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Post by JudgeKnot on Mar 28, 2018 6:35:00 GMT -5
Seeing this posting led me down a lengthy rabbit hole of "research" - if there's a chief ALJ, there must be ALJs the chief supervises, right? How many? What kind of backgrounds do they have? When one of them retires/gets promoted, how can I get that person's job? How do they hire? And then... back to waiting for any movement on the register. www.doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/uploads/ibla-orgchart_0.pdf (This chart might be out-of-date.) A Chief, a Deputy Chief, and four Administrative Judges (not Administrative Law Judges). www.doi.gov/oha/organization/iblaActing Chief Administrative Judge - Judge James Roberts has been with the Board for over 31 years. He began his career with the Board in 1985 as an Attorney-Advisor; was appointed the Board's Docket Attorney in 1990; was appointed Administrative Judge in 2000; and was appointed Deputy Chief Administrative Judge in 2016. He graduated from Berea College in Kentucky in 1974 with a B.A. in Art and English; from Louisiana State University in 1976 with an M.A. in English; from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 1980 with a J.D.; and from Columbia University Law School in 1985 with an LL.M. in International Law. Administrative Judge - Silvia Riechel Idziorek was appointed an Administrative Judge in February 2016. Before coming to the Board, Judge Idziorek worked in the Department of the Interior Solicitor’s Office for 15 years. For most of that time, she counseled the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement and the Bureau of Land Management in regulatory enforcement and compliance matters. She served as the Assistant Solicitor for the Branch of Onshore Minerals and Acting Deputy Assistant Solicitor for Petroleum and Offshore Resources. Before Interior, Judge Idziorek was an officer in the Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps and a judicial law clerk for the Ohio Court of Appeals. She is a graduate of Case Western Reserve University School of Law and Miami University of Ohio, where she received a bachelor’s degree in physics. Administrative Judge - Judge Amy Sosin has a background in science, with a bachelor’s degree in biology from Vassar College and a master’s degree in ecology from the University of Michigan's School of Natural Resources. After working as an environmental scientist for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Judge Sosin decided to switch gears and attended Georgetown University’s School of Law. While there, she taught legal research and writing and was on Law Review. After obtaining her law degree, she began working for the Department of the Interior's Office of the Solicitor, and rose to the position of Assistant Solicitor for the Branch of Public Lands. During her time in the Solicitor's Office, she practiced public land law and gained expertise in many areas, including renewable energy, forestry, wildlife, mineral development, planning, public land use, recreation, wilderness, and wild horses. She joined the Board of Land Appeals in June of 2015.
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Post by aljwishhope on Mar 28, 2018 8:57:49 GMT -5
Attorney advisor job for OHO I saw is for St Louis NCAC. It was posted in Symplicity a career app provided by college career Offices. The resume is posted in app to apply. No contact information was provided.
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Post by laboringlawyer on Mar 28, 2018 9:23:47 GMT -5
I know that some hearing offices have authority to hire attorney advisors now. Send resume and copy of bar card to the Hearing Officer Director. It does not appear that these positions are being posted on USAJobs. I think they are being advertised at law schools. Tripper, any idea how on earth the Agency got around OPM? Just sayin' . . . if Agencies figure out a way to avoid the idiocy of OPM hiring (hurry up, wait, no hurry, wait) and the OPM oversight on candidates, a professional might actually get hired before they reach retirement age. Half the problem with federal hiring is that with OPM's oversight throughout the process it takes almost a year to develop the qualifications (assuming that OPM okays the existing job description), get a job posted on USA jobs, receive applications, interview, make hiring decisions, justify those decisions and finally make job offers--by the time this happens, the most desirable candidates are already working elsewhere. But, I think the more interesting question posed by an Agency determining ONLY to post jobs on law school career centers is whether this is de facto age discrimination based on disparate impact?
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Post by tripper on Mar 28, 2018 9:41:45 GMT -5
It does not appear that these positions are being posted on USAJobs. I think they are being advertised at law schools. Tripper, any idea how on earth the Agency got around OPM? I have no idea but it also means apparently they don't have to give preference to veterans this go around?
