This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Coast Guard, Office of the Chief Administrative Law Judge in New York, NY. 

Duties

As a Coast Guard Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) assigned to the New York ALJ Field Office, you will preside over formal proceedings involving the suspension and revocation of a Merchant Mariner’s Credential pursuant to Chapter 77 of Title 46 of the United States Code. Coast Guard Investigating Officers initiate these proceedings against individual mariners for misconduct, negligence, incompetence, violations of law or regulation, or use of dangerous drugs. Coast Guard ALJs perform their adjudicative functions pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and agency regulations which provide ALJs with decisional independence within the parameters of the regulations and applicable law. The proceedings are adversarial trial-type hearings and are generally open to the public. The hearings are held throughout the Continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. Territories; therefore, travel is required.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Must successfully complete a background security investigation.
• Must be registered or exempt from the Selective Service. See www.sss.gov.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications and Licensure Requirements: Must possess a professional license to practice law and be authorized to practice law under the laws of a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territorial court established under the United States Constitution at the time of selection and any new appointment (other than an incumbent ALJ). For purposes of this requirement, judicial status is acceptable in lieu of “active” status in States that prohibit sitting judges from maintaining “active” status to practice law and being in “good standing” is also acceptable in lieu of “active” status in States where the licensing authority considers “good standing” as having a current license to practice law.  Applicants must have a minimum of 10 years post-bar admission litigation experience. Relevant litigation experience can include preparing for, participating in, and/or conducting formal hearings, trials, or appeals at the federal, state, or local level; hearing cases; preparing opinions; and participating in or conducting arbitration, mediation, or other alternative dispute resolution. Relevant administrative law experience and litigation experience can include cases initiated before a government administrative body at the federal, state, or local level. Applicants must have judicial experience at the federal, state, or local level.

Education

You must be a graduate of an accredited law school with a J.D., LL.B., or equivalent degree, and you must be an active member in good standing of the Bar of a state or territory of the United States or the District of Columbia.

Contacts

• Address United States Coast Guard 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave SE STOP 7120 Washington, District of Columbia 20593 United States
• Name: USCG Applicant Support
• Phone: 866-656-6830
• Email: [email protected]