General Attorney

Merit Systems Protection Board; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) Office of General Counsel in Washington, DC, provides legal advice on a broad range of internal agency matters, drafts Board decisions, and defends those decisions in federal courts. Applicants must be duly licensed attorneys in a state, territory, or DC, with the GS-905 series qualifications outlined in the job posting.

The role focuses on employment law for federal employees and agencies.

Qualifications

• Must be licensed and authorized to practice law in a state, territory, or the District of Columbia.
• GS-905 series qualifications with experience at GS-905-11 or higher, or LL.M. plus experience.
• Experience in employment law affecting federal employees and agencies is required or strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice on internal agency matters and draft Board decisions.
• Defend the Board's decisions in federal courts as needed.

Skills

Professional legal experience

Education

Licensed attorney (Bar admission)

Job description

This position is located in the U.S Merit Systems Protection Board, Office of General Counsel, Washington, DC. MSPB oversees federal merit systems and enforces compliance with merit systems principles, statutes, and regulations, primarily through adjudicating appeals of certain agency personnel actions. As relevant to this position, OGC provides legal advice on a broad range of internal agency matters, drafts certain Board decisions, and defends the Board's decisions before the federal courts.

To qualify, you must be duly licensed and authorized to practice as an attorney under the laws of a state, Territory, or the District of Columbia and meet the following requirements by the closing date of the announcement.

GS-905-12:

• a. One year of professional legal experience at the level of difficulty comparable to the GS-905-11; or two years of professional legal experience, one of which must be at the level of difficulty comparable to the GS-905-11; or
• b. Second professional law degree (LL.M.) plus one year of professional legal experience at the level of difficulty comparable to the GS-905-11; or
• c. One year of professional experience; plus superior law student work (i.e, academic standing in the upper 1/3 of an accredited law school graduating class; work or achievement of significance on the law school's official law review or moot court board; special high-level honors for academic excellence in law school-such as, election to Order of the Coif; winning of a moot court team which represents the law school in competition with other law schools, full-time or continuous participation in a legal aid program-as opposed to intermittent or prior to "casual participation"; significant summer law clerk experience; or other evidence of clearly superior achievement).

GS-905-13:

• a. Superior law student work plus two years of professional legal experience in employment law applicable to federal employees and agencies, one of which must be at a level of difficulty comparable to the GS-905-12; or
• b. Three years of professional legal experience in employment law applicable to federal employees and agencies, one of which must be at a level of difficulty comparable to the GS-905-12; or
• c. Second professional law degree (LL.M.) plus two years of professional legal experience in employment law applicable to federal employees and agencies, one of which must be at the level of difficulty comparable to the GS-905-12.

GS-905-14:

• a. Superior law student work plus three years of professional legal experience in employment law applicable to federal employees and agencies, one of which must be at a level of difficulty comparable to the GS-905-13; or
• b. Four years of professional legal experience in employment law applicable to federal employees and agencies, one of which must be at level of difficulty comparable to the GS-905-13; or
• c. Second professional law degree (LL.M.) plus three years of professional legal experience in employment law applicable to federal employees and agencies, one of which must be at the level of difficulty comparable to the GS-905-13.