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Post by buckeyefan on Mar 28, 2018 10:12:54 GMT -5
Re the attorney advisor positions that they are advertising at law schools: what is the salary range? Do you think they just want people right out of law school, or are they willing to pay a somewhat higher salary to someone with significant disability law and decision-writing experience. Do you know the name of the person in the Raleigh NC office to whom resume should be sent? Thank you.
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Post by odarwinian on Mar 28, 2018 10:36:15 GMT -5
Attorney positions are in the Excepted Service, so they don't have to go through USAjobs or follow the merit hiring process.
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Post by tripper on Mar 28, 2018 10:43:43 GMT -5
Re the attorney advisor positions that they are advertising at law schools: what is the salary range? Do you think they just want people right out of law school, or are they willing to pay a somewhat higher salary to someone with significant disability law and decision-writing experience. Do you know the name of the person in the Raleigh NC office to whom resume should be sent? Thank you. I sent you a PM with contact info. A GS 11/1 pay in that location is $63,420. A GS 12/1 is $76,015.
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Post by odarwinian on Mar 28, 2018 10:48:22 GMT -5
I just found a posting on the Iowa Bar Association website for the West DSM OHO office, so I would check those sites as well.
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Post by laboringlawyer on Mar 28, 2018 12:21:36 GMT -5
Attorney positions are in the Excepted Service, so they don't have to go through USAjobs or follow the merit hiring process. As an attorney, with a federal agency, who has been involved with hiring--we hire excepted service attorneys and all hiring goes through USAjobs. Not sure that excuse is valid, although if the Agency can say that with a straight face, I guess the old adage about asking for forgiveness applies.
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Post by odarwinian on Mar 28, 2018 12:25:35 GMT -5
From the USAjobs website: Excepted service
Excepted service positions are any federal or civil service positions which are not in the competitive service or the Senior Executive service. Excepted service agencies set their own qualification requirements and are not subject to the appointment, pay, and classification rules in title 5, United States Code. However, they are subject to veterans’ preference.
There are a number of ways to be appointed into the excepted service such as appointed under an authority defined by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) as excepted (e.g., Veterans Recruitment Appointment) or being appointed to a position defined by OPM as excepted (e.g., Attorneys). More information can be found about excepted service in 5 U.S.C. 2103 and parts 213 and 302 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
And BTW I am an attorney with SSA in the excepted service and have also been involved with hiring. The Agency can use USAjobs, and does for all internal attorney positions, but they are not required to for outside hires. When I was hired, I found the job posted through the local bar association.
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Post by phoenixrisingALJ on Mar 28, 2018 13:59:01 GMT -5
I know some offices prefer to advertise directly to school career offices and local bar associations and I believe that as long as it is an excepted position that this is ok.
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Post by blondswede on Mar 28, 2018 16:56:00 GMT -5
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Post by aljwishhope on Mar 28, 2018 18:04:20 GMT -5
Transcript, writing sample less than 20 pages, proof of bar membership, resume, cover letter for maybe Philadelphia OHO for gs9/11 or 12 depending on experience also on Symplicity
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Post by odarwinian on Mar 29, 2018 7:13:34 GMT -5
There is no practical difference, other than you have to be an attorney to get the Supervisory Attorney job. These are Group Supervisor positions and can be filled with either an attorney or paralegal as long as they have 52 weeks at GS-12. In the past, Supervisory Attorneys had the same adjudicatory authority as Senior Attorneys, but that has gone to the wayside. Typically the paralegal supervisors either come from another component (operations) or they are paralegal writers.
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Post by foghorn on Mar 30, 2018 11:25:50 GMT -5
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Post by foghorn on Apr 3, 2018 11:19:15 GMT -5
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Post by JudgeKnot on Apr 3, 2018 13:22:40 GMT -5
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Post by foghorn on Apr 3, 2018 14:08:55 GMT -5
Need the NY bar. Political connections wouldn't hurt, either.
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Post by jen06 on Apr 4, 2018 9:59:58 GMT -5
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Post by karenmtlaw on Apr 4, 2018 13:39:38 GMT -5
usually a position you have to be elected to. Although they might appoint a temporary city judge pending a special election.
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