Clarification from the agency

This position is open to all United States Citizens.

As an Attorney Advisor in the Legal Division, your duties may include:

• Providing advice and counsel to client divisions and other senior management officials on the status and development of the law and FDIC policies and positions.
• Researching, analyzing, and resolving effectively legal issues and to communicate such matters clearly and logically in oral and written presentation.
• Synthesizing divergent viewpoints in order to generate consensus in a collegial manner for findings and recommendations.
• Preparing legal documents on sensitive legal issues, including those involving questions of first impression and with conflicting precedents, that require extensive research, analyses, and ingenuity to resolve.
• Advising and counseling clients in various FDIC Divisions and Offices across the country.
• Providing senior management officials and policymakers, including of other federal and state agencies, authoritative legal analyses, advice, and guidance legal issues affecting the FDIC.
• Identifying legal issues related to civil, bankruptcy, and related criminal litigation, and engaging in or directing legal research on these issues.
• Representing the FDIC in federal courts and administrative hearings in litigation or enforcement matters.
• Conducting or overseeing legal negotiations of settlements or other resolutions of contractual disputes, claims, or liabilities.
• Advising on the resolution and receivership of banks and other financial institutions, including claims administration, deposit insurance coverage, termination of contracts, and overseeing complex transactions to sell the assets of a failed bank.
• Drafting regulations and policies in support of the FDIC’s statutory responsibilities.
• Oversees, trains, and reviews the work of law clerks, paralegals, management analysts, and less experienced FDIC attorneys, as directed.

Positions are available in the specialty areas listed below. 

Supervision, Legislation, and Enforcement: Attorneys advise on supervisory filings, safety and soundness, and compliance-related matters involving open banks. They advise on legislation, regulations, assessment, and deposit insurance coverage issues for insured depository institutions. They provide counsel on enforcement related matters including performing investigations, negotiating stipulations, and litigating enforcement cases before administrative law judges.

Emerging Technologies: Attorneys advise on innovative products and approaches to banking and the banking sector including FinTech combinations with banks, stablecoins, artificial intelligence, tokenization, and other emerging technologies.  They provide legal opinions on legislation, regulations, and policy statements relating to insured depository institutions.

Litigation: Attorneys represent the FDIC, both in its corporate capacity and as receiver for failed banks, in litigation throughout the country. They represent FDIC receiverships as plaintiffs and defendants in a wide variety of complex commercial litigation arising out of failed financial institutions and provide litigation support for bank closings.

Resolution and Receivership: Attorneys advise on the closed bank functions of the FDIC. They advise on legislation, regulations, and policy statements relating to the FDIC’s activities as receiver of an insured depository institution or covered financial company. They provide counsel on a wide variety of transactional and oversight matters related to the FDIC’s receivership authorities.

Corporate Operations: Attorneys advise on the internal operations of the FDIC. They advise on compliance with the Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act, provide counsel on procurements and acquisitions, represent the FDIC in labor and employment matters, assure compliance with federal ethics obligations, address legal questions about agency authority, and support the eDiscovery work of the Legal Division and FDIC.

To learn more about each area, please visit Attorney Careers in the Legal Division. You must apply to this announcement for consideration. 

Conditions of employment

Registration with the Selective Service.

U.S. Citizenship is required.  

Employment Conditions.

Completion of Confidential Financial Disclosure may be required.

Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) required.

Qualifications

Qualifying experience may be obtained in the private or public sector. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic, religious spiritual; community; student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Additional qualifications information can be found here.

For qualification determinations, your resume must contain the following for each work experience listed:

• Organization/Agency's Name
• Title
• Salary (series and grade, if applicable)
• Start and end dates (including the month and year)
• Number of hours you worked per week
• Relevant experience that supports your response to the specialized experience that is stated in the job announcement

If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive consideration for this position.

This position has a positive education requirement, transcripts must be provided showing degree conferred. Official transcripts must be provided prior to appointment.

• Education: All attorney and law clerk trainee positions have a minimum education requirement of a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) or Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) or Master of Laws (LL.M.) from a school accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA).
• Bar Membership: All attorney positions require current active bar membership (valid license to practice law). Admission to the bar of any state, District of Columbia, any United States territory or Commonwealth, or Federal Court is acceptable. Active Bar membership must be verified prior to appointment. Employees must maintain active bar membership while employed as an attorney with the FDIC.

AND

Specialized Experience: To qualify, applicants must have completed at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the 13-grade level or above in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience conducting legal research, drafting legal opinions, reviewing regulations, providing representation in legal matters (i.e. hearings and negotiations), and providing advice and counsel to senior management officials.  

Specialized experience must be directly related to the position being filled and is experience gained after issuance of bar membership. Resumes will be reviewed to confirm that experience is directly related to the position applied for and that the experience was gained after issuance of bar membership.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Applicants will be evaluated based on interview performance, the qualifications set forth above, and other job-related skills, experience and qualifications.

Evaluation Method: Once your complete application package is received, it will be reviewed by a Human Resources Specialist to ensure you meet all job requirements. A hiring committee will review all qualified applicants and make recommendations for invitation to interview. You will be notified if selected for an interview.

Failure to provide all of the required documentation as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible determination or may affect your consideration status. Please review the following to determine your eligibility and which document(s) is required to complete your application:

EDUCATION DOCUMENTS:  This position has a positive education requirement. Education must be from accredited institutions.  For a listing of accredited educational institutions, click here. An official transcript will be required if you are selected.  If you attended more than one university and need to send multiple transcripts, please upload/fax all transcripts as one document.

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 such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program. For more information, click here.

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE: If you are claiming veterans’ preference, click here. (Note: Veterans must submit the Member 4 copy of the DD 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty – or other copy showing the type of discharge/character of service [e.g., Honorable, Under Honorable Conditions, etc.] along with any other required documents (e.g., DD-214, VA Letter, SF-15, etc.) to demonstrate veterans’ preference eligibility.)

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