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General Attorney (Civil Rights)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · Posted 85 days ago
About the Role
As a General Attorney (Civil Rights) at the GS-0905-14, you will be assigned to the Appellate Litigation Services, Office of General Counsel, with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. You will be responsible for litigating challenging and significant employment discrimination cases in the federal courts of appeals. The selectee will be required to have a duty station at Headquarters or one of the 53 EEOC Field Offices.
What You'll Do
- →Prepares briefs and presents oral arguments in federal courts of appeals.
- →Prepares other appellate filings, including motions and petitions for rehearing.
- →Participates in all necessary appellate mediation conferences and drafts any required settlement agreements and memoranda.
- →Prepares memoranda and draft briefs for the Office of the Solicitor General at the Department of Justice in Supreme Court cases.
- →Drafts memoranda addressing whether the Commission should seek further review of adverse decisions or participate as amicus curiae in employment discrimination appeals.
- →Works closely with the Office of the Solicitor General at the U.S.
- →Department of Justice to represent the EEOC's interests in employment discrimination cases before the Supreme Court.
- →Conducts legal research and analysis of factual and legal issues presented; develops legal arguments and strategies.
- →Represents the Commission in appellate cases handled by the U.S.
- →Department of Justice that affect the Commission, including defensive litigation.
- →Provide formal and informal legal advice and memoranda to agency leadership.
Requirements
- ✓This position has a basic education requirement listed under the Qualifications section of this announcement.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 5ba3f94e-c94a-4315-b4cf-67bd9f81a80c
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