General Attorney -Special Counsel (Criminal Tax)

General Attorney -Special Counsel (Criminal Tax) Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service Office of Chief Counsel, Associe Chief Counsel/Division Counsel (Criminal Tax) Summary With nearly 1,700 torneys, IRS Chief Counsel is the largest tax law firm nionwide. Our torneys are among top tax law practitioners and some of the very best legal minds found anywhere. Together with the IRS, we serve the public by applying the tax code with fairness and integrity. After pausing hiring in 2025, we now seek new law gradues and experienced torneys to join us.

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IRS Office of Chief Counsel Careers Site Meet Our People Learn about our Legal Divisions Learn more about this agency Summary With nearly 1,700 torneys, IRS Chief Counsel is the largest tax law firm nionwide. Our torneys are among top tax law practitioners and some of the very best legal minds found anywhere. Together with the IRS, we serve the public by applying the tax code with fairness and integrity. After pausing hiring in 2025, we now seek new law gradues and experienced torneys to join us.

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IRS Office of Chief Counsel Careers Site Meet Our People Learn about our Legal Divisions Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted today • Apply by 06/08/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 8, 2026 Locion Glynco, GA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $147,945 - $192,331 per year Pay scale & grade GS 15 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0905 Attorney Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Other Position sensitivity and risk Modere Risk (MR) Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

CCSL-26-12929677-ATTY

Control number 870245500 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency Open to Office of Chief Counsel employees only Duties Help As a General Attorney-Special Counsel (Criminal Tax), you will: Serve as a Special Counsel and resident subject mter expert and instructor on criminal tax law topics for courses presented the Nional Criminal Investigion Training Academy (Academy) and work closely with the Academy Director, who has overall responsibility for the development and instruction of the Tax-Criminal Investigion (CI) program for Internal Revenue Special Agents the Academy. Act as a liaison with the Division Counsel /Associe Chief Counsel to convey management views and concerns and to stay abreast of current developments, policies, and procedures the Academy and with the Office of Chief Counsel. Instruct classes involving law, reled procedural and policy issues, in furtherance of the training objectives of the Academy. Research complex issues and trends and determines likely legal ramificions on Criminal Investigion /Criminal Tax programs. Ensure th the legal or administrive consequences of potential actions to handle these issues are fully considered and writes decision papers to determine Counsel's position on these mters. Evalue functional developments, program objectives, legislive actions, technical rulings, and court decisions, and recommends changes to existing training programs. Handle and perform technical review of some of the Office's most complex, important, or novel assignments, particularly those with broad, or potentially controversial ramificions. Provides legal services on program mters, including tax issues reling to investigions and prosecutions of violions of internal revenue laws, the Bank Secrecy Act, money laundering, and other white-collar crimes; special investigive techniques employed by Cl; and criminal and civil forfeitures initied by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). As deleged by the manager, independently plans, develops and completes complex legal work products without review, and provides technical guidance and review of other staff work products. Develop and promote innovive instructional techniques and methods in order to ensure the integrion of new systems of instruction into special agent courses and Counsel programs and evalue these courses. This is not an all-inclusive list. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Refer to "Additional Informion" Click "Print Preview" to review the entire announcement before applying. Must be a U.S. Citizen or Nional Have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer. Qualificions In order to qualify, you must meet the educion and/or experience requirements detailed below by the closing de of this announcement. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on educion, your transcripts required as part of your applicion. To qualify for this position of Supervisory General Attorney (Criminal Tax) - Deputy Area Counsel you must meet the qualificion requirements listed below by the closing of this announcement: Basic Requirements for General Attorney -Special Counsel (Criminal Tax): Possess least the first professional law degree (LL.B. or J.D.) from a law school accredited by the American Bar Associion; AND Applicants must be an active member in good standing of the bar of a Ste, U.S. Commonwealth, U.S. territory, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. GS-15

Experience Requirements:

1 year of general professional legal experience from any area of expertise; plus 3 years of professional legal tax experience Professional Legal Tax Experience is definedas: Prosecuting or defending a criminal tax, financial crimes, civil forfeiture, or money laundering/Bank Secrecy Act violion case before a federal or ste jury; OR Engaging in motion practice reled to the Federal Rules of Evidence or the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure; OR Drafting and providing legal advice reled to search warrant applicions, undercover operions, or criminal tax provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. At least one year of this experience must be equivalent to the work performed the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-14).

Note:

Only experience gained after Bar Admission may be credited as Professional Legal Experience.

Educion Substitution:

An LL.M. degree in the field of the position (i.e. tax, GLS-reled, or P&A- FOIA/Disclosure reled field) may be substituted for the one year of the general legal experience listed above. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prored basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indice des of employment by month/year, and indice number of hours worked per week, on your resume. Time in Grade Requirement for GS-15: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-14). Educion For positions with an educion requirement, or if you are qualifying for this position by substituting educion or training for experience, submit a copy of your transcripts or equivalent. An official transcript required if you are selected. A college or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion. For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to Department of Educion Accredition page .

