Attorney (Real Estate) Job in Washington, DC

Vacancy No. DEST-12685273-25-CEB Department U.S. Postal Service
Salary $129,280.00 to $196,180.00 Grade 1 to 1
Perm/Temp Permanent FT/PT Full-time
Open Date 2/10/2025 Close Date 3/10/2025
Job Link Apply Online Who may apply Public
Locations:
Washington, DC


Summary

The United States Postal Service is seeking a highly motivated and experienced attorney for a challenging and exciting opportunity in the Law Department's Facilities Group.

This job is open to

Clarification from the agency

Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or have permanent resident alien status. Current career Postal Service employees are ineligible to apply to this posting.

Duties

The successful candidate will work closely with postal management that is responsible for USPS owned and leased facilities nationwide. The attorney will also represent the Postal Service in a first-chair capacity in cases before the Postal Service Board of Contract Appeals, primarily with respect to claims pertaining to leases. Assignments may also include providing legal advice on government procurement matters. The candidate must have experience drafting and reviewing complex agreements and advising clients in sophisticated transactions. The selected attorney should have expertise providing legal advice with respect to real estate matters-sales, leases, acquisitions, complex development transactions, and property management. Knowledge of IP, government contracts, and commercial litigation is a plus. Candidates should demonstrate an ability to work independently on multiple projects.

Alternatively, if the candidate does not have the required real estate experience, the successful candidate must demonstrate excellence in the practice of law through a combination of education, training, and experience and the following requirements. The candidate must have a minimum of three years of legal experience in a leading firm or in-house general counsel's office. Experience as a federal judicial clerk is a plus. The candidate must be an exceptional communicator who is capable of complex negotiations, working with multiple clients, and multi-tasking.

The candidate must have the ability to be a dealmaker, a team player, and possess proven initiative and follow through.

Responsibilities

  1. Conducts legal research and prepares written material for use in representing the Postal Service and advising postal management officials.
  2. Participates in conferences necessary to representing or advising Postal Service officials.
  3. Directly advises postal management officials and represents the Postal Service in legal matters involving outside parties.
  4. Prepares replies to inquiries from Congress, government agencies, and the public.
  5. Prepares opinions, memoranda, decisions, regulations, testimonies, or formal filings in proceedings in which the Postal Service is a party.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

Key Requirements

  • You must be a U.S. Citizen.

Qualifications

  1. Ability to prepare pretrial briefs, motions, pleadings, responses, and other documents to present the issues independently with little or no direct supervision.
  2. Ability to provide legal advice and services with respect to regulations, practices, or other legal matters, and formulate opinions involving the analysis and interpretation of federal, state and local laws.
  3. Ability to litigate cases before administrative bodies and federal courts.
  4. Ability to communicate orally and in writing to include the ability to negotiate with third parties on behalf of clients and prepare legal documents and presentations.
  5. Ability to conduct legal research to gather and interpret information and ensure accuracy of details using resources such as internal and external documents, archives, electronic databases, and interviews.
  6. Three years of experience in a real property legal practice, of which one year of the experience is in negotiation and drafting legal documents for acquisitions, sale and leasing of commercial property, legal review of due diligence, and closing commercial real estate transactions.
  7. EDUCATION REQUIREMENT: To be eligible for the Attorney position, you must possess a Juris Doctorate from an American Bar Association accredited law school.
  8. SPECIAL CONDITION: Qualified applicants must be a current bar member in good standing of a state, territory of the United States, District of Columbia, or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
  9. EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT: At least 3 years of experience in legal practice, of which one year of the experience requirement may be met through the completion of a judicial clerkship if completed by the time of hire. The clerkship must be documented in the applicant's resume.
Qualified applicant must successfully pass a drug screening.

Education

Please read the "Qualifications" section.

Additional information

Benefits

The salary will be based on previous experience, and current postal pay policies. We offer excellent benefits including health and life insurance, retirement plan, savings/investment plan with employer contribution, flexible spending, flextime scheduling of core work hours, annual and sick leave.

How You Will Be Evaluated

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

We will also review your resume and supporting documents to ensure you meet the basic qualification requirements. We will evaluate each applicant who meets the basic qualifications on the information provided and evaluate your relevant professional, educational, and work experiences as it relates to fundamental competencies, identified in the Qualifications section above, required for this position.

Required Documents

Cover letter, resume, and writing sample.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

How to Apply

You will need to apply via our on-line application process at https://about.usps.com/careers/welcome.htm. You will need to create an applicant profile.

Once you are on the website, click "Search our latest job postings" OR select "Start your eCareer profile." You will have an opportunity to upload any requested documents to your profile.

This is a two-step application process requiring you to create a profile and submit an application for the position you are applying for.

You will receive two email confirmations:

  1. An email confirming your profile is complete.
  2. After submitting your application you will receive a second email confirming your application has been successfully submitted.

Agency contact information

Human Resources
Address
United States Postal Service
Headquarters
475 L'Enfant Plaza, SW
Washington, DC 20260
US

Next steps

You will be contacted via email on the status of your application.


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