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General Attorney
Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Posted 108 days ago
About the Role
Organizational Location: This announcement will be used to fill multiple vacancies with the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA) located throughout the Southwest Border Region. The salary range listed is the General Schedule (GS) base rate. Click here to access the GS locality pay tables.
What You'll Do
- →OPLA is the largest legal program in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), employing over 2,600 attorneys nationwide.
- →In addition to Headquarters in Washington, D.C., there are 143 offices located within nine Regions throughout the United States.
- →Pursuant to statute, OPLA serves as the exclusive representative of DHS in removal proceedings before the Executive Office for Immigration Review litigating cases involving criminal aliens, terrorists, human rights violators, and other priority aliens.
- →OPLA also provides a full range of legal services to all ICE programs and offices.
- →OPLA attorneys provide legal advice and prudential counsel to ICE personnel on their law enforcement authorities, legal liability under the Federal Tort Claims Act and Bivens v.
- →Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed.
- →Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971), the Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act, ethics, and a range of administrative law issues, such as contract, fiscal and employment law.
- →OPLA attorneys represent the agency before the Merit Systems Protection Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Contract Board of Appeals.
- →OPLA attorneys support the Department of Justice in the prosecution of ICE cases and in the defense of civil cases against ICE.
- →The selected attorney will immediately be given significant responsibilities and will be expected to craft legally supportable policies to address the needs of agency operational components.
- →The attorney will be expected to routinely provide timely legal opinions to ICE officers and agents, management, and leadership within OPLA, ICE, and DHS's Office of the General Counsel Headquarters.
- →The selected attorney will be required to assess litigation risk and provide litigation support to the Department of Justice.
- →The position also involves appellate advocacy before the Board of Immigration Appeals, including the preparation of briefs and other pleadings.
- →OPLA will ensure that applicants with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations when appropriate.
Requirements
- ✓Applicants must be a graduate of an accredited law school with a Juris Doctor (J.D.) or LLM degree.
- ✓Please see Required Documents for more information.
- ✓A student loan repayment incentive may be available, in which case a service agreement will be required.
Personality Fit
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