General Attorney; Appellate

Overview

Join the dedicated appellate practitioners of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA) Immigration and Law Practice Division (ILPD) across the country and assist in shaping immigration law to protect our homeland. Applicants should indicate their location preference in their cover letter. General Schedule locality pay tables may be found under Salaries & Wages.

• Provide appellate-level legal analysis and support in immigration matters in a fast-paced environment.
• Prioritize multiple assignments, exercise sound legal and practical judgment, and produce high-quality analyses of complex legal issues.
• Take initiative and work in a reliable, decisive, and professional manner.

• Active membership in good standing of the bar of a state, territory of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
• Ability to prioritize multiple assignments and work effectively in real-time, high-profile settings.
• Capacity to provide timely, practical legal analyses and recommendations.

• Current or former political appointees:
  The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.
• The Department of Homeland Security encourages persons with disabilities to apply. This includes persons with intellectual, severe physical or psychiatric disabilities, as defined by 5 C.F.R. § 213.3102(u), and/or Disabled Veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30 percent or more as defined by 5 C.F.R. § 315.707. Individuals from these groups may have different competition considerations for federal jobs.