The Office of Science, Office of Chief Counsel seeks a general attorney to represent assigned site offices, including the Oak Ridge Site Office, as principal attorney advising in numerous legal aspects, such as procurements, ethics, and administrative matters (including EEOC, MSPB, OHA, and OSC cases).
As a full performance General Attorney you will: Provide Legal and Policy Counsel: Deliver authoritative legal analyses, formal opinions, and risk assessments to agency leadership on complex, sensitive, and high-impact program matters, statutory authorities, and policies.
Represent the Agency with External and Internal Stakeholders: Serve as a legal representative and liaison in negotiations, task forces, and high-level meetings with other federal agencies, Congress, state/local entities, foreign governments, and industry. Conduct In-Depth Legal Research and Analysis: Perform complex legal research using professional databases to develop sound legal solutions where precedent, caselaw, or agency policies are ambiguous or undefined.
Review Legislation, Rulemaking, and Regulations: Analyze and draft comments on proposed federal legislation, administrative rules, and agency directives to protect and advance statutory missions and interests.
Manage Administrative Litigation, Procurement, and significant real estate matters; draft legal briefs and pleadings for hearings, lead administrative litigation (e.g., EEOC, MSPB), review major contracts/grants for legal sufficiency, and advise on federal personnel, ethics, and information-access laws (such as FOIA and Privacy). Advise on procurements, including complex Management and Operating (M&O) and Facility contracts and subcontracts.
Attorney positions do have an education requirement. ALL Candidates must be a graduate of a law school accredited by the American Bar Association with a: Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree; OR Bachelor of Law (LL.B.) degree. For positions with an education requirement, you MUST submit: A copy of your transcripts or equivalent. An official transcript will be required if you are selected.; AND You must provide proof of bar or your bar number.
FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.
For further information, visit: Department of Education Education must be obtained from an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
This position is with Department of Energy Headquarters, Department of Energy.
The posted pay range is $89508 – $182790/yr.
This position requires a Q Access Authorization security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-11-04.
This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.
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