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General Attorney/Associate Legal Advisor Jobs in New York, New York, USA at Department of Homeland Security
Position: Â General Attorney (Associate Legal Advisor)
Location: New York
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA) is seeking an attorney to serve as an Associate Legal Advisor to serve in the District Court Litigation Division (DCLD).
This position is located at OPLA Headquarters, in Washington, D.C. The selectee may be approved for local remote work (i.e., within a 50-mile radius of the agency worksite). This position is also telework-eligible, in conformance with agency policy.
Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Qualification claims will be subject to verification.
Applicants should be able to efficiently produce quality legal analyses of complex and novel issues, exercise sound legal judgment, prioritize competing assignments, and work effectively independently, as part of a team, and across work units. Applicants should be detail-oriented and have a strong interest in supporting and providing stellar client services to diverse program offices, including law enforcement officers, policymakers, attorneys, and agency senior leadership, and must be able to tailor communications to a particular audience.
Applicants should be able to take initiative and work in a reliable, decisive, and professional manner. Applicants should possess the following characteristics and competencies: integrity, sound professional judgment, organizational skills, decisiveness, initiative, stellar client services, the ability to function independently and cooperatively, and superior written and oral advocacy skills.
In addition, applicants for this position should demonstrate experience:
Advising clients on matters related to general civil litigation, including personal injury and property damage and loss.
Coordinating with law enforcement clients on the exercise and defense of their authorities.
Conducting legal research and producing pleadings, responses to discovery requests, legal memoranda, and briefing materials.
Briefing senior attorneys and clients on legal developments and proposed courses of action.
Bar Membership: You must be an active member in good standing of the bar of a U.S. state, a territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia.
Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last five years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.
The Department of Homeland Security encourages persons with disabilities to apply, including persons with intellectual, severe physical or psychiatric disabilities, as defined by 5 C.F.R. § 213.3102(u), and Disabled Veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30 percent or more as defined by 5 C.F.R. § 315.707.
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Title: General Attorney/Associate Legal Advisor
Company: Department of Homeland Security
Location: New York, New York, USA
Category: Law/Legal, Government
