Supervisory Attorney Advisor

Full Job Description

The Court Services Office (CSO) manages resources, programs, and services related to court administration and case management and provides support, services, and programs addressing the needs of clerks' offices.

CSO's Policy Division is assigned to provide primary staff support for the Judicial Conference Committee on Court Administration and Case Management and serves as co-lead and chief counsel to the Court Administration and Operations Advisory Council.

Applicants must have demonstrated experience as listed below.

This requirement is according to the AO Classification, Compensation, and Recruitment Systems which include interpretive guidance and reference to the OPM Operating Manual for Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions.

Bar Membership: Applicants must currently be an active member in good standing of the bar of a state, territory, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or a federal court of general jurisdiction.

Applicants are responsible for citing minimum qualifications such as J.D. and bar membership information (institution name, state(s) for bar, and dates) on their respective resumes.

Failure to supply details will constitute an incomplete application. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Post J.D.

Experience: Applicants must also possess at least four years of post J.D. experience.

Specialized Experience: Subsequent to graduation from law school, applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience which is in or directly related to the line of work of this position.

Specialized experience for this position is at least one year of experience in the following areas: Supervising attorneys and staff in the areas of judicial administration and policy making; Providing expert legal and operational advice to federal and/or state court judges, court executives, and/or court staff; and Researching legal and policy issues, conducting or overseeing studies, writing reports, and analyzing and proposing policy initiatives.

Major Duties:

The Administrative Office of the U.S.

Courts (AO), Department of Program Services, Court Services Office (CSO) seeks a dynamic and experienced Supervisory Attorney Advisor to serve as the Chief of the Court Policy Division.

This position reports to the CSO Chief.

The Court Policy Division Chief serves as co-lead and chief counsel, providing legal, policy, and staff support to the AO, to the Judicial Conference Committee on Court Administration and Case Management (CACM), and to the Court Administration and Operations Advisory Council (CAOAC), and supervises attorney advisors who provide these services.

The duties of this position include, but are not limited to: Providing staff support to CACM and its subcommittees, including conducting in-depth research and writing agenda items for consideration by CACM and the Judicial Conference.

Preparing and making oral presentations on issues within CACM's purview at committee and subcommittee meetings.

Providing staff support to CACM members involved in the oversight of the Case Management Modernization (CMM) program, including serving as a liaison between the CACM and other committees and subcommittees.

Providing oversight and policy guidance on various Judicial Conference approved and congressionally-mandated pilot programs, serving as the primary liaison between CSO staff, the Budget Committee staff, and CACM for review and approval of annual budget proposals for the judiciary's libraries, electronic public access, bankruptcy noticing, and records programs.

Assisting CACM's case management statistics subcommittee in reviewing general case management issues, and working with Judicial Resources Committee staff and Intercircuit Assignment Committee staff.

Developing proposals for new miscellaneous fees, miscellaneous fee schedule adjustments, and the electronic public access fee schedule.

Collaborating with CSO and other AO staff to develop policy recommendations and guidance in programmatic areas within CACM's jurisdiction, such as bankruptcy noticing, court reporting, court interpreting, jury, and libraries and legal research resources.

Researching issues and preparing testimony for Congressional hearings. Preparing and presenting to court advisory groups and councils, and court executives.

Researching and analyzing policy and legal questions arising from CSO staff, court executives, judges, and the public.

Providing legal and policy research, drafting responses to congressional, judicial, and general correspondence and preparing studies and written reports for the AO.

Collaborating with AO staff to evaluate and interpret case management statistics and effectively present this data to CACM and its subcommittees.

Assisting in organizing and supporting CACM and its subcommittee meetings, and Court Administration and Operations Advisory Council meetings.

Developing and analyzing pending legislation related to policies, practices, and procedures involving court administration and case management issues.

Serving as a leader for CSO's Court Policy Division, supervising attorney advisors.