FOREIGN EDUCATION

If you are using educion completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualificion requirements, you must show the educion credentials have been evalued by a prive organizion th specializes in interpretion of foreign educion programs and such educion has been deemed equivalent to th gained in an accredited U.S. educion program; or full credit has been given for the courses a U.S. accredited college or university. If you are qualifying based on foreign educion, you must submit proof of creditability of educion as evalued by a credentialing agency. For further informion, : Recognition of Foreign Qualificions | Internional Affairs Office (ed.gov) . Additional informion We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies. Relocion expenses are not authorized. This is a non-bargainingunit position. We offer opportunities for flexible work schedules.

Conditions of Employment Continued:

May be subject to a 1-year trial period. All newly appointed employees to the excepted service are subject to a trial period. During this time, your performance, conduct, and suitability for continued employment evalued. You will not automically convert to permanent stus the end of the trial period. Your supervisor must affirmively determine th continued employment is in the best interest of the Federal service. If no certificion is made before the trial period ends, your appointment termined. You are encouraged to actively engage with your supervisor, seek feedback, and understand role expections. Additional guidance and support provided during onboarding. Complete a Declarion for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, the time requested by the agency. If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify th you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so. Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-reled travel. File a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report within 30 days of appointment and annually from then on. Undergo an income tax verificion. The employment of any candide, including a current employee or a new hire, selected for this position may be conditional upon classificion and/or audit of federal tax returns. This audit may include up to 2 years of returns. This position requires th the successful candide undergo personnel vetting, which includes a background investigion and enrollment upon onboarding into "Continuous Vetting." Enrollment in Continuous Vetting will result in automed record checks being conducted throughout one's employment with Treasury. The successful candide will also be enrolled into FBI's Rap Back service, which will allow Treasury to receive notificion from the FBI of criminal mters (e.g., arrests, charges, convictions) involving enrolled individuals in near real-time. There are three key documents th contain important informion about your rights and obligions. Please read and retain these documents: Noncriminal Justice Applicant's Privacy Rights , for those who undergo an FBI fingerprint-based criminal history record check for personnel vetting, which includes Rap Back, FD-258 Privacy Act Stement - FBI (this is the same stement used when your fingerprints are submitted as part of your background investigion), and SEAD-3-Reporting-U.pdf (dni.gov) , (applicable to those who hold a sensitive position or have eligibility for access to classified informion)" Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Applicants considered based on their overall background as it reles to the position to be filled. Interviews may be held the option of the office. All applicion merials and interviews, if conducted, used in the final evaluion and selection process.

Referral:

All candides listed in alphabetical order. If you are among the top qualified candides, you may be required to participe in a selection interview. We will not reimburse costs reled to the interview, such as travel to and from the interview site. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help A complete applicion includes items described below. Please note th if you do not provide all required informion, as specified in this announcement, you may not be considered for this position (or may not receive the special considerion for which you may be eligible). 1. RESUME - All applicants are required to submit a resume either by creing one in USAJOBS or uploading one of their own choosing. Please limit your resume to two-pages. Applicants with resumes exceeding two-pages removed from considerion.

Resumes MUST contain specific informion th can be used to make a qualificion determinion , including employment beginning and ending des for each position (ex.

MM/YY - MM/YY

), whether employment is Full-time or Part-time, or average number of hours worked per week, and position titles. If the position is/was in the Federal government, you will need to detail the position series and grade level. The resume should detail relevant experience and educion, as well as support the required specialized experience. Please view resume tips .

Note:

Resume must be presented in a font size and font style th is legible, no less than 10-point size with no less than half an inch margin all around. 2.

SF-50 NOTIFICATION OF PERSONNEL ACTION

Submit a copy of your lest SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) showing your tenure, grade and step, and type of position occupied (i.e., Excepted or Competitive); or similar Notificion of Personnel Action documention. 3.

ADDITIONAL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

Applicants are required to submit the following supporting documention if applicable: An unofficial or official transcript(s) for your J.D. degree or LL.M. degree (an official transcript is required if you are selected) Transcripts must detail degree awarded/conferred including de . Proof of Active Bar Admission A copy of your most recent, signed, completed annual performance appraisal which includes the final ring. If it is not ded within the last 12 months or if you have not received a performance appraisal, please explain why in your applicion A memorandum of interest summarizing your interest in the position A Supervisory Report regarding your suitability for the position as completed by your current supervisor. You are responsible for notifying your supervisor th this report must be received no ler than five workdays after the closing de of this announcement.

Educion Documention:

For positions with an educion requirement, or if you are qualifying for this position by substituting educion or training for experience, submit a copy of your transcripts or equivalent. An official transcript required if you are selected. See "Educion" for more details.

