Closing Date: 5th April, 2024
Description:
Summary:A Government Entity is seeking an outstanding attorney to join its Labor Law team. The position is eligible for telework up to three days per week.
Duties:
A Government Entity is the largest unionized employer in the country, and attorneys in the Labor Law group have a diverse practice, including litigation before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and federal courts, arbitrations, collective bargaining, and general advice matters arising under the NLRA and other federal employment statutes.
The successful candidate may represent A Government Entity in first and second chair capacities in labor arbitrations, NLRB proceedings, and occasional district court litigation alongside the Department of Justice. Attorneys within the Section also assist in collective bargaining with multiple national unions representing different crafts within the rank and file, as well as in consultation proceedings with postal management associations. When we are unable to reach negotiated agreements, our attorneys take the point in litigating national interest arbitrations, which establish contractual terms for that round of bargaining. Our attorneys also provide advice and representation concerning a broad array of labor and employment statutes, regulations, policies, and procedures.
A Government Entity offers a diverse and varied traditional labor practice with opportunities for immediate substantive litigation and arbitration experience, within a collegial atmosphere affording mentorship and training opportunities, generous federal benefits, and an excellent work-life balance including up to three days per week of remote work. This is a unique opportunity for any attorney interested in developing substantive expertise and experience within the resurgent field of traditional labor while working for the only federal agency subject to the NLRA, which governs labor relations within the broader private sector.
Responsibilities:
- Conducts legal research and prepares written material for use in representing A Government Entity and advising postal management officials.
- Participates in conferences necessary to representing or advising A Government Entity officials.
- Directly advises postal management officials and represents A Government Entity in legal matters involving outside parties.
- Prepares replies to inquiries from Congress, government agencies, and the public.
- Prepares opinions, memoranda, decisions, regulations, testimonies, or formal filings in proceedings in which A Government Entity is a party.
Requirements:
Conditions of Employment:
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Qualifications:
- Ability to prepare pretrial briefs, motions, pleadings, responses, and other documents to present the issues independently with little or no direct supervision.
- Ability to provide legal advice and services with respect to regulations, practices, or other legal matters, and formulate opinions involving the analysis and interpretation of federal, state, and local laws.
- Ability to litigate cases before administrative bodies and federal courts.
- Ability to communicate orally and in writing to include the ability to negotiate with third parties on behalf of clients and prepare legal documents and presentations.
- Ability to conduct legal research to gather and interpret information and ensure accuracy of details using resources such as internal and external documents, archives, electronic databases, and interviews.
- Education Requirement: To be eligible for the Attorney position, you must possess a Juris Doctorate from an American Bar Association accredited law school.
- Special Condition: Qualified applicants must be a current member in good standing of a state, territory of the United States, District of Columbia or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Bar Association.
- Experience Requirement: At least 3 years of experience in legal practice, of which one year of the experience requirement may be met through the completion of a judicial clerkship if completed by the time of hire. The clerkship must be documented in the applicant's resume.
- The three years of required experience must include at least two years of experience litigating before administrative agencies or federal courts in complex or large-scale employment law matters, advising very senior clients in large organizations about complex employment law issues affecting all, or significant portions of, a large and diverse work force, OR in the alternative, completion of an Article III federal judicial clerkship. Knowledge of employment law including Title VII, ADA, ADAAA, FMLA, ADEA, and FLSA is also required.
Qualified applicant must successfully pass a drug screening.
Education:
Please read the "Qualifications" section.
