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Attorney Advisor
Executive Office for Immigration Review · Posted 72 days ago
About the Role
This position is located in the Office of the General Counsel, Executive Office for Immigration Review, U.S. Department of Justice. The incumbent serves as an Attorney Advisor (General) performing duties in support of the Office of the General Counsel's Immigration Law Unit. Specifically, the incumbent is primarily responsible for providing legal advice and litigation support on behalf of the General Counsel.
What You'll Do
- →The primary mission of the Executive Office for Immigration Review is to adjudicate immigration cases by fairly, expeditiously, and uniformly interpreting and administering the Nation's immigration laws.
- →The Office of the General Counsel (OGC) provides legal advice on a wide variety of matters involving the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) and its employees in the performance of their official duties.
- →OGC serves as the principal point of contact and agency counsel for EOIR with other Department of Justice (DOJ) offices and government agencies on all EOIR-related legal matters.
- →The Employee/Labor Relations (ELR) Unit of OGC advises agency managers on labor and employment matters, defends EOIR in all phases of employment-related litigation, monitors investigations conducted by the Office of Professional Responsibility in the DOJ, and defends against unfair labor practices charges.
- →The OGC staff responds to all Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act requests and is the designated point of contact regarding Standards of Conduct and other ethics guidance for all EOIR employees.
- →OGC also administers the Records Information Management and Privacy Programs, Reasonable Accommodations, Attorney Discipline Program and the Fraud and Abuse Prevention Program.
- →The litigation that the incumbent will support include high-profile class action matters as well as individual habeas, mandamus and other actions raising claims related to the U.S.
- →Constitution, the Administrative Procedure Act, and the Immigration and Nationality Act and its implementing regulations.
- →Other ad hoc assignments may include matters relating to ethics, FOIA, privacy, fraud, audits, and attorney discipline.
- →An Attorney Advisor, at full performance, will perform duties such as: Provides legal advice to EOIR's leadership and agency staff regarding any substantive immigration law matters, including agency operations and policy, as well as legal risk assessment.
- →Provides litigation support regarding high-profile class action matters as well as individual habeas, mandamus and other actions raising claims related to the U.S.
- →Constitution, the Administrative Procedure Act, and the Immigration and Nationality Act and its implementing regulations.
- →Responsible for ad hoc assignments related legal questions from EOIR's components and external stakeholders as well as legislative and policy review on the agency's behalf.?
Personality Fit
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