Business Advisory & Transactional group's Regulatory Compliance and Licensing practice - the team that keeps clients operating legally across regulated industries, from first license to government audit. As a Senior BAT Attorney, you'll manage your own caseload independently while coaching junior attorneys and paralegals, and this tier is the springboard into either deep subject-matter specialization or team leadership, depending on where you want to take it.
Join a dynamic team that values professional growth and excellence in legal service. We offer competitive compensation, professional development opportunities, and a supportive work environment dedicated to fostering your success.
We've found that the key to doing great work is to love what you do and respect who you do it with. To continue reading about our firm, visit our website Jimerson Birr.
