Attorney IV

Wits Solutions Inc. (WITS) is a SBA certified Small Disadvantaged Business with headquarters in the metropolitan Washington D.C. area. WITS has been providing best-in-class solutions in professional IT and administrative consulting to various Federal State Local and commercial customers. At WITS we believe in working not for our clients but with them. This is why right from the beginning; our analysts and solution-builders work closely with our clients to ensure that the project outcomes continue to deliver value long into the future.

Job Description:-

Education/ Certification Mandatory:-

• A Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school;
• Be duly licensed and authorized to practice law as an attorney under the laws of a state territory or the District of Columbia (copy of license to be provided with resume)

Work Experience Mandatory:-

• Three (3) years of experience practicing law in either a government agency or in the private sector;
• Experience in two or more of the following areas: government contracts employment and labor law FOIA Privacy Act Torts Litigation and Ethics; Prior applicable litigation experience presenting defending and appealing cases before either the Merit Systems Protection Board Government Accountability Office (GAO) Court of Federal Claims other administrative tribunals and/or Federal District Court;
• Experience in effective communication with government officials resulting in positive

Work Experience Nice To Have:-

• CSOSA Experience

Roles and Responsibilities:-

• Prior applicable litigation experience presenting defending and appealing cases before either the Merit Systems Protection Board Government Accountability Office (GAO) Court of Federal Claims other administrative tribunals and/or Federal District Court;
• Experience in effective communication with government officials resulting in positive outcomes;
• Computer proficient and capable of performing complex internet and legal research using the electronic databases; and
• Letter of good standing issued by the applicable state bar association attesting to a members status as of the date issued.

Work to be performed includes but is not limited to the following:

Government Contracts:-

• Consulting with OGC and other CSOSA components on potential CSOSA contracts in order to address legal issues associated with CSOSA service and supply contracts.
• Reviewing and analyzing current CSOSA contracts in order to assess whether these actions need to be revised or revisited to better address legal issues associated with CSOSA service and supply contracts.
• Drafting contract clauses service level agreements or other types of agreements for OGC review pertaining to CSOSA service and supply contracts.

Employment Labor Law and General Litigation:-

• Providing the full gamut of legal services for litigation in accordance with all administrative tribunals i.e. EEOC MSPB FLRA State or Federal Court(s).
• Prepare all litigation documents in response to Acknowledgement Orders and other requirements of CSOSA policies.
• Performing tasks for pretrial preparation and case management to ensure that all paperwork is completed and filed in accordance with established timeframes.
• Ensuring written discovery documents and witnesses are identified and prepped as needed for trial in advance of court deadlines in support of the Governments case.
• Developing a case analysis outlining the strengths and weaknesses of the case including recommendations on litigation or settlement and provide it to the OGC designated representative for determination in moving forward.
• The OGC designated representative is defined as the OGC government attorney who assigns the task.
• Assisting in presenting the Governments case to ensure that all evidence and testimony necessary to support the Governments case is included on the record and all other tasks identified in order to successfully prepare and defend agencys position before any administrative tribunal State or Federal Court(s).

Ethics:-

• Developing and conducting Annual and periodic ethics training.
• Maintaining distributing and collecting financial disclosure reports.
• Reviewing for technical completeness (but not certifying) financial disclosure reports.
• Preparing the draft version of written ethics advice or an advisory opinion to be issued by an ethics official who is a Government employee.
• Receiving reviewing and granting requests for disclosure of public financial disclosure reports (SF 278s) in accordance with relevant laws and regulations.
• Receiving and conducting an initial review of outside activity forms.

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)/Privacy Act:-

• Advise on FOIA and Privacy Act concerning aspects of interpretation applicability and compliance with federal law relating to the release of information.
• Receiving reviewing and providing draft opinions regarding complex questions involving FOIA in accordance with relevant laws and regulations.
• Receiving reviewing and preparing draft opinions regarding releases of information under the Privacy Act.

COMMENTS FOR THE RECRUITERS:-

• We need Education degree Copies and Cert to submit with in the proposal