General Attorney

The Office of the General Counsel (OGC) seeks highly qualified attorneys with extensive experience handling all aspects of federal contracts and procurements, and fiscal and appropriations law. OGC attorneys provide legal guidance on a wide variety of contracts, procurement, and appropriations law issues, including legal advice and guidance regarding federal contracting, proper use of agency funds, federal tort claims, and agreements with other agencies.

Duties

• Serves as a subject matter expert providing legal services on all legal matters within the incumbent’s area of responsibility in federal contracts and procurements and appropriations law.
• Analyzes complex statutes, regulations, policies, and decisions, and conducts senior-level research on a variety of subjects. Addresses the ramifications of legal matters regarding federal contracts, procurements, and appropriations law.
• Responsible for preparing and reviewing legal opinions and memoranda, and Agency materials, as well as applying expert knowledge in accomplishing Agency goals.
• Develops and implements litigation strategy for complex cases, including challenges to statutes, regulations, and/or administrative policies.
• Responsible for handling or overseeing litigation in administrative and court tribunals. These cases require considerable factual development and extensive legal research and analysis.
• Defends the Agency's position in legal matters. Preeminent cases require development of complex strategies, approaches or interpretations.

Salary

• $122,198 - $158,860/year

Conditions of Employment

• U.S. Citizenship required
• Selective Service Registration, if applicable (
• Fingerprinting and background and/or security investigation may be required
• Job offers are contingent on fingerprinting and background/security investigation results
• Selectees may be required to serve a 2-year trial period
• Relocation expenses will not be paid
• All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement
• Must provide proof of Bar Association Membership.
• Law school transcript with degree and date conferred required at point of application.

Qualifications

Positions will be filled in the Excepted Service through the use of Schedule A 213.3102(d) appointing authority. Applicants must meet the qualification requirements shown below.

Candidates should have a strong desire to serve the public; have excellent research, writing and communication skills; and have strong litigation experience or aptitude. We encourage candidates with diverse backgrounds, qualities, and experiences to apply.

Applicants must hold a law degree from a School of Law accredited by the American Bar Association. Applicants must be a member in good standing of the Bar of a State, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

For GS-14: Requires 4 years of professional legal experience working as an attorney with at least one year of this experience being equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service.

Additionally, applicants should have experience with the following: 1) providing oral and written legal advice to clients on complex fiscal and contracts/procurement issues; 2) handling litigation before administrative tribunals and federal courts, including brief writing and discovery; and 3) reviewing complex legal documents such as contracts, inter-agency agreements, settlement agreements, and terms of service.

Applicants MUST meet all eligibility requirements on or before the closing date of the announcement to be considered for the position.

Education

Submit a copy of your law school transcripts that includes your name, the name of the educational institution, course title(s), number of credits, grade, and date of completion. Unofficial transcripts or screenshots of electronic/web transcripts with the required information will be accepted at the time of application. Self-prepared transcripts will not be accepted. You must submit your transcripts according to the application submission details of this announcement. Documents will not be accepted via email or regular mail.

Other Information

This job is being filled by an alternative hiring process and is not in the competitive civil service. This is a permanent, excepted service position that is being filled on a full-time basis. Flextime and/or alternate work schedules may be available.

Required Documents

You must submit supporting documentation by the closing date of the vacancy announcement.

• COVER LETTER
• RESUME
• PROOF OF EDUCATION
• PROOF OF CURRENT BAR MEMBERSHIP
• WRITING SAMPLE
• REFERENCES
• SF-50: If applicable, all current excepted service employees and former excepted service employees eligible for reinstatement MUST submit a copy of their last SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) showing Excepted Service career, career-conditional, or reinstatement eligibility and showing highest grade held.
• VETERANS' PREFERENCE: If you are claiming veterans' preference, you must submit a copy of your military discharge certificate (DD-214 member 4 copy preferred) or an official statement of service from your command if you are currently on active duty.

How to Apply

A complete application consists of the following:

• Occupational questionnaire
• Cover Letter
• Resume
• Law school transcript
• Proof that you are a member in good standing of the Bar of a State, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
• Legal writing sample
• List of three professional references

To check the status of your application or return to a previous or incomplete application, log in to your USAJOBS account.

Benefits

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Learn more about federal benefits.