GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Office of the Attorney General
Trial AttorneyundefinedDUI Prosecutor
Public Safety Division, Criminal Section
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT #14-068
Salary range: 13/14-$85,289-100,782*
The Criminal Section prosecutes adults who commit certain types of offenses within the District of Columbia. Specifically, the Section prosecutes all traffic offenses, including impaired driving; quality of life offenses; fraud of government agencies; and certain other offenses relating to the agencies.
The Public Safety Division is seeking candidates for the position of Trial Attorney/DUI Prosecutor for the Criminal Section. The selected candidate will work under the supervision of the Section Chief and Assistant Section Chief to enhance the Section’s prosecutions of impaired drivers.
The Assistant Attorney General/DUI Prosecutor will specialize in prosecuting drivers impaired by alcohol and/or drugs in order to enhance the effectiveness of the Section’s impaired driving prosecutions, to ensure that all appropriate impaired driving arrests are prosecuted vigorously, to focus on those cases that involve the highest alcohol scores, impairment by drugs, children in the vehicle, commercial drivers, and/or repeat offenders, as well as to work towards prevention by providing education at local high schools and colleges regarding the penalties for impaired driving. The individual selected for this position will work with the Traffic Resource Safety Prosecutor (TSRP) and another DUI Prosecutor to serve as one of the Criminal Section’s expert on impaired driving issues, to coordinate with law enforcement on impaired driving investigations, and to coordinate the training of other Criminal Section prosecutors and of law enforcement personnel.
Responsibilities for this position include:
• Assist in training OAG attorneys and law enforcement on how to prosecute impaired driving cases, including assessing training needs and the development of training programs.
• Assist in training of and assistance to law enforcement in methods of evidence gathering, especially newly emerging technology and trial techniques that will improve the ability of prosecutors to effectively prosecute impaired driving cases.
• Prepare briefs, legal memorandum and other pleadings for use at hearings, trials, or on appeal of such cases assigned to the DUI Prosecutor.
• Assist in improving the laws in the District so that adequate punishment is available which would serve as a deterrent, including reviewing and drafting legislation.
• Serve as a resource for prosecutors by offering expertise and assistance in prosecuting impaired driving offenses as well as technical assistance and legal research on a variety of issues including probable cause; Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST); Drug Evaluation and Classification (DEC) Program; implied consent; breath/blood testing; accusatory instruments; pre-trial procedures; trial practice; and appellate practice.
• Assist in improving the breath, blood, and urine testing program.
• Serve as a liaison, develop and maintain a rapport and with the District’s toxicologist and the Certifier of Breath Testing Instruments on techniques used to analyze samples.
• Serve as a regular and full participant in the Impaired Driving Task Force.
• Promote heightened awareness by law enforcement officers and prosecutors of victims’ issues.
• Serve as second chair on difficult impaired driving cases, including but not limited to Frye, Daubert, other suppression hearing, motions, etc.
The successful candidate must have a law degree and be a member of the District of Columbia Bar or eligible for waiver into the bar. If you are not a member of the District of Columbia Bar, you must be sworn into the District of Columbia Bar within 360 days of your initial hire as an attorney with the bar. The successful candidate should also have prior criminal litigation experience, including jury trial experience, preferably as a prosecutor. Knowledge of D.C. Superior Court is desirable but not required. Experience in trying cases related to impaired driving is strongly preferred.
* Salary in this range will be based on applicable rules, regulations and guidelines. This position is in the collective bargaining unit.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please submit a resume, statement of interest summarizing why you are interested and the skills and abilities you possess that will enable you to succeed in this position, and a copy of your most recent performance evaluation. Please submit your materials to Kim McDaniel, Director of EEO, Recruitment and Hiring, Room 1100 South, 441 4th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001. Open until filled. Screening of candidates will begin on August 12, 2014
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GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Office of the Attorney General
Public Safety Division, Criminal Section
Assistant Section Chief (DUI)
Vacancy Announcement: OAG-14-069
Salary range: LX-1; $95,455-$102,439*
The Criminal Section prosecutes adults who commit certain types of offenses within the District of Columbia. Specifically, the Section prosecutes all traffic offenses, including impaired drivers; quality of life offenses; and fraud of government agencies, including tax fraud, welfare fraud, and other specific offenses as requested by the agencies. Responsibilities of the Assistant Section Chief for DUI will primarily include supervision of all aspects of the Section’s DUI prosecution; this will include daily papering (intake) operations for DUI cases; making DUI case assignments; assisting in training of the attorneys and law enforcement officers; providing advice to the attorneys; organizing and maintaining discovery documents relating to the District’s new breath test program; and generally all aspects of supervision of the attorneys. This position requires a relatively high degree of independence in day-to-day operations and a person who can demonstrate that he or she works well with other professionals in a fast-paced environment.
