Senior Counsel For Policy And Operational Support Services

Are you a motivated technical and legal expert and ready to showcase your skill set as you elevate in your career? Are you looking to work with a diverse team of highly skilled attorneys? If so, then look no further because this opportunity is waiting just for you!
The USPTO is seeking a highly motivated legal professional to join a dynamic and collaborative team in the Office of Enrollment and Discipline (OED) and we're excited to meet you!Qualifications: To meet the minimum requirements for this position, the candidate must demonstrate their experience in the narrative responses to the Professional Technical Qualifications. This specialized experience should also be reflected within the resume. This experience must have been at a sufficiently high level of difficulty to clearly show that the candidate possesses the required professional/technical qualifications set forth below.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Applicants are required to input narrative responses to the Professional/Technical Qualifications (PTQs) in the text boxes as prompted by USAJobs. Each PTQ has a 10,000-character limit (to include spaces) that must be adhered to. Do not write "see resume". Uploaded documents addressing the PTQs will not be accepted. For the following four PTQs, you are required to submit a narrative response addressing your specific knowledge, skills, and abilities that demonstrate your possession of these qualifications.
Professional Technical Qualifications:

1. Knowledge of the USPTO Ethics Rules.
2. Knowledge of policies affecting patent and trademark practitioners and clients.
3. Knowledge of the rule making process, including knowledge of the statutes and
   regulations governing the rule making process.
4. Knowledge of intellectual property law and litigation.

The incumbent must have a law degree and membership in good standing of the Bar of any state, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or any territorial court of the United States.