OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL CAREER CENTER

 

Supervisory Senior Associate Counsel

There is an anticipated vacancy for the position of Senior Associate Counsel in Naples, Italy, at Commander Navy Region Europe, Africa, Central (CNREURAFCENT, formerly CNREURAFSWA), one of ten regions that reports to Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC). CNREURAFCENT covers thirty four operational platforms over three continents ranging from installations, contingency support locations and National Support Elements.  More on CNREURAFCENT can be found at https://www.cnic.navy.mil/Europe/index.htm.

The CNREURAFCENT Office of Counsel consists of six attorneys and an administrative assistant in Naples, two attorneys in Rota, Spain, and one attorney in Bahrain. One of the attorneys in Naples is the Counsel for Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti, Africa, and spends significant periods TDY to that location. In addition to general management duties, the Senior Associate Counsel is expected to oversee the Region’s civilian personnel legal practice. The Senior Associate Counsel reports to the Region Counsel, who ultimately reports to Counsel, CNIC.  This position performs the duties of the Deputy Region Counsel and reports to the CNRSW Region Counsel.

The CNREURAFCENT legal office has a varied workload covering the full range of business and personnel law practice areas relative to installation management. These include federal acquisition law, civilian personnel and labor law, including foreign national employees, environmental and land use law, litigation, fiscal law, military community welfare and recreation support, and the unique issues within these areas that arise from the application of international law and agreements in the many countries within the AOR.  The practice is unique, fast-paced, and requires attorneys to assist clients in managing uncertainty.

This is a senior supervisory position within CNREURAFCENT and the DON OGC requiring the exercise of significant responsibility, and will be filled at the full-performance GS-15 level. The applicant must have a minimum of 5-1/2 years of legal experience within the OGC practice areas noted above. Precise pay will be set commensurate with the successful candidate's qualifications, funding availability, and GS pay guidelines.
Applicants should submit a resume, two brief legal writing samples (no more than 10 pages each) that demonstrate analytical and/or advocacy abilities (e.g., excerpts of emails, presentations, or formal pieces may be submitted), the two most recent performance appraisals with rating official narrative, if available, and the names and phone numbers of at least three references who may be contacted. Current federal employees must also provide a copy of their most recent SF-50 form. Please redact social security numbers from any submitted documents.

For more information about the position, interested attorneys may contact Mr. Michael Monahan, Region Counsel, CNREURAFCENT, at michael.monahan@eu.navy.mil or DSN 314-626-3623 or commercial 011-39-081-568-3623; or Ms. Traci Guariniello, CNIC Deputy Counsel, at traci.guariniello@navy.mil or (202) 433-4303 (Note: currently, Naples is 6 hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time).

Applications should be sent electronically to CNICOGCJOBS@navy.mil. If necessary, applications may be sent via Fed Ex or other similar means.  Deliveries via U.S. Postal Service are often delayed and may cause the application to be untimely.

Send to:
Linda Melendy
Commander, Navy Installations Command (OGC)
716 Sicard Street, SE, Suite 1000
Washington Navy Yard, D.C. 20374-5140

This announcement closes on February 18, 2020 at 11:59:59 PM EST.  Applications must be received by this date and time to be considered.

Assistant/Associate Counsel

There is a vacancy for the position of Assistant/Associate Counsel, in the Office of Counsel at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, Virginia (NSWC Dahlgren). NSWC Dahlgren is one of ten Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Warfare Center divisions. NSWC Dahlgren is a premier research and development center that serves as a specialty site for weapon system integration. It provides research, development, test and evaluation, analysis, systems engineering, integration and certification of complex naval warfare systems related to surface warfare, strategic systems, combat and weapons systems associated with surface warfare

The NSWC Dahlgren Office of Counsel employs seven attorneys and two paralegal assistants. This office has a varied workload covering the full range of OGC practice, with emphasis on federal acquisition law, civilian personnel law, government ethics, labor law, and intellectual property law.

The successful candidate will be expected to concentrate primarily on civilian personnel law, but will also be called upon to provide legal services in Freedom of Information and Privacy Act, fiscal law, ethics and standards of conduct, and other command administrative matters. For civilian personnel law matters, the successful candidate is expected to provide legal advice, assistance, and representation on civilian personnel and labor law, including litigation at the Merit Systems Protection Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, federal district court, union grievance arbitrations, the Office of Special Counsel for whistleblower issues, and state unemployment hearings.