* Salary in this range will be based on applicable rules, regulations and guidelines.
The successful candidate must have a law degree and be an active member in good standing of the bar of any jurisdiction. If you are not a member of the District of Columbia Bar, you must be sworn into the District of Columbia Bar within 360 days of your initial hire as an attorney with the bar. The ideal candidate should also have a working knowledge of the operations of the District government and knowledge of District of Columbia criminal law and procedure. In addition, the candidate must have excellent interpersonal skills; outstanding oral and written communication skills and litigation skills; and the ability to manage in a fast-paced environment.
This position is not in the collective bargaining unit. Candidates will be subject to a background check.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please submit a resume, statement of interest summarizing why you are interested and the skills and abilities you possess that will enable you to succeed in this position, and a copy of your most recent performance evaluation. Please submit your materials to Kim McDaniel, Director of EEO, Recruitment and Hiring, Room 1100 South, 441 4th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001. Open until filled. Screening of candidates will begin on August 12, 2014.
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GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Office of the Attorney General
ATTORNEY-ADVISOR
District of Columbia Department of Housing and Community Development
Office of the General Counsel
Vacancy Announcement #14-026
Salary range: LS- 13/14 $85,289- $104,143*
The mission of the DC Department of Housing and Community Development (“DHCD”) is to create and preserve opportunities for affordable housing and economic development, and revitalize underserved communities in the District of Columbia. DHCD focuses on three strategic objectives: (1) preserving and increasing the supply of quality affordable housing; (2) increasing homeownership opportunities; and (3) revitalizing neighborhoods, promoting community development, and providing economic opportunities. To help meet the housing needs of the city’s low- to moderate-income residents, DHCD operates programs for individuals, developers, and community groups. DHCD also ensures the preservation and maintenance of affordable rental housing by regulating building sales and conversion, administering the Rental Housing Act of 2006 (“Rental Housing Act”), and by enforcing the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (“TOPA”).
DHCD is currently seeking an attorney to become an Attorney-Advisor in its Office of General Counsel. The Office of General Counsel is currently made up of a General Counsel, Deputy General Counsel and five other attorney-advisors.
The incumbent will serve primarily as one of two transactional attorneys in the General Counsel’s Office for the Department of Housing and Community Development who support the Property Acquisition and Disposition Division (PADD) of the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD). PADD’s mission is to acquire vacant District property that constitutes slum and blight, bundle individual properties, and dispose of them to developers who agree to rehab the properties, or build new homes, and make them available for low and moderate income housing. The incumbent provides legal services to the PADD program managers by drafting contracts of sale and other transactional documents pertaining to the acquisition of vacant and abandoned properties. Once acquired, the incumbent continues to assist the program managers in readying the properties for ultimate disposition to developers by negotiating and drafting disposition and development agreements. In addition, if the developer does not live up to the commitments in the agreements, the incumbent provides advice, negotiation strategy, and drafting of documents that result in the District’s “recapture” of the properties. The incumbent also provides legal assistance for the recapture of “Homestead” properties – properties that were conveyed under the former Homestead Preservation Program to low income individuals who agreed to rehab them and live in them for a period of time, but failed to do so. Incumbent will also support of the Development Finance Division at DHCD by drafting and closing loans funded by the Community Development Block Grant program, HOME Investment Partnership program and the Housing Production Trust Fund.
The successful candidate must have a law degree and be a member of the District of Columbia Bar or eligible for waiver into the bar. Candidates for this position should: (i) have atleast 3 years or more of real estate transactions, lending, administrative practice, and/ or affordable housing experience working in a law firm, lending company’s legal office, or with a government agency, and/ or (ii) experience closing real estate or loan transactions.
*Salary in this range will be based on applicable rules, regulations and guidelines
The successful candidate must have a law degree and be an active member in good standing of the bar of any jurisdiction. If you are not a member of the District of Columbia Bar, you must be sworn into the District of Columbia Bar within 360 days of your initial hire as an attorney with the bar.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please submit a cover letter, resume, writing sample, and a list of 3 references. Applications should be mailed to Kim McDaniel, Director of EEO, Recruitment and Hiring, Office of Attorney General for the District of Columbia, 441 4th Street, N.W., Suite 1100 South, Washington, D.C. 20001. Open until filled. Screening of applications will begin on August 13, 2014.
