This position is located in the Legal Division, Supervision, Legislation and Enforcement Branch, Bank Activities and Regional Affairs Section (BARAS), Atlanta Regional Office of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). BARAS provides legal advice and counsel on all open bank legal matters in coordination with the other sections in the Legal Division and other FDIC Divisions.

Duties

Serves as a paralegal specialist to managers, attorneys, and support staff within the Legal Division in connection with FDIC legal matters such as hearings, appeals, litigation, advisory services, regulations, and/or policy formulation. Performs a variety of specialized paralegal duties, including document handling, legal research and factual analysis of a complex nature, litigation support functions, statistical and data analysis, and other duties in support of the mission of the Legal Division. Analyzes legal cases and documents, statutes, regulations, and other legal sources for precedential or analogous information and/or argument. Reviews citations to a variety of legal authorities and confirms whether the cited authority supports the stated proposition; conforms often complex legal citations to Bluebook system of citation and court rules; locates and retrieves copies of cited cases and other legal authorities (routine and extraordinary) from various digital sources. Develops and/or maintains workload tracking and evaluation systems and supporting data for pending legal cases and actions; establishes case filing criteria, methods, and historical records information; prepares evaluative analysis of data and/or statistical information about workload as requested. Drafts a variety of correspondence, memoranda, motions, and discovery and legal documents; independently creates and revises Table of Contents and Table of Authorities of briefs where necessary and in conformance with proper Court rules and Bluebook rules.

Requirements

Qualifications

Qualifying experience may be obtained in the private or public sector. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic, religious/spiritual; community; student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Additional qualifications information can be found here. To qualify, applicants must have completed at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the 11 grade level or above in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as 1) experience working with cases in active litigation performing duties such as preparing briefs and other litigation papers for review or approval by attorneys, analyzing evidence relevant to litigation and 2) experience researching legislation and case law, reviewing and summarizing case files and legal documents, and developing recommendations.  Applicants must have met the qualification requirements (including selective placement factors – if any) for this position within 30 calendar days of the closing date of this announcement.

Education

There is no substitution of education for the experience for this position.

Contacts

• Address Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation FDIC Human Resources Branch 10 10th Street N.E, Suite 900 Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3906 United States
• Name: Sarah Chow
• Phone: 000-000-0000
• Email: [email protected]