Attorney Advisor

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has not issued qualification standards for attorney positions. However, the USPTO sets minimum qualifications for attorney positions and sets forth these qualifications in each vacancy announcement. You must meet all eligibility and qualifications requirements by the closing date of the job announcement.OPM Qualifications Standards are available at General Attorney Series 0905.

Specialized Experience is experience that has equipped applicants with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, you must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience providing authoritative legal advice on highly complex patent and trademark laws, regulations, policies, and procedures and high level strategic guidance and organizational support as an expert resource on complex matters. Experience researching and interpreting statutes, regulations, case law, and administrative decisions.

Experience preparing executive-level legal analyses, briefing materials, decision memoranda, and recommendations for senior leadership. Professional Legal Experience:In addition to the required specialized experience, applicants must possess the following professional law/legal experience listed below: GS-15: 4 years of professional legal experience, post JD.

Professional Legal/Law Experience is defined as having experience including judicial clerkship(s), in the area of Trademark procurement/examination, litigation and/or counseling. Trademark litigation includes federal district court trademark cases, trademark appeals to the U.S. federal courts of appeal, and trial proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuableExperience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

The physical worksite for this position is located in Alexandria, Virginia. Presence at the Alexandria, VA campus is required for this role, as it includes on site functions that must be performed in person. Position may be eligible for situational telework in accordance with agency policy/business unit discretion. The agency currently allows for 52 hours of telework per leave year.

This rewarding career role is ideal for you if: You are committed to providing expert legal advice to agency leadership and senior management on complex patent and trademark laws, regulations, policies, procedures, and emerging issues. You are interested in representing the legal perspective in working groups, executive meetings, policy discussions, and interoffice consultations.

You are experienced with analyzing proposed patent and trademark policies, initiatives, operational changes, regulations, guidance documents, and related materials for legal sufficiency and potential impact on agency programs. You are capable of developing review plans, establishing timelines, identifying required stakeholders, and tracking the status of legal reviews through completion.