Job Title Trial Attorney

Location Los Angeles, CA

Compensation $141,612 to $233,450 / Per Year

Position Number 16-EX-1621998-MJB

Application Deadline February 18, 2016

Overview

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is looking for the best and brightest to join our team. Our mission is to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation. A career with the SEC offers work that is exciting, challenging and rewarding. You can contribute to securities regulation and enforcement while making a positive difference for the American investing public.

Duties

• Developing, litigating and conducting trials of court cases and administrative proceedings that present unique legal, evidentiary and policy challenges and present the opportunity to establish legal precedent, and monitoring decisions that impact the SEC.

• Overseeing the conduct of cases and making decisions regarding tactics and strategy to be employed; representing the SEC throughout the course of the litigation, including appeals when appropriate; addressing highly complex legal and factual issues; and efficiently managing SEC cases.

• Providing expert litigation advice, including policy and regulatory recommendations by maintaining and exhibiting knowledge, insight, and understanding in order to respond to inquiries in pending or potential litigation.

• Fostering productive work relationships with federal and state regulators and criminal authorities, and engaging in public outreach and representational opportunities to showcase the goals and strategic vision of the Commission.

• Providing agency representation in negotiations and discussion with senior officials and/or lawyers and formulating proposed settlements that often have broad legal implications.

Qualifications

• J.D. or LL.B. degree, and active membership of the bar in good standing in any state, territory of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

To Apply

To learn more about this employment opportunity, please visit http://go.usa.gov/cypBz and apply online at https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/429018400. For assistance, please contact the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion at (202) 551-6046 or omwi@sec.gov.