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Supervisory Trial Attorney (RECA)
Offices, Boards and Divisions · Posted 2 days ago
About the Role
The Civil Division seeks a few Supervisory Trial Attorneys (Assistant Directors) to serve on the Torts Branch, Constitutional and Specialized Torts Litigation section, Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) team. Well-qualified candidates may be eligible for a signing bonus of up to $25,000.
What You'll Do
- →The Civil Division's Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) Program administers claims for benefits filed under RECA as amended by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, 42 USC § 2210 note.
- →This unique statute provides partial restitution to individuals who contracted certain illnesses as a result of exposure to radiation while extracting uranium ore for defense related purposes, or as a result of atmospheric nuclear weapons testing during the Cold War.
- →On July 4, 2025, the Act was reauthorized and expanded and now covers more areas of the country and individual workers and adds compensation for injuries presumptively connected to the Manhattan Project.
- →As an Assistant Director you will be responsible for supervising Program attorneys and, when assigned, support personnel, including Claims Analysts, Program Specialists, and other professionals.
- →The incumbent is also responsible for overseeing work carried out by contract employees.
- →The incumbent is also responsible for personally handling and managing exceptionally complex RECA claims, including claims that may result in district-court litigation.
- →Such matters may include cases in which the Assistant Director must coordinate and lead attorney teams comprised of personnel across multiple Division and Department offices.
- →The Assistant Director is recognized as possessing outstanding administrative, operational, and litigative skills and is regarded as an expert in the assigned program area.
- →Claims and related cases often involve significant legal problems; the facts are complex, voluminous, or very difficult to develop and prove, and may involve precedential cases that touch on legal issues that are often difficult to establish or on novel matters of policy.
- →Generally, significant amounts of money or vital legal precedents are at stake.
Requirements
- ✓All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at a college or university that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education.
- ✓For a list of schools that meet this criteria, see www.ed.gov.
- ✓OR Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States.
- ✓It is your responsibility to timely provide such evidence by submitting proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency with your application materials.
- ✓More information may be found at https://www.ed.gov/about/initiatives/international-affairs/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications All documentation must be in English or include an English translation.
Personality Fit
This role is commonly a great fit for these MBTI types:
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