Attorney (Government Contracts)

United-States-Postal-Service; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Telework one day per week

Job summary

The United States Postal Service Law Department seeks an outstanding attorney to join our Procurement Law team, 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. Responsibilities include advising on federal government contracts, litigating before administrative bodies and federal courts,

Qualifications

• Juris Doctorate from an ABA-accredited law school.
• 3 years of experience advising clients in contract disputes or commercial litigation.
• Knowledge of laws and regulations applicable to federal government contracts.
• Ability to prepare pretrial briefs, motions, pleadings, responses and other documents with little supervision.
• Ability to provide legal advice on regulations, practices, or legal matters.
• Ability to litigate cases before administrative bodies and federal courts.
• Strong written and oral communication; ability to negotiate with third parties.
• Experience conducting legal research using internal/external documents and databases.

Skills

Legal research

Contract disputes

Federal government contracts

Litigation

Oral communication

Written communication

Negotiation

Education

Juris Doctorate

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.

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.