General Attorney (Labor) (Honors Attorney)

This position is established as part of the National Labor Relations Board Honors program. The Honors program supports positions working in three different program areas: Board-side, General Counsel-Headquarters, and General Counsel-Field. This position is specifically for the Board-side program area. The purpose of this position is to provide experience that exposes the employee to the full range of agency legal practices.

As a General Attorney (Labor) (Honors Attorney), GS-0905-12, typical work assignments in the Board Office may include: Reviewing the formal trial or hearing record, including transcripts of testimony and exhibits, the Hearing Officer's Report, the Administrative Law Judge's Decision, or the Regional Director's Decision, and exceptions, requests for review, and briefs; and Researching statutes, decisions, opinions, regulations, legislative history, and other legal authorities on the points of law involved and applying the research to the case at hand; and Preparing bench memoranda in consultation with the Assistant Chief Counsel setting forth the contested issues the Board must decide, the relevant facts, the disposition of those issues below, the parties' arguments, and counsel's recommendation as to how the Board should resolve each contested issue; and Orally presenting cases to the Board Members for disposition; and Drafting official decisions and orders of the Board and/or Board Members' separate dissenting or concurring opinions in consultation with the Assistant Chief Counsel.