Attorney Advisor

2 months ago


Washington, United States Non-Departmental Agency Full time
Summary

This position is located in the Planning Services Division, National Capital Planning Commission.



Duties

The Attorney Advisor serves as the principal legal officer for the Commission and as such renders legal advice and services with respect to questions, regulations, practices in community planning, architecture, zoning, project and plan review, environmental, transportation, open space, landmark preparation or other matters within the scope and mandate of the National Capital Planning Commission. The Attorney Advisor also serves as Secretary to the Commission and presides over the meeting proceedings as parliamentarian and works with the Director of the Planning Services Division to organize pre-and post-meeting preparation of documents memorializing decisions and actions taken. The Attorney-Advisor will report directly to the Executive Director and Commission Chair on sensitive agency administrative or legal matters.

Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

  1. Providing legal advice to the Commission and its staff on the Commission's statutory powers, duties, and functions regarding legal questions in the fields of planning, environmental protection, historic preservation, transportation, and other related fields.
  2. Serving as parliamentarian at meetings of the Commission.
  3. Reviewing and preparing proposed and pending litigation reports, administrative records, pleadings, and briefs for, or together with, the Department of Justice and other parties in civil litigation and preparing records and pleadings for representing the agency's case in administrative litigation.
  4. Administering the agency Ethics Program, including preparing legal opinions, providing ethics advice to the Commission and staff, reviewing financial disclosure reports, ensuring Commission members and staff receive annual ethics training, and preparing and submitting required reports to the Department of Justice Office of Information Policy.
  5. Conducting legal research on a variety of federal planning, land use, administrative law and other legal areas pertinent to the Commission.
  6. Processing requests and keeping necessary records under the Freedom of Information Act and providing necessary reports to the Department of Justice.
  7. Promulgating and publishing all orders, rules and regulations of the Commission and prescribing the issuance date for these unless the Commission prescribes such date.
  8. Responding to inquiries from parties concerning pending proceedings and requests for interpretations of Commission orders, rules, regulations, and decisions.


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