Job opening: Senior Staff Attorney/Senior Attorney (Legal Services)
Salary: $137 015 - 191 900 per year
Published at: Nov 20 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
GAO - an independent, non-partisan Congressional agency that is rated one of the government's Best Places to Work - seeks an attorney for its Office of the General Counsel's Legal Services team. Legal Services serves as in-house counsel to GAO management on a range of matters including federal employment and labor law. This position represents GAO in administrative litigation, internal investigations, and researching and advising management on relevant statutes, regulations, and internal orders.
Qualifications
You must meet the minimum qualification requirements by the closing date of this job opportunity announcement
Must have a J.D. degree from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association.
Must be an active member in good standing of a bar of a state, a territory of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Band II Senior Staff Attorney candidates must have a minimum of two years (104 weeks) of legal experience working with and applying the laws, policies, and regulations related to the duties of the position.
Band III Senior Attorney candidates must have a minimum of four years (208 weeks) of legal experience working with and applying the laws, policies, and regulations related to the duties of the position.
Education
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Qualification section.
FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed outside of the United States must be deemed equivalent to that gained in conventional/accredited U.S. education programs to be acceptable for Federal employment. Most foreign education is not accredited by an accrediting body that is recognized by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education. If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit:
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html
Contacts
- Address Government Accountability Office
Human Capital Office
441 G Street NW
Washington, DC 20548
US
- Name: GAO Legal Careers
- Email: [email protected]
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