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GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Office of the Attorney General
PROCUREMENT ATTORNEYS
Commercial Division, Public Safety, Education Cluster, Health and Human Services
Vacancy Announcements: OAG-14-060; 061; 062
Salary range: LS-13/14; $85,289-$100,782*
The Commercial Division of the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia is seeking Procurement Attorneys to fill several newly created positions within the Procurement Section. Attorneys will provide legal services for the District’s acquisition of goods and services. They will advise agencies in drafting and solicitation of all contracts. The attorneys selected for these positions will work almost exclusively on procurement matters. These new positions are critical to ensure that this Section is able to deliver procurement services in an efficient and effective manner. The attorneys will review contracts for legal sufficiency, handle protests, and provide general advice.
The successful candidate must have a law degree and be an active member in good standing of the bar of any jurisdiction. If you are not a member of the District of Columbia Bar, you must be sworn into the District of Columbia Bar within 360 days of your initial hire as an attorney with the District.
The candidate must also have experience and demonstrated skill in (1) conducting close, detailed, and thorough reviews of complex procurements and procurement documents, including solicitations (both Invitations for Bids and Requests for Proposals), contracts, Determinations & Findings, and evaluation documents; (2) researching and drafting legal memoranda and litigation documents; (3) advocating legal positions before the Contract Appeals Board in bid protests or other administrative bodies; (4) providing legal advice to agency clients in procurement matters; applicants for this position must have experience and/or knowledge in the area of government contracting.
These positions are within the Collective Bargaining Unit. Candidates for the position may be subject to a background check.
* Salary in this range will be based on applicable rules, regulations and guidelines.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please submit a resume, statement of interest summarizing why you are interested and the skills and abilities you possess that will enable you to succeed in this position, and a copy of your most recent performance evaluation. Please submit your materials to Kim McDaniel, Director of EEO, Recruitment and Hiring, Room 1100 South, 441 4th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001. Open until filled. Screening of candidates will begin on August 12, 2014.
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GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Office of the Attorney General
Supervisory Attorney-Advisor (Procurement Contracts)
Commercial Division
Vacancy Announcement: OAG-14-065
Salary range: LX-1; $115,000-$126,000*
The Commercial Division of the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia is seeking a Supervisory Attorney-Advisor to oversee attorneys responsible for the reviewing of contracts for legal sufficiency, handling protests and providing general advice.
The successful candidate must have a law degree and be a member of the District of Columbia Bar or eligible for waiver into the bar. The successful candidate must have a law degree and be an active member in good standing of the bar of any jurisdiction. If you are not a member of the District of Columbia Bar, you must be sworn into the District of Columbia Bar within 360 days of your initial hire as an attorney with the bar.
The candidate must also have: (1) expertise in all phases of government contract formation and administration, from identification and planning for government contract opportunities, to preparation of solicitation documents (including Invitations for Bids and Requests for Proposals), to evaluation of bids and proposals, to contract administration and closeout; (2) experience conducting detailed and thorough reviews of complex procurement documents for goods, services and construction, including solicitations, contracts, Determinations & Findings; (2) experience researching and drafting legal memoranda; (3) knowledge of the various types of contracts for goods, services, and construction, and the allocation of risk provided by each type of contract; (4) knowledge of the various methods of construction delivery and the relationship between the owner, contractor and design professional; (5) the ability to provide legal advice to agency clients in procurement matters and an understanding of local procurement laws and regulations; and (6) experience related to dispute resolution, including in the context of construction contracts. The candidate will represent the District in protests and must have experience handling protests. Applicants for this position must have a minimum of three years of substantive experience in the area of government contracting; and must have management experience.
* Salary in this range will be based on applicable rules, regulations and guidelines. This position is not in the collective bargaining unit.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please submit a resume, statement of interest summarizing why you are interested and the skills and abilities you possess that will enable you to succeed in this position, and a copy of your most recent performance evaluation. Please submit your materials to Kim McDaniel, Director of EEO, Recruitment and Hiring, Room 1100 South, 441 4th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001. Open until filled. Screening of candidates will begin on August 12, 2014.