Attorney (Government Contracts)

U.S. Postal Service; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Retirement plan

Savings plan with employer contrib.

Flexible spending

Flextime core hours

Annual and sick leave

Job summary

U.S. Postal Service in Washington, DC seeks an outstanding attorney to join the Procurement Law team.

The successful candidate will be domiciled in Washington, DC, with telework available one day per week to support clients across Supply Management, Transportation Strategy, and Fleet Modernization & Electrification. The role emphasizes preparing pretrial briefs, motions, and pleadings; offering legal opinions on federal, state, and local laws; litigating before administrative bodies and federal

Qualifications

• Prepare pretrial briefs, motions, pleadings, and responses with minimal supervision.
• Provide legal advice on regulations and interpret federal, state, and local laws.
• Litigate before administrative bodies and federal courts.
• Communicate effectively; negotiate; prepare legal documents and presentations.
• Conduct legal research using internal/external docs, archives, databases, and interviews.
• Minimum 3 years advising on contract disputes or commercial litigation; clerkship counts.
• Knowledge of laws governing federal government contracts.
• Juris Doctorate from ABA-accredited law school.
• Current bar membership in good standing (US state/territory/DC/PR).
• At least 3 years legal practice; clerkship may count toward experience.

Skills

Legal research

Regulatory interpretation

Litigation experience

Oral and written communication

Negotiation

Document preparation

Client advisory

Contract disputes

Education

Juris Doctorate (ABA-accredited)

Job description

The Law Department is seeking an outstanding attorney to join our Procurement Law team. The incumbent will be domiciled in Washington, DC. Telework is available one day per week. The Procurement Law team provides primary legal support for clients in the Postal Service's Supply Management, Transportation Strategy, and Fleet Modernization & Electrification organizations.

The salary will be based on previous experience, and current postal pay policies. We offer excellent benefits including health and life insurance, retirement plan, savings/investment plan with employer contribution, flexible spending, flextime scheduling of core work hours, annual and sick leave.

1. Ability to prepare pretrial briefs, motions, pleadings, responses and other documents to present the issues independently with little or no direct supervision.
2. Ability to provide legal advice and services with respect to regulations, practices, or other legal matters, and formulate opinions involving the analysis and interpretation of federal, state and local laws.
3. Ability to litigate cases before administrative bodies and federal courts.
4. Ability to communicate orally and in writing to include the ability to negotiate with third parties on behalf of clients and prepare legal documents and presentations.
5. Ability to conduct legal research to gather and interpret information and ensure accuracy of details using resources such as internal and external documents, archives, electronic databases, and interviews.
6. Three years of experience advising clients in contract disputes or commercial litigation matters. (A federal judicial clerkship can be included in the three-year computation.)
7. Knowledge of the laws and regulations applicable to federal government contracts.
8. EDUCATION REQUIREMENT: To be eligible for the Attorney position, you must possess a Juris Doctorate from an American Bar Association accredited law school.
9. SPECIAL CONDITION: Qualified applicants must be a current bar member in good standing of a state, territory of the United States, District of Columbia or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
10. EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT: At least 3 years of experience in legal practice, of which one year of the experience requirement may be met through the completion of a judicial clerkship if completed by the time of hire. The clerkship must be documented in the applicant's resume.