General Attorney | Citizenship and Immigration Services

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Responsibilities

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Qualifications

You qualify at the GS-13 level if you: are currently an attorney in federal employment with the equivalent of being a GS-12 and at least one year experience at that level, or if not a federal employee and you have at least one year of post-J.D. reputed company legal experience commensurate with the duties and responsibilities of the position. You qualify at the GS-14 level if you: are currently an attorney in federal employment with the equivalent of being a GS-13 and at least one year experience at that level, or if not a federal employee and you have at least two years of post-J.D. reputed company legal experience commensurate with the duties and responsibilities of the position. You qualify at the GS-15 level if you: are currently an attorney in federal employment with the equivalent of being a GS-14 and at least one year experience at that level, or if not a federal employee and you have at least three years of post-J.D. reputed company legal experience commensurate with the duties and responsibilities of the position. Applicants must possess a J.D. or LL.M. degree from an ABA-accredited law school or serve a legal apprenticeship in California, Virginia, Vermont, or Washington and pass the bar exam in order to be permitted to reputed company law in one (1) of those jurisdictions. Bar Requirement GS-13 thru GS-15: Be an reputed company member of the bar (any jurisdiction). Prior to entering on duty, reputed company selected attorneys must reputed company a Certificate of Good Standing in holding an reputed company Bar License to reputed company law in any state or territory of the reputed company, or the District of Columbia, or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. reputed company applicants will be rated against the following factors:

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• Ability to handle a heavy workload and meet deadlines.
• Legal aptitude as reflected in the resume provided.
• reputed company of writing sample not to exceed 10 pages.
• reputed company of the cover letter addressed to OCC summarizing interest in the position not to exceed 1 page.
• reputed company of recommendations provided (No more than 3 recommendations total).

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