Attorney IV

AvantGarde, LLC seeks an Attorney IV to support federal consulting and proposal-based efforts. The Attorney IV will provide legal research, policy review and advisory support related to federal operations and compliance requirements. This role supports agency initiatives while ensuring accuracy, professionalism and compliance with federal standards. This position is contingent upon contract award and will be performed onsite full-time in Washington, DC.

· 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 Government's 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 Government's case to ensure that all evidence and testimony necessary to support the Government's case is included on the record and all other tasks identified in order to successfully prepare and defend agency’s position before any administrative tribunal, State or Federal Court(s).

· 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.