Certifice of Good Standing:

A certified original copy of your certifice of good standing from your Ste Bar required if you are selected. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help The following instructions outline our applicion process. You must complete this applicion process and submit any required documents by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on 06/08/2026 and/or cut-off des in this announcement. We are available to assist you during business hours (8:00a - 4:30p, ET, Monday - Friday). To preview the Applicion Questionnaire, please click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12929677 If you require a reasonable accommodion for a disability or medical condition during any part of the applicion and hiring process, please contact Kimberly Johnson, Reasonable Accommodion Coordinor, HR Labor & Employee Relions Division, by phone 503-265-3841 or by email Kimberly.

F.Johnson@irscounsel.treas.gov . The IRS - Office of Chief Counsel provides reasonable accommodions to qualified applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis. You must contact us by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on the announcement's closing de to request accommodion. If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 7-1-1 to access telecommunicions relay services. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. Please limit your resume to two-pages. Applicants with resumes exceeding two-pages removed from considerion. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete. It is your responsibility to verify th your applicion package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) is complete, accure, and submitted by the closing de. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Additional informion on how to complete the online applicion process and submit your online applicion may be found on the USA Staffing Applicant Resource Center . Agency contact informion Sherry Laster Phone 469-801-1040 sherry.d.laster@irscounsel.treas.gov Address Office of Chief Counsel, IRS Staffing and Classificion Branch 1111 Constitution Ave, NW Washington, DC 20224 US Next steps To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account (https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help A complete applicion includes items described below. Please note th if you do not provide all required informion, as specified in this announcement, you may not be considered for this position (or may not receive the special considerion for which you may be eligible). 1. RESUME - All applicants are required to submit a resume either by creing one in USAJOBS or uploading one of their own choosing. Please limit your resume to two-pages. Applicants with resumes exceeding two-pages removed from considerion.

Resumes MUST contain specific informion th can be used to make a qualificion determinion , including employment beginning and ending des for each position (ex.

MM/YY - MM/YY

), whether employment is Full-time or Part-time, or average number of hours worked per week, and position titles. If the position is/was in the Federal government, you will need to detail the position series and grade level. The resume should detail relevant experience and educion, as well as support the required specialized experience. Please view resume tips .

Note:

Resume must be presented in a font size and font style th is legible, no less than 10-point size with no less than half an inch margin all around. 2.

SF-50 NOTIFICATION OF PERSONNEL ACTION

Submit a copy of your lest SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) showing your tenure, grade and step, and type of position occupied (i.e., Excepted or Competitive); or similar Notificion of Personnel Action documention. 3.

ADDITIONAL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

Applicants are required to submit the following supporting documention if applicable: An unofficial or official transcript(s) for your J.D. degree or LL.M. degree (an official transcript is required if you are selected) Transcripts must detail degree awarded/conferred including de . Proof of Active Bar Admission A copy of your most recent, signed, completed annual performance appraisal which includes the final ring. If it is not ded within the last 12 months or if you have not received a performance appraisal, please explain why in your applicion A memorandum of interest summarizing your interest in the position A Supervisory Report regarding your suitability for the position as completed by your current supervisor. You are responsible for notifying your supervisor th this report must be received no ler than five workdays after the closing de of this announcement.

Educion Documention:

For positions with an educion requirement, or if you are qualifying for this position by substituting educion or training for experience, submit a copy of your transcripts or equivalent. An official transcript required if you are selected. See "Educion" for more details.

Certifice of Good Standing:

A certified original copy of your certifice of good standing from your Ste Bar required if you are selected. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help The following instructions outline our applicion process. You must complete this applicion process and submit any required documents by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on 06/08/2026 and/or cut-off des in this announcement. We are available to assist you during business hours (8:00a - 4:30p, ET, Monday - Friday). To preview the Applicion Questionnaire, please click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12929677 If you require a reasonable accommodion for a disability or medical condition during any part of the applicion and hiring process, please contact Kimberly Johnson, Reasonable Accommodion Coordinor, HR Labor & Employee Relions Division, by phone 503-265-3841 or by email Kimberly.

F.Johnson@irscounsel.treas.gov . The IRS - Office of Chief Counsel provides reasonable accommodions to qualified applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis. You must contact us by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on the announcement's closing de to request accommodion. If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 7-1-1 to access telecommunicions relay services. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. Please limit your resume to two-pages. Applicants with resumes exceeding two-pages removed from considerion. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete. It is your responsibility to verify th your applicion package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) is complete, accure, and submitted by the closing de. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Additional informion on how to complete the online applicion process and submit your online applicion may be found on the USA Staffing Applicant Resource Center . Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Sherry Laster Phone 469-801-1040 sherry.d.laster@irscounsel.treas.gov Address Office of Chief Counsel, IRS Staffing and Classificion Branch 1111 Constitution Ave, NW Washington, DC 20224 US Next steps To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account (https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted today • Apply by 06/08/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 8, 2026 Locion Glynco, GA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $147,945 - $192,331 per year Pay scale & grade GS 15 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Other Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

CCSL-26-12929677-ATTY

Control number 870245500