The position is expected to be filled at the NT-IV/V level (comparable to the GS-11/12/13/14) pay band within the NAVSEA Warfare Center Personnel Demonstration Project and has promotion potential to the NT-VI level (comparable to GS-15). The grade level offered will be based upon the successful applicant’s qualifications and funding availability.

Applicants should submit a resume, two brief legal writing samples (no longer than 20 pages total) that demonstrate analytical and/or advocacy abilities, two recent performance appraisals (if available), and names and telephone numbers of at least three references who may be contacted. Attorneys who have graduated from law school less than five years prior to the announcement closing date must provide a copy of their law school transcripts including class rank. Current federal employees must also provide a copy of their most recent SF-50 form. Please redact social security numbers from any submitted documents. Performance appraisals should include the rating official's narrative. The application should indicate the lowest grade level that the applicant will consider.

Interested attorneys are encouraged to contact Mr. Matt Hawkins at (540) 653-7082, or by e-mail at matthew.hawkins1@navy.mil, for more information.

Electronic applications are preferred and should be sent to nssc_navsea_ogc_vaca@navy.mil. The subject line of the message should state the Personnel Notice Number. Although less desirable, applicants may send applications by FedEx to:

Ms. Effie Lewis-Robinson
NAVSEA 00L4
Naval Sea Systems Command
1333 Isaac Hull Avenue SE Stop 1150
Washington Navy Yard, DC 20376-1150

This personnel notice will close on February 17, 2020 at 11:59 PM EST, and applications must be received by this date to be considered.

Assistant Counsel (IP)

There is an opening for a patent attorney to serve as an Assistant Counsel within the Intellectual Property (IP) law branch of the Office of Counsel, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) within the Office of Counsel, Office of Naval Research. The position is located at NASA’s Stennis Space Center (SSC) near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.

NRL is a premier research facility with cutting–edge research programs in basic sciences and advanced technology development. NRL is the corporate research laboratory for the Navy and Marine Corps and conducts a broad program of scientific research and development of advanced technologies. NRL’s Office of Counsel supports these efforts by providing the full range of legal services related to the protection of government developed technologies, technology transfer, and contracting related to technology development.

The incumbent will provide NRL clients a full range of IP services, including drafting and prosecuting patent applications, reviewing research publications for potentially patentable material, and counseling on contract and technology transfer IP matters such as rights in inventions, patents, technical data rights, and computer software.

NRL compensation falls under a Personnel Management Demonstration Program. This position is at the NO-IV/V career level in the NRL Demonstration Program. Career level and pay will be set based on the qualifications of the successful candidate.  A recruitment bonus may be available for this position.

Applicants should submit a cover letter explaining their interest in the position; a resume; a listing of state bars of which the applicant is an active member; and the applicant’s registration number to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office; two recent and relevant legal writing samples (up to fifteen pages each, and excerpts, to avoid exceeding the fifteen page limit, are acceptable); two recent performance appraisals (if available); and the names and telephone numbers of at least three references, including the applicant’s current supervisor, who may be contacted as part of the application process (though we will let applicants know before current supervisors would be contacted). Attorneys who graduated from law school after 2014 must submit a law school transcript.

Electronic applications are preferred and may be uploaded and submitted as a single document at the Box website at https://tinyurl.com/s3hu33q.

Hard copy applications may be sent to the following address:

Mr. Kerry Broome
Code 1008.2
Naval Research Laboratory
4555 Overlook Avenue S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20375–5320
Email: kerry.broome@nrl.navy.mil

If you wish to apply via hard copy, NRL recommends sending applications by commercial overnight delivery service (such as Federal Express) as NRL US Postal Service mail currently encounters delays due to screening and handling. Facsimiles will not be accepted.

This personnel notice will close on March 6, 2020 at 11:59:59 PM (EST), and applications must be received by this date and time to be considered.

Interested attorneys may contact NRL’s Associate Counsel for Intellectual Property, Mr. Kerry Broome at 202-404-1553 or kerry.broome@nrl.navy.mil or NRL’s Counsel, Mr. James McCutcheon at 202-767-2244 or james.mccutcheon@nrl.navy.mil.