Job Opportunity

Department of Interior
Job Title:   Attorney – Advisor
Series & Grade:  GS-905-11/14
Position Information: Excepted Appointment – NTE 2 years – Full Time
Location: Washington, D.C.
Closing Date:  February 28, 2014 

As an Attorney-Advisor with the Department of the Interior, Office of the Solicitor Immediate Office, Indian Trust Litigation Office (ITLO), your specific duties will include:

The selectee will be assigned to existing matters and to new matters as they arise and will perform essential tasks in litigation such as: (1) identifying and gathering relevant information to respond to document and data discovery requests; (2) formulating and drafting discovery to propound on adverse parties; (3) analyzing documents and data for preparation of arguments for dispositive motions in trial or appellate practice; (4) analyzing documents and data for the preparation of the Government’s witnesses in depositions and at trials; (5) drafting legal analyses for use in litigation, settlement negotiations, or general advice to Department bureaus with delegated trust responsibilities; and (6) representing the Department’s interests in hearings before the courts and in meetings and negotiations with third parties.

The following vacancy announcement SOL-2014-0006 is posted at: 

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/361890200

If you have any questions regarding this vacancy announcement, please contact Kristen Davis at (703) 648-7463 or kjdavis@usgs.gov.