Pro Se Staff Attorney

Duties and responsibilities include:

• taking primary responsibility for the Court's social security docket;
• taking primary responsibility for a portion of the Court's immigration and pro se prisoner docket;
• providing substantive legal analysis of pleadings and making recommendations directly to the judges regarding the disposition of motions;
• drafting appropriate reports and recommendations, orders, and opinions for review by judges;
• efficiently managing the flow of the Court's social security, immigration, and pro se prisoner litigation;
• providing information to judges and Court staff on legal issues unique to social security, immigration, and pro se prisoner litigation;
• evaluating existing procedures and developing and implementing improved processes for the adjudication of the Court's social security, immigration and pro se prisoner litigation;
• preparing periodic reports for judges on trends in the respective dockets;
• conducting legal research and keeping abreast of developments in the law including but not limited to social security appeals, prisoner immigration cases, § 1983 cases, and capital habeas cases in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court;
• reviewing voluminous administrative and state court records and trial transcripts;
• collaborating with other staff attorneys and chambers law clerks; and
• performing other duties as assigned.

• Employees must be United States citizens or eligible to work in the United States.
• Employees will be hired provisionally pending the results of a background investigation.
• Employees are required to adhere to the Code of Conduct for Judicial Employees.
• Employees are required to use Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) for payroll deposit.
• Positions with the United States District Court Clerk's Office are Excepted Service appointments.

JSP Grade 11 ($78,009 - $101,417): Law school graduate (top quarter or law review required) with less than 1 year of legal work experience after the JD.

JSP Grade 12 ($93,499 - $121,551): At least 1 year of legal work experience after the JD. Must be a member of the bar of a state, territorial, or federal court of general jurisdiction.

JSP Grade 13 ($111,183 - $144,540): At least 2 years of legal work experience after the JD. Must be a member of the bar of a state, territorial, or federal court of general jurisdiction.

JSP Grade 14 ($131,385- $170,806): At least 3 years of legal work experience after the JD. Must be a member of the bar of a state, territorial, or federal court of general jurisdiction.