Honor Attorney

U.S. Postal Service; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Retirement plan

Savings/investment plan with employer’

Flexible spending

Flextime core hours

Annual leave

Sick leave

Job summary

U.S. Postal Service seeks an Honor Attorney to provide representation and advice on statutes, regulations, contracts, and precedents, and to present cases before administrative bodies and federal courts.

The position requires a Juris Doctor from an ABA-accredited law school and bar admission within one year of employment; special criteria include top quartile standing, GPA 3.0, or top 25 law school ranking, and/or one year of judicial clerkship.

Qualifications

• Ability to prepare pretrial briefs, motions, pleadings, responses with minimal supervision.
• Ability to provide legal advice on regulations, practices, or other legal matters and interpret laws.
• Ability to communicate orally and in writing, negotiate with third parties for clients and prepare legal documents and presentations.
• Ability to conduct legal research using internal and external documents, archives, electronic databases, and interviews.
• Ability to establish and maintain liaison with high level department officials, supervisors, staff, and the public.
• Must have or obtain bar membership within one year of employment.
• Juris Doctor from ABA-accredited law school; JD earned no more than 30 months prior to employment.
• Special condition: top quartile standing, GPA >= 3.0, top 25 law school ranking, or one year of judicial clerkship.

Responsibilities

• Prepare pretrial briefs, motions, pleadings, responses and other documents to present issues with little supervision.
• Provide legal advice on regulations and precedents, interpreting federal, state, and local laws.
• Communicate effectively to negotiate with third parties and prepare legal documents and presentations.
• Conduct legal research using internal/external sources and databases to ensure accurate details.
• Establish liaison with high-level department officials, supervisors, staff, and the public.
• Represent the Postal Service before administrative bodies and federal courts in a general area of law.

Skills

Legal research

Legal writing

Oral and written communication

Negotiation

Independence

Liaison with officials

Education

Juris Doctor (ABA-accredited)

Bar admission within 1 year of employment

Judicial clerkship (federal or state highest court)

Tools

Legal databases

Case management systems

Job description

The Honor Attorney provides representation and advice to Postal Service officials involving the interpretation of statutes, regulations, contracts, and precedents; as well as, presentation of cases before administrative bodies and federal courts in a general area of the law.

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.

The United States Postal Service has the following excellent and challenging employment opportunity for highly motivated and innovative individuals. Successful candidates must demonstrate through a combination of education, training, and experience the following requirements:

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 communicate orally and in writing to include the ability to negotiate with third parties on behalf of clients and prepare legal documents and presentations.
4. 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.
5. Ability to establish and maintain effective liaison with high level department officials, supervisors, organization staff, and the general public.
6. Qualified applicants must have or obtain membership in good standing of a state, territory of the United States, District of Columbia or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico bar association within one year of the date of employment.
7. To be eligible for the Attorney (Honor Program) you must possess a Juris Doctor from an American Bar Association accredited law school. NOTE: Qualified applicants must earn a Juris Doctor from an accredited law school no more than 30 months prior to the date of employment.
8. SPECIAL CONDITION: Additionally, applicants must satisfy at least one of the following academic or post-graduate requirements:
   1. Standing in the top 25% of his or her law school class upon graduation as measured by class standing statistics maintained by the applicant's law school.
   2. A cumulative law school grade point average of at least 3.0 upon graduation.
   3. Graduation from a law school ranked within the top 25 schools in the nation by an entity that conducts national law school rankings.
   4. Completion of at least one year of a judicial clerkship in a federal court or in a state's highest court at the time of hire.