Summary The Legal Division is seeking candidates to fill multiple positions in 5 different locations. The locations are at our headquarter offices in Washington, D.C. and Arlington, VA, and regional offices in Chicago, IL, Dallas, TX, Kansas City, MO, and San Francisco, CA. You may select up to 2 locations and specialty areas as advertised in this vacancy announcement. Responsibilities 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. Requirements 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. Education See requirements stated under QUALIFICATIONS. Additional Information Legal Division attorneys work full time in the office in collaboration with other attorneys, staff, and clients at the location for which the attorney is hired. Pay will vary by the locality rate for the geographic location where the position is located. Base pay is USD $118,191 - USD $195,558 annually to which locality rate is added based on the location of the position. The locality rate increases the base pay by the following percentages: Washington, DC - 33.94% San Francisco, CA - 51.75% Dallas, TX - 27.26% Chicago, IL - 30.86% Kansas City, MO - 18.97% For more on FDIC locality rates, click here. The salary cap for CG positions, including locality pay, is $257,500. If selected, you may be required to serve a probationary or trial period as applicable to appointment @type. During the probationary or trial period, you will be evaluated for fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probationary or trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. To read about your rights and responsibilities as an applicant for Federal employment, click here.
