Job o’ the Day: Staff Attorney with the National Labor Relations Board in Washington, D.C.!
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is an independent federal agency that protects the rights of private sector employees to join together, with or without a union, to improve their wages and working conditions. NLRB is currently accepting applications for a staff attorney in its Washington, DC office.
From the PSJD job posting:
The National Labor Relations Board’s Contempt Litigation and Compliance Branch (“CLCB”) seeks a full-time attorney, preferably with litigation experience, to join the Branch immediately. The Branch typically hires attorneys at the GS-11, 12, or 13 level.
The National Labor Relations Board is an independent federal agency created in 1935 to enforce the National Labor Relations Act. The NLRB conducts secret-ballot elections to determine whether employees want union representation and investigates and remedies unfair labor practices by employers and unions.
The CLCB’s principal function is to conduct civil and criminal contempt litigation in the U.S. Courts of Appeals to coerce compliance or to punish non-compliance with judgments enforcing orders of the Board. The CLCB initiates civil contempt proceedings in the court of appeals that issued the underlying judgment, and typically prosecutes such proceedings, pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, before special masters (generally senior United States district court judges or magistrate judges) appointed by the courts of appeal. These matters entail the full gamut of federal litigation, including pretrial discovery and motions practice followed by a formal trial before and briefs to the special master. Absent settlement, the special master files a report and recommendation with the relevant court of appeals, and briefing and oral argument follow. In situations involving egregious or repeat violations, the CLCB may seek criminal sanctions, in which case the CLCB attorney assigned to the case is appointed as a Special Assistant United States Attorney to prosecute the criminal contempt action.
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The Branch’s hiring decisions are based on the consideration of many factors, including interest and experience in labor relations, labor law and litigation practice, academic achievement, and law journal, judicial clerkship or other substantial writing experience.
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