Federal Title & Real Property Attorney

HBCUNetwork; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Thrift Savings Plan

Health insurance

Recruitment incentive

Relocation incentive

Job summary

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is seeking an experienced Title Attorney for federal service responsibilities in multiple locations nationwide.

The role focuses on sophisticated title review, land acquisition, and curative matters affecting CBP property and projects. Success requires ABA-tracked legal education, bar admission, and relevant experience in title and real property matters, with opportunities for growth within the Office of Chief Counsel.

Qualifications

• Applicants must be a graduate from a full course of study in a School of Law accredited by the American Bar Association and be an active member in good standing of the bar of a state, territory of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
• For the GS-12 grade level: You will need a minimum of one year of specialized experience in areas such as: title examination, title opinions, and title curative matters; real-property acquisitions and conveyancing; easements, rights-of-way, and other property interests; commercial real-estate transactions and due diligence; land acquisition and eminent-domain matters; title insurance and underwriting; oil, gas, energy, or mineral-title matters; or Federal, state, or local government real-property matters.

Responsibilities

• Providing legal guidance to, and advocating on behalf of, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in a wide variety of matters, including real property issues, such as providing detailed title review for CBP-funded land acquisitions including problematic conveyancing issues and the optimal resolution of such issues.
• Providing legal guidance and drafting of land conveyancing instruments such as deeds, sales and exchange agreements, assignments, subordinations, pre- and post-acquisition title opinions and other instruments for real property conveyancing and drafting, revising and amending such instruments as necessary to comply with the DOJ Title Regulations, other applicable laws and regulations, and the client agencies' land acquisition goals and policies.
• Supporting the Department of Justice as agency counsel in civil actions (i.e., FOIA, FTCA,) brought in federal court by preparing litigation reports, affidavits, and other pleadings, and participating in eDiscovery, motion drafting, witness interviews, and mediation/settlement discussions.
• Performing legal research and applying laws, regulations, decisions, and guidance across the CBP portfolio including title review, federal land acquisition, and fiscal and appropriation laws, such as the permissible use of appropriated funds and the preparation of CBP's annual budget request.
• Developing and delivering legal training to CBP managers and employees relating to all aspects of title review, federal land acquisition, and fiscal activities and functions of CBP.

Skills

Title examination

Real property law

Easements & rights-of-way

Land acquisitions

Title opinions

Federal law/regulations

Education

ABA-accredited law school

Job description

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is seeking an experienced Title Attorney for federal service responsibilities in multiple locations nationwide.

The role focuses on sophisticated title review, land acquisition, and curative matters affecting CBP property and projects. Success requires ABA-tracked legal education, bar admission, and relevant experience in title and real property matters, with opportunities for growth within the Office of Chief Counsel.