ATTORNEY-ADVISER (GENERAL) (T32)

Air National Guard Units; Montgomery (AL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

AL 187TH FIGHTER WING in Montgomery, AL seeks an Attorney-Adviser (General) (T32) to provide expert legal analysis for highly technical matters with nationwide impact. This is a National Guard Title 32 excepted service position.

Applicants must meet military requirements, hold active bar membership, and have two years of professional legal experience at GS-11 level or an LL.M. with one year of experience. Duties involve complex cases, policy analysis, and high-stakes civil rights work.

Qualifications

• Active bar membership is required in the highest court of a State, Territory, or the District of Columbia.
• Two years of professional legal experience at GS-11 level or equivalent.
• Second professional law degree (LL.M.) with one year of professional legal experience at GS-11 level.

Responsibilities

• Handle extremely complex legal questions requiring extensive research, analysis, and evaluation in technical areas.
• Advising on matters with nationwide impact in civil rights, grants, or major programs.

Skills

Bar admission

Legal experience

LL.M.

Education

LL.M.

Job description

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. This National Guard position is for a ATTORNEY-ADVISER (GENERAL) (T32), Position Description Number D2250000 and is part of the AL 187TH Fighter Wing, National Guard. ORGANIZATION: AL 187TH FIGHTER WING, MONTGOMERY, AL SELECTING OFFICIAL: COL J. CALDWELL RECRUITING OR RELOCATION INCENTIVE: UP TO 25% AUTHORIZED

MILITARY REQUIREMENTS

This is an excepted service position that requires membership in a compatible military grade in the Alabama Air National Guard. Applicants who are not currently a member of the Alabama Air National Guard must be eligible for immediate membership. If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact an Alabama Air National Guard recruiter at [phone] prior to applying for this position.

MINIMUM MILITARY RANK

AB (COMMISSIONING OPPORTUNITY) (MUST SUBMIT CURRENT AFOQT SCORES)

MAXIMUM MILITARY RANK

LT COL

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

Each applicant must fully substantiate (in his/her own words) that he/she meets the requirements of the Specialized Experience listed below: Otherwise, the applicant will be considered unqualified for this position. DO NOT COPY THE VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT OR THE POSITION DESCRIPTION. DOING SO MAY RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION FOR THE POSITION.

DUTIES PERFORMED AT THE GS-12 OR EQUIVALENT LEVEL

Assignments involve extremely complex and difficult legal questions requiring extensive research, analysis, and evaluation of information in controversial scientific, financial, corporate, medical engineering, or other highly technical areas. Cases have an important impact on major private or public interests, such as cases concerning a major extension or revision in a grant program or a substantial question on civil rights. Interest in these cases is usually nationwide.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE

• (a) Two years of professional legal experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 level.
• (b) The second professional law degree (LL.M.) plus one year of professional legal experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 level.

An attorney without experience may be employed at the GS-12 or equivalent level if the individual has advanced educational attainments substantially beyond those required for work at the GS-11 or equivalent level and if their education clearly indicates ability to perform the type of work to be assigned, including courses directly pertinent to the work of the agency. The essential point in such cases is to ensure that the individual's education has enabled them to step into complex legal work characteristic of the GS-12 or equivalent level and to operate with the degree of independence and responsibility typical of that level.

Must have active membership in the bar of the highest court of a State, Territory, or the District of Columbia.