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Attorney-Advisor; General Jobs in Anchorage, USA at US Office of General Counsel
Position: Attorney-Advisor (General)
This position is located in the Department of Housing and Urban Development
, Office of General Counsel
.
As appropriate, the incumbent reports to either the Regional Counsel or the Chief Counsel/Associate Regional Counsel for Housing Finance and Programs.
Basic Requirements
Applicants MUST
:
- be a graduate of an accredited law school with an LL.B. or J.D.;
- 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
- meet all specialized experience requirements as described in the vacancy announcement.
GS-14 Requirements
- 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.
Specialized
Experience:
For the GS-14 grade level, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service.
- Demonstrated legal expertise working with real estate closings, asset management transactions, single or multifamily mortgage insurance programs or hospitals or residential care facilities or Office of Healthcare programs or public and assisted housing programs, or community planning and development programs; OR
- Experience with federal, state and local regulations affecting real estate housing, and finance laws and housing laws such as regulations impacting municipal corporations, municipal and private financing, creditors rights, bankruptcy, or administrative law.
GS-13 Requirements
- 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.
Specialized
Experience:
For the GS-13 grade level, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service.
- Demonstrated legal expertise working with real estate closings, asset management transactions, single or multifamily mortgage insurance programs or hospitals or residential care facilities or Office of Healthcare programs or public and assisted housing programs, or community planning and development programs; OR
- Experience with federal, state and local regulations affecting real estate housing, and finance laws and housing laws such as regulations impacting municipal corporations, municipal and private financing, creditors rights, bankruptcy, or administrative law.
GS-12 Requirements
- 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,…
Title: Attorney-Advisor; General
Company: US Office of General Counsel
Location: Anchorage, USA
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