Administrative Law Judge

Administrive Law Judge U.S. Internional Trade Commission Office of the Administrive Law Judges Summary The U.S. Internional Trade Commission is an independent Federal agency th provides the President and Congress with high-quality analysis and technical support on internional trade, tariff and competitiveness issues; investiges and makes determinions in proceedings involving imports claimed to injure a domestic industry or viole U.S. intellectual property rights; and maintains the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule. Learn more about this agency Summary The U.S. Internional Trade Commission is an independent Federal agency th provides the President and Congress with high-quality analysis and technical support on internional trade, tariff and competitiveness issues; investiges and makes determinions in proceedings involving imports claimed to injure a domestic industry or viole U.S. intellectual property rights; and maintains the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this week • Apply by 07/29/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 29, 2026 Locion Few vacancies in the following locion: Washington, DC No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $176,399 - $209,600 per year Pay scale & grade AL 3 Promotion potential None 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 0935 Administrive Law Judge Supervisory stus Yes Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Top Secret Position sensitivity and risk Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Modere Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

EX-26-053-MW

Control number 874642500 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency This position is in the excepted service and open to all eligible candides (US Citizens) who meet qualificions of the position. Duties Help The Commission seeks an Administrive Law Judge (ALJ) to prepare for and preside hearings and formal proceedings within the jurisdiction of the U.S. Internional Trade Commission. The Administrive Law Judge (ALJ) presides over and conducts hearings and formal proceedings within the jurisdiction of the U.S. Internional Trade Commission. These proceedings involve, but may not be confined to, Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, which concerns issues reled to intellectual property rights (including pents, trademarks, trade secrets and unfair trade practices), as well as economic and business issues. Approximely 90 percent of the proceedings involve pent rights. Technologies reling to computer and telecommunicions devices, chemical compositions and processes, medical and industrial equipment, and consumer products are often issue in these proceedings. The ALJ administers ohs and affirmions, rules upon motions, controls discovery, regules the course of evidentiary hearings and receives relevant evidence, holds conferences regarding settlement and other issues, and disposes of procedural requests or similar mters. The ALJ issues, inter alia, initial determinions and factual findings, as well as recommended determinions regarding remedy, which may be reviewed by the Commission. Requirements Help Conditions of employment You must be a U.S. citizen or nional. You required to successfully complete a background investigion. You must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance. You must provide proof of your Bar membership. You are required to register for Selective Service if you are a male born after 12/03/1959. You may be required to submit a Financial Disclosure Stement. You must provide a Certifice of Good Standing of the bars to which you are admitted, if you are made an offer. Qualificions Applicants must meet all of the qualificion requirements, including educion and any selective placement factors described below by the closing de of this announcement. Educion may only be substituted in accordance with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualificion Standards Handbook. Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order to be credited towards qualificions. Applicants must have the general and specialized experience outlined below which provided the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position. To be hired as an Administrive Law Judge with us, you must: possess least a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) degree or a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from a law school accredited by the American Bar Associion; AND currently be a member in good standing of the Bar of a ste or territory of the United Stes, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. In addition to meeting the basic qualificion requirements above, applicants must have least 10 years of total experience as one or more of the following: A Federal Administrive Law Judge; A Pent Trial and Appeal Board ("PTAB") Judge; A judge in a federