Attorney-Advisor (General)

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This position is located in the Regulations Division within the Office of Legislation and Regulations, which is part of the Office of General Counsel. The Regulations Division is headed by the Assistant General Counsel for Regulations. You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Basic Requirements: Applicants MUST: (1) be a graduate of an accredited law school with an LL.B. or J.D.; (2) be a current member of a bar with a valid license to practice law in a state, territory of the United States, District of Columbia, or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and (3) meet all specialized experience requirements as described in the vacancy announcement. AND For the GS-14, you must: Have a professional law degree (LL.B. or J.D.) plus four (4) years of professional legal experience, at least one of which must be specialized experience at a level of difficulty comparable to the GS-13 level in the Federal service. OR Have a second professional law degree (LL.M.) plus three (3) years of professional legal experience, at least one of which must be specialized experience at a level of difficulty comparable to the GS-13 level in the Federal service. OR Have a first professional law degree (LL.B., or J.D.), plus superior law student work (academic standing in upper 1/3 of the law school graduating class, high-level honors for academic excellence in law school, winning of a moot court competition with other law schools, significant work or achievement on the school's official law review, significant summer clerkship or other evidence of clearly superior achievement) plus three (3) years of professional legal experience, at least one of which must be specialized experience at a level of difficulty comparable to the GS-13 level in the Federal service. In addition to the above requirements, you must mee the specialized experience below: Specialized experience for the GS-14 includes: At least 2 years of: - Experience with Administrative Law and one or more disciplines related to the work of HUD (including, but not limited to, FHA mortgage insurance programs, agency housing programs, real estate law, corporate finance, bankruptcy, federal litigation practice relating to housing or real estate finance, Federal Register drafting, environmental law, or civil rights law); AND - Experience providing effective advice on difficult and novel legal issues, managing a heavy workload, and developing and maintaining highly collaborative and productive working relationships with senior officials, clients, other agencies and stakeholders, and the public. For the GS-13, you must: Have a professional law degree (LL.B. or J.D.) plus three (3) years of professional legal experience, at least one of which must be specialized experience at a level of difficulty comparable to the GS-12 level in the Federal service. OR Have a second professional law degree (LL.M.) plus two (2) years of professional legal experience, at least one of which must be specialized experience at a level of difficulty comparable to the GS-12 level in the Federal service. OR Have a first professional law degree (LL.B., or J.D.), plus superior law student work (academic standing in upper 1/3 of the law school graduating class, high-level honors for academic excellence in law school, winning of a moot court competition with other law schools, significant work or achievement on the school's official law review, significant summer clerkship or other evidence of clearly superior achievement) plus two (2) years of professional legal experience, at least one of which must be specialized experience at a level of difficulty comparable to the GS-12 level in the Federal service. In addition to the above requirements, you must mee the specialized experience below: Specialized experience for the GS-13 includes: At least 1 year of: - Experience with Administrative Law and one or more disciplines related to the work of HUD (including, but not limited to, FHA mortgage insurance programs, agency housing programs, real estate law, corporate finance, bankruptcy, federal litigation practice relating to housing or real estate finance, Federal Register drafting, environmental law, or civil rights law); AND - Experience providing effective advice on difficult and novel legal issues, managing a heavy workload, and developing and maintaining highly collaborative and productive working relationships with clients, other agencies and stakeholders, and the public. For the GS-12, you must: Have a professional law degree (LL.B. or J.D.) plus two (2) years of professional legal experience, at least one of which must be specialized experience at a level of difficulty comparable to the GS-11 level in the Federal service. OR Have a second professional law degree (LL.M.) plus one (1) year of professional legal experience, at least one of which must be specialized experience at a level of difficulty comparable to the GS-11 level in the Federal service. OR Have a first professiona

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