Attorney Advisor (Counsel to the Deputy Director)
Job Description:
Duties include but are not limited to the following:
- Managing and coordinating the judicial complaint program.
- Monitoring the receipt, processing and response to complaints/actions filed against EOIR Immigration Judges, Board Members and/or Administrative Law Judges.
- Overseeing the development of policies and procedures related to the complaint program and its operations.
- Acting as principal attorney/ legal advisor in legal matters before EOIR and advises senior members of EOIR on legal issues, policies, and programs of key importance.
- Researching legal issues and recommendations on the advisability of proposed actions; writing legal opinions and/or drafts other supporting documents.
- Planning, coordinating, and overseeing the execution of special projects and assignments.
- Analyzing legal issues which are often highly sensitive and complex due to the absence of clearly established legal precedents, novelty of the issues, and complexity of the factual scenarios.