General Counsel

As General Counsel, you are the chief legal officer and advisor to the Board. You are responsible for directing the operations of the OGC; conducting all Board hearings and court litigation; reviewing all Board documents for legal sufficiency; and enforcing the applicable sections of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (as amended), and other relevant statutes. You will represent the Board before Congressional Committees in meetings. In addition, oversee the Board’s Ethics and ADR programs.

• Provides expert advice and counsel to the Board on legal, ethical, and policy questions arising from the conduct of Board activities; advises the Board on procedural and substantive questions of law. Formulates and recommends the Board’s position regarding difficult and complex legal problems and issues that may be controversial and of significant public interest.
• Investigates, participates in investigations, and reports to the Board on investigations. Jurisdictional questions may involve a broad variety of questions of interpretation of state or Federal statutes, and legislative history. Assists Board Members in conducting public hearings.
• Prepares regulations on behalf of the Board; reviews, analyzes, and reports to the Board on proposed legislation and bills passed by Congress. Represents the Board before Congressional committees in meetings on proposed legislation and other matters and in investigations.
• Directs, coordinates, and reviews the preparation of opinions, memoranda, reports, recommendations, briefs and other documents for the Board on a wide variety of subjects, including: matters of civil, criminal, and administrative law, policy, and procedures under the statutes governing and administered by the Board; and, legal questions arising from the relations between the Board, other Federal agencies, and the public.
• Ensures Board compliance with Federal laws and regulations in a variety of areas, including openness in Government law, administrative law, privacy and information law, ethics law, procurement law, appropriations law, and employment law.
• Represents the Board in suits in U.S. District Courts to enforce compliance with the Board's rules and regulations, and subpoenas; represents the Board in the U.S. Court of Appeals on appeals from suits in District Courts related to these matters. In association with the Department of Justice, prepares all necessary documents for proceedings before the United States Supreme Court.

Travel Required

25% or less - Travel may be required once a month.