General Attorney – Administrative Hearings & Appeals

Department of Energy Headquarters; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 85,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Hearings and Appeals seeks a GS-12 General Attorney to perform a broad range of professional legal work. The position involves conducting administrative hearings, reviewing and adjudicating administrative appeals, conducting mediations, and preparing rulings and decisions in complex matters.

You will assist Administrative Judges, draft decisions, analyze evidence, and research applicable law and precedents to support management review.

Qualifications

• Broad professional legal work involving administrative hearings, appeals, mediations and rulings.
• Drafts of decisions and management-review documents.
• Research of applicable law and precedents to support decisions.

Responsibilities

• Assist Administrative Judges in presiding over hearings and issuing rulings.
• Draft decisions resolving adjudicatory matters and motions.
• Analyze evidence and legal arguments, prepare conclusions for review.
• Research law and precedents, draft decisions for management review.

Skills

Draft decisions

Legal research

Analytical reasoning

Administrative hearings

Mediation and facilitation

Job description

The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Hearings and Appeals seeks a GS-12 General Attorney to perform a broad range of professional legal work. The position involves conducting administrative hearings, reviewing and adjudicating administrative appeals, conducting mediations, and preparing rulings and decisions in complex matters.

You will assist Administrative Judges, draft decisions, analyze evidence, and research applicable law and precedents to support management review.