Summary This position serves as Attorney-Advisor in the Office of the Chief Administrative Law Judge and is located in the Denver Regional Office. The primary purpose of this position is to provide legal research, draft positions, opinions, memoranda, and advice to the Review Commission in a variety of legal areas. Cases can be small, moderate, or large and can have multiple and highly complex issues. This position reports directly to the First Judge who reports to the Chief Administrative Law Judge. Duties The duties of this position include, but are not limited to: Analyze cases to define legal and factual issues. Examine the pleadings, transcript or testimony, documentary exhibits, and briefs of the attorneys in connection with the issues of fact and law presented. Search relative statutory provisions and legislative history, applicable regulations of the Department of Labor and the Review Commission, and relevant court and Commission precedent on points of law. Prepare memoranda, digesting, and analyzing the factual and legal issues that are presented including, in some lengthy cases, and indexing or summarizing of testimony or exhibits. Draft decisions and orders for the presiding Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) and address the factual and legal issues that have been assigned. Respond to inquiries by telephone or mail at the request of the presiding ALJ. Investigate facts and research legal precedents, define legal and factual issues, read, and analyze the record and arguments, develop conclusions and recommendations, and draft orders in consultation with ALJs. Attend formal hearings presided over by an ALJ. Utilize available technology to effectively identify and manage cases. This includes using Westlaw's computerized research system and keeping abreast of changes in information technology. Examine the motion for legal sufficiency which includes studying and analyzing the citation, proposed penalty, notice of contest, complaint, answer, other motions, orders, and pleadings. Conduct a detailed analysis of the factual and legal issues presented. Conduct legal research and analyze and study the statutes, regulations, and legal precedents, as well as the Commission's rules, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and the Federal Rules of Evidence. Qualifications Applicants must possess at least four years of professional legal experience following law school. Current Federal employees must have one year time-in-grade at the next lower grade level of GS-13 to qualify. The qualification requirements listed below must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Education Applicants must have graduated with a law degree (such as a J.D.) from a school of law accredited by the American Bar Association and be an active member in good standing of the bar of a state, territory of the United States, District of Columbia, or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico bar. There is a positive education requirement for this position. Transcripts (unofficial) are required at the time of application to verify that you meet the educational requirement. Only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education may be credited. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: https://www.ed.gov/laws-and-policy/higher-education-laws-and-policy/college-accreditation Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and that 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: International and Foreign Language Education | U.S. Department of Education Part-time or unpaid experience: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid work on the same basis as for paid experience. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. To receive credit for such experience you must indicate clearly the nature of the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the number of hours per week spent in such employment.