This position is located in the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of General Counsel, Procurement Law Division.

Duties

The following are the duties of this position at the GS-14. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties, and will receive training to help you grow in this position. As a/an Trial Attorney, you will: Be responsible for drafting legal opinions on proposed actions, documents, policies, and regulations concerning procurement law. Provide legal advice to HUD Technical Evaluation Panels and Source Selection Authorities. Serve as a legal representative for HUD in administrative proceedings at the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals arising from the Department's administration of its contracts and in bid protests at the GAO arising from its solicitations and contract awards. Support and advise the Department of Justice in defending HUD's procurement actions before the Court of Federal Claims and in other Federal Courts as applicable.

Requirements

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Basic Requirements: Applicants MUST: (1) be a graduate of an accredited law school with an LL.B. or J.D.; (2) be a current member of a bar with a valid license to practice law in a state, territory of the United States, District of Columbia, or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and (3) meet all specialized experience requirements as described in the vacancy announcement. AND For the GS-14: You must have one year of specialized experience at the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service or equivalent. Specialized experience shall consist of one or more of the following efforts: - Preparation of legal opinions, briefs, pleadings, memoranda; performance of legal research; and provision of advice to clients; OR - Representing private clients or government agency in Federal government contract forums or courts, such as the Government Accountability Office (GAO), Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (CBCA), and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims; OR - Handling related activities, such as drafting and responding to legal pleadings, motions and discovery; conducting depositions and other forms of oral advocacy; OR - Reviewing Federal government contract documents such as solicitations, technical evaluations reports, price analyses, determinations, and preparing comments intended to identify legal issues. For the GS-14, you must: Have a professional law degree (LL.B. or J.D.) plus four (4) years of professional legal experience, at least one of which must be specialized experience at a level of difficulty comparable to the GS-13 level in the Federal service. OR Have a second professional law degree (LL.M.) plus three (3) years of professional legal experience, at least one of which must be specialized experience at a level of difficulty comparable to the GS-13 level in the Federal service. OR Have a first professional law degree (LL.B., or J.D.), plus superior law student work (academic standing in upper 1/3 of the law school graduating class, high-level honors for academic excellence in law school, winning of a moot court competition with other law schools, significant work or achievement on the school's official law review, significant summer clerkship or other evidence of clearly superior achievement) plus three (3) years of professional legal experience, at least one of which must be specialized experience at a level of difficulty comparable to the GS-13 level in the Federal service. For the GS-13: You must have one year of specialized experience at the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service or equivalent. Specialized experience shall consist of one or more of the following efforts: - Preparation of legal opinions, briefs, pleadings, memoranda; performance of legal research; and provision of advice to clients; OR - Representing private clients or government agency in Federal government contract forums or courts, such as the Government Accountability Office (GAO), Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (CBCA), and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims; OR -Handling related activities, such as drafting and responding to legal pleadings, motions and discovery; conducting depositions and other forms of oral advocacy; OR - Reviewing Federal government contract documents such as solicitations, technical evaluations reports, price analyses, determinations, and preparing comments intended to identify legal issues. For the GS-13, you must: Have a professional law degree (LL.B. or J.D.) plus three (3) years of professional legal experience, at least one of which must be specialized experience at a level of difficulty comparable to the GS-12 level in the Federal service. OR Have a second professional law degree (LL.M.) plus two (2) years of professional legal experience, at least one of which must be specialized experience at a level of difficulty comparable to the GS-12 level in the Federal service. OR Have a first professional law degree (LL.B., or J.D.), plus superior law student work (academic standing in upper 1/3 of the law school graduating class, high-level honors for academic excellence in law school, winning of a moot court competition with other law schools, significant work or achievement on the school's official law review, significant summer clerkship or other evidence of clearly superior achievement) plus two (2) years of professional legal experience, at least one of which must be specialized experience at a level of difficulty comparable to the GS-12 level in the Federal service. . For the GS-12: You must have one year of specialized experience at the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service or equivalent. Specialized experience shall consist of one or more of the following efforts: - Preparation of legal opinions, briefs, pleadings, memoranda; performance of legal research; and provision of advice to clients; OR - Representing private clients or government agency in Federal government contract forums or courts, such as the Government Accountability Office (GAO), Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (CBCA), and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims; OR -Handling related activities, such as drafting and responding to legal pleadings, motions and discovery; conducting depositions and other forms of oral advocacy; OR - Reviewing Federal government contract documents such as solicitations, technical evaluations reports, price analyses, determinations, and preparing comments intended to identify legal issues. For the GS-12, you must: Have a professional law degree (LL.B. or J.D.) plus two (2) years of professional legal experience, at least one of which must be specialized experience at a level of difficulty comparable to the GS-11 level in the Federal service. OR Have a second professional law degree (LL.M.) plus one (1) year of professional legal experience, at least one of which must be specialized experience at a level of difficulty comparable to the GS-11 level in the Federal service. OR Have a first professional law degree (LL.B., or J.D.), plus superior law student work (academic standing in upper 1/3 of the law school graduating class, high-level honors for academic excellence in law school, winning of a moot court competition with other law schools, significant work or achievement on the school's official law review, significant summer clerkship or other evidence of clearly superior achievement) plus one (1) year of professional legal experience, at least one of which must be specialized experience at a level of difficulty comparable to the GS-11 level in the Federal service. The experience may have been gained in either the public or private sector. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/date/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resume.

Education

Attorney positions do have an education requirement.

Applicants must be a graduate of an accredited law school with an LL.B. or J.D. For positions with an education requirement, you MUST submit a copy of your transcripts or equivalent. An official transcript will be required if you are selected. In addition you must provide proof of bar or your bar number in the vacancy questions.

The education generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. If you are qualifying based on foreign education, you must submit proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency. Refer to the OPM instructions.

Contacts

• Address Office of General Counsel Administrative Resource Center Parkersburg, WV 26101 US
• Name: Applicant Call Center
• Phone: 304-480-7300
• Email: [email protected]