Attorney-Advisor (General)

ATTORNEY-ADVISOR (GENERAL)

Department of the Air Force

Air Force District of Washington

Summary

The primary purpose of this position is to support the Staff Judge Advoce (SJA) as a senior torney, providing legal advice and counsel for the most complex, often precedential, installion level cases in administrive law, claims, environmental law, contract law, labor law, and internional law, to the 11th Wing, Pentagon Air Staff, US Space Force, and tenant units; to represent Department of the Air Force (DAF) interests in various forums and support the defense of the DAF in litigion.

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Summary

The primary purpose of this position is to support the Staff Judge Advoce (SJA) as a senior torney, providing legal advice and counsel for the most complex, often precedential, installion level cases in administrive law, claims, environmental law, contract law, labor law, and internional law, to the 11th Wing, Pentagon Air Staff, US Space Force, and tenant units; to represent Department of the Air Force (DAF) interests in various forums and support the defense of the DAF in litigion.

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Overview

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Accepting applicions

Posted yesterday

Apply by 06/04/26

Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 4, 2026

Locion

FEW vacancies in the following locion:

Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, DC

No mching locions found.

Work site options

Telework eligible

Yesas determined by the agency policy.

Remote job

No

Relocion expenses reimbursed

YesYou may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy.

Salary

$121,785 - $158,322 per year

Pay scale & grade

GS 13

Promotion potential

None

Learn more about pay scale and grade

Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job.

Work schedule

Full-time

Travel Required

Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.

Appointment type

Permanent

Occupions and job series

0905 Attorney

Supervisory stus

No

Federal service type

This job is in the Excepted Service

Represented by a union

No

Drug test

No

Security clearance

Secret

Financial disclosure required

Yes

Some jobs require

financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests.

Announcement number

8N-AFPC-1...14-LDM

Control number

870652900

This job is open to

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The public

U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

Clarificion from the agency

Applicions accepted from U.S. Citizens (U.S. citizenship required time of applicion).

Duties

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As a senior torney, advises the 633 ABW Commander, as well as subordine and tenant unit commanders and managers, on a host of general law mters.

For the most complex installion legal issues, prepares for and represents the DAF/installion and its legal interests in correspondence, meetings, negotiions, and judicial and administrive hearings, involving federal, ste, and local (and overseas, foreign) officials, parties with adverse interests, and commercial entities.

Provides legal assistance to active duty military, dependents, eligible Department of Defense (DoD) civilians, retirees, and other DoD cardholders, consistent with Air Force Instructions (AFIs) and legal office policy.

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Conditions of employment

U.S. Citizenship is required

If authorized, PCS paid IAW JTR and AF Regulions. If receiving an authorized PCS, you may be subject to completing/signing a CONUS agreement. More informion on PCS requirements, may be found :

Males must be registered for Selective Service, see www.sss.gov.

Must be able to obtain and maintain the approprie security clearance.

Employee must be a gradue of a law school accredited by the American Bar Associion, and be currently licensed as an torney, in active (or equivalent) stus and in good standing, with the bar of a U.S. ste, territory, or commonwealth.

Employee must adhere to the Air Force Rules of Professional Conduct.

Employee may be required to travel for temporary duty away from home stion.

Attorney appointments are subject to serve a one-year probionary period.

Candides are not required to have active duty service or veterans' preference to be referred and All qualified candides who meet the recruitment assessment criteria referred to the selecting official.

Depending on the type of position (competitive/excepted) you are selected for, you required to serve a 1-year probionary period OR 2-year trial period.

Upon completion of your probionary/trial period, your employment termined unless you receive certificion, in writing, th your continued employment advances the public interest.

Incumbent is required to file an OGE Form 450, Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, upon appointment and required to file annually.

Mobility is a condition of employment. The employee must sign an Air Force-wide mobility agreement.

incentive for prior work or active duty experience to determine leave accrual.

Employee may be required to work overtime.

Qualificions

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:

You MUST have successfully completed a full course of study in a school of law accredited by the American Bar Associion (ABA) and have the first professional law degree (LLB or JD).

In addition, the time of applicion, you must provide proof, ded within four months of applicion, of "active" stus with a bar of the highest court of a Ste, U.S. commonwealth, U.S. territory, or the District of Columbia. On-line informion is allowed as long as it shows th you are in "active" stus.

Specialized Experience: In addition to the basic requirement, you must have professional legal experience in excess of two (2) years th commensure with the position's duties and responsibilities.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualificions evalued on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:

1. Knowledge of applicable law pertaining to the specialized areas of legal practice, as determined by the SJA, in order to provide legal advice and counsel to command and management and represent DAF interests.

2. Sufficient knowledge of federal, ste, and local law, as it impacts the prive individual, to provide personal legal assistance to eligible beneficiaries across the typical range of the DAF legal assistance practice.

3. Skill in recognizing and analyzing key legal issues in a factual situion and applying well-reasoned analysis to reach clear, concise conclusions.

4. Ability to research legal issues, analyze complex factual situions in light of general legal principles and the results of research, and prepare legal opinions.

5. Ability to communice effectively with a diverse group of individuals, in and outside the legal profession, both orally and in writing, in both formal and informal settings.

6. Ability to prepare cases for trial and/or try cases before a court, administrive body, or an official having quasi-judicial power.

At the time of applicion, you must provide proof, ded within four months of applicion, of "active" stus and in good standing with a bar of the highest court of a Ste, US commonwealth, US territory, or the District of Columbia. On-line informion is allowed as long as it shows th you are in "active" stus and ded within four months of applicion.

PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit given for approprie unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.

VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills th can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Educion

Must be a gradue of a law school accredited by the American Bar Associion, and be currently licensed as an torney, in active (or equivalent) stus and in good standing, with the bar of a U.S. ste, territory, or commonwealth. The torney must maintain such bar membership in least one jurisdiction during the entire course of employment with the Air Force.

Additional informion

Employed Annuitants (Reemployed Annuitants): Applicants in receipt of an annuity based on civilian employment in the Federal Service are subject to the DoD Policy on The Employment of Annuitants. Click here for more informion.

Current Federal Civilian employees may apply for temporary and term positions and if selected, a break in service may be required prior to appointment to the position.

Writing Example: Prior to receiving an offer, you asked to provide a writing sample demonstring your legal analytical skills.

120-Day Register: This announcement may result in a 120-day register th may be used to fill like vacancies for 120 days after the closing de. Applicants may be referred for considerion as vacancies occur.

Direct Deposit: All federal employees are required to have direct deposit.

Incentives: Recruitment and/or retention incentives may or may not be used.

Disabled veteran leave is available to a Federal employee hired on/after 5 Nov 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability ring of 30% or more. For more informion, click here .

If you have questions regarding this announcement and have hearing or speech difficulties click here .

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Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution.

Benefits

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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .

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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.

How you evalued

You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.

Your applicion package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) used to determine your eligibility, qualificions, and quality ranking for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your ring or considerion for employment.

The resume/documents you submit must support your responses to the online questionnaire. If your applicion contradicts or does not support your questionnaire responses, you will receive a ring of "not qualified" or "insufficient informion" and you will not receive further considerion for this job.

Applicions who disqualify themselves will not be evalued further.

Benefits

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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .

Review our benefits

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.

Required documents

Required Documents

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The following documents are required and must be provided with your applicion. Applicants who do not submit required documention to determine eligibility and qualificions elimined from considerion. Other documents may be required based on the eligibility/eligibilities you are claiming. Click here to view the AF Civilian Employment Eligibility Guide and the required documents you must submit to substantie the eligibilities you are claiming.

Online Applicion: Questionnaire

Resume: Your resume may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume is illegible/unreadable. Additional informion on resume requirements can be loced under "How To Apply".

License: At the time of applicion, you must provide proof, ded within four months of applicion, of "active" stus with a bar of the highest court of a Ste, U.S. commonwealth, U.S. territory, or the District of Columbia. On-line informion is allowed as long as it shows th you are in "active" stus.

ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS: The VOW Act requires federal agencies to tre an eligible active duty service member as a veteran, disabled veteran, and preference eligible (as applicable) when applying for civil service positions before the effective release or discharge de. Appointment of military members before the release or discharge de is permissible if the member is on terminal leave. At the time the active duty member applies for a civil position, he or she must submit a "certificion" memo in lieu of a DD Form 214, Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty . The certificion memo must origine from the member's military service branch on official letterhead and contain the following:

Name/Rank/Grade of Service Member

Branch of Armed Forces

Des of Active Service (Start and End De(s)

Expected De of Discharge/Release from Active Duty

Terminal leave start de (if applicable)

Expected character of service/discharge (honorable/general) and type of separion (i.e. separion or retirement)

Must be certified within 120 days of anticiped discharge

Signure by, or by direction of the adjutant, personnel office, unit commander, or higher headquarters commander

NOTE : The VOW Act provides tentive preference. If appointed, a DD Form 214 must be submitted upon receipt.

NOTICE OF VETERANS' PREFERENCE:

There is no formal ring system for applying veterans' preference to torney appointments in the excepted service; however, the Department of Defense considers veterans' preference eligibility a positive factor for torney hiring. Applicants eligible for veterans' preference must include th informion in their cover letter or resume and tach supporting documention to their submissions.

Although the point-preference system is not used, applicants eligible to claim Veterans Preference must submit VOW certificion memo or copy of the official DD Form 214, which must include the character of service, and a Standard Form (SF) 15, "Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference," and supporting documention required for the specific type of preference claimed. (SF 15, which lists the types of 10-point preference and the required supporting documents, is available from the Office of Personnel Management Website www.opm.gov .)

NOTE: Applicants for torney appointments do not require veterans' preference in order to be eligible for considerion.

If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:

Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from

schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .

Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.

How to Apply

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The complete Applicion Package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 06/04/2026

To preview the Applicion Questionnaire, please click the following link:

To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to cree an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the applicion questionnaire. Please ensure you click the Submit My Applicion button the end of the process.

To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes:

1. Your Resume. If you submit more than one resume, only the most recent reviewed. The "most recent" is considered the resume with the lest timestamp.

Resumes may not exceed two pages. The two-page resume ensures the most relevant experience is reviewed and considered, which is a common practice in both the public and prive sectors. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. Additional informion on how to complete or upde your resume may be loced here .

For qualificion determinion your resume must contain hours worked per week and des of employment (i.e., month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as insufficient, and you will not receive considerion for this position. If you are a current Federal employee or previous Federal employee, provide your pay plan, series and grade, i.e. GS-0301-09. Current Federal Civilian Employees may list any relevant performance reled ring (given within the last three years) and/or incentive awards in your resume.

Do NOT include photographs, inapproprie merial, inapproprie content, nor personal informion such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such informion you will not be considered for this vacancy.

Your name, first and last, MUST be included on your resume.

2. A complete Applicion Questionnaire

3. Additional Required Documents (see Required Documents section). Ensure all submitted documents contain your full name.

4. Help recruiters find you. Make your resume and profile searchable, which means recruiters may contact you about possible jobs. Additional informion may be loced here .

5. Optional Documents: Performance Appraisals for Current Federal Civilian Employees - Most recent performance appraisals (ded within last 3 years) showing the official ring of record, signed by a supervisor, or stement why the performance appraisal is unavailable.

PLEASE NOTE: It is the applicant's responsibility to verify th informion entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accure, and submitted by the closing de. You may verify your documents have been processed with your applicion package successfully. You can access your USAJOBS account to do so by clicking here . Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan.

Human Resources WILL NOT modify or change any answers submitted by an applicant.

Agency contact informion

Total Force Service Center

Phone

...

...

Address

JB Anacostia-Bolling

12 Brookley Avenue

Washington, DC 20032

US

Next steps

Once your applicion package is received an acknowledgement email sent. After a review of your complete applicion is made you notified of your ring and/or referral to the hiring official.

If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your applicion. Your applicion package used to determine your eligibility and qualificions for considerion. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your applicion will receive no further considerion.

To check the stus of your applicion or return to a previous or incomplete applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, select My Applicions, and click on the more informion link under the applicion stus for this position.

If you do not provide an email address, you are responsible for checking stus updes and notificions in USAJOBS. Hard copy notificions will not be sent to you.

Fair and transparent

The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

Criminal history inquiries

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy

Financial suitability

New employee probionary period

Privacy Act

Reasonable accommodion policy

Selective Service

Signure and false stements

Social security number request

Required Documents

Help

The following documents are required and must be provided with your applicion. Applicants who do not submit required documention to determine eligibility and qualificions elimined from considerion. Other documents may be required based on the eligibility/eligibilities you are claiming. Click here to view the AF Civilian Employment Eligibility Guide and the required documents you must submit to substantie the eligibilities you are claiming.

Online Applicion: Questionnaire

Resume: Your resume may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume is illegible/unreadable. Additional informion on resume requirements can be loced under "How To Apply".

License: At the time of applicion, you must provide proof, ded within four months of applicion, of "active" stus with a bar of the highest court of a Ste, U.S. commonwealth, U.S. territory, or the District of Columbia. On-line informion is allowed as long as it shows th you are in "active" stus.

ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS: The VOW Act requires federal agencies to tre an eligible active duty service member as a veteran, disabled veteran, and preference eligible (as applicable) when applying for civil service positions before the effective release or discharge de. Appointment of military members before the release or discharge de is permissible if the member is on terminal leave. At the time the active duty member applies for a civil position, he or she must submit a "certificion" memo in lieu of a DD Form 214, Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty . The certificion memo must origine from the member's military service branch on official letterhead and contain the following:

Name/Rank/Grade of Service Member

Branch of Armed Forces

Des of Active Service (Start and End De(s)

Expected De of Discharge/Release from Active Duty

Terminal leave start de (if applicable)

Expected character of service/discharge (honorable/general) and type of separion (i.e. separion or retirement)

Must be certified within 120 days of anticiped discharge

Signure by, or by direction of the adjutant, personnel office, unit commander, or higher headquarters commander

NOTE : The VOW Act provides tentive preference. If appointed, a DD Form 214 must be submitted upon receipt.

NOTICE OF VETERANS' PREFERENCE:

There is no formal ring system for applying veterans' preference to torney appointments in the excepted service; however, the Department of Defense considers veterans' preference eligibility a positive factor for torney hiring. Applicants eligible for veterans' preference must include th informion in their cover letter or resume and tach supporting documention to their submissions.

Although the point-preference system is not used, applicants eligible to claim Veterans Preference must submit VOW certificion memo or copy of the official DD Form 214, which must include the character of service, and a Standard Form (SF) 15, "Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference," and supporting documention required for the specific type of preference claimed. (SF 15, which lists the types of 10-point preference and the required supporting documents, is available from the Office of Personnel Management Website www.opm.gov .)

NOTE: Applicants for torney appointments do not require veterans' preference in order to be eligible for considerion.

If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:

Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from

schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .

Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.

How to Apply

Help

The complete Applicion Package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 06/04/2026

To preview the Applicion Questionnaire, please click the following link:

To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to cree an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the applicion questionnaire. Please ensure you click the Submit My Applicion button the end of the process.

To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes:

1. Your Resume. If you submit more than one resume, only the most recent reviewed. The "most recent" is considered the resume with the lest timestamp.

Resumes may not exceed two pages. The two-page resume ensures the most relevant experience is reviewed and considered, which is a common practice in both the public and prive sectors. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. Additional informion on how to complete or upde your resume may be loced here .

For qualificion determinion your resume must contain hours worked per week and des of employment (i.e., month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as insufficient, and you will not receive considerion for this position. If you are a current Federal employee or previous Federal employee, provide your pay plan, series and grade, i.e. GS-0301-09. Current Federal Civilian Employees may list any relevant performance reled ring (given within the last three years) and/or incentive awards in your resume.

Do NOT include photographs, inapproprie merial, inapproprie content, nor personal informion such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such informion you will not be considered for this vacancy.

Your name, first and last, MUST be included on your resume.

2. A complete Applicion Questionnaire

3. Additional Required Documents (see Required Documents section). Ensure all submitted documents contain your full name.

4. Help recruiters find you. Make your resume and profile searchable, which means recruiters may contact you about possible jobs. Additional informion may be loced here .

5. Optional Documents: Performance Appraisals for Current Federal Civilian Employees - Most recent performance appraisals (ded within last 3 years) showing the official ring of record, signed by a supervisor, or stement why the performance appraisal is unavailable.

PLEASE NOTE: It is the applicant's responsibility to verify th informion entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accure, and submitted by the closing de. You may verify your documents have been processed with your applicion package successfully. You can access your USAJOBS account to do so by clicking here . Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan.

Human Resources WILL NOT modify or change any answers submitted by an applicant.

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Agency contact informion

Total Force Service Center

Phone

...

...

Address

JB Anacostia-Bolling

12 Brookley Avenue

Washington, DC 20032

US

Next steps

Once your applicion package is received an acknowledgement email sent. After a review of your complete applicion is made you notified of your ring and/or referral to the hiring official.

If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your applicion. Your applicion package used to determine your eligibility and qualificions for considerion. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your applicion will receive no further considerion.

To check the stus of your applicion or return to a previous or incomplete applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, select My Applicions, and click on the more informion link under the applicion stus for this position.

If you do not provide an email address, you are responsible for checking stus updes and notificions in USAJOBS. Hard copy notificions will not be sent to you.

Expand Hide next steps

Fair and transparent

The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

Criminal history inquiries

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy

Financial suitability

New employee probionary period

Privacy Act

Reasonable accommodion policy

Selective Service

Signure and false stements

Social security number request

Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted yesterday Apply by 06/04/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 4, 2026 Locion FEW vacancies in the following locion: Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, DC No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yesas determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed YesYou may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Salary $121,785 - $158,322 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Secret Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 8N-AFPC-1...14-LDM Control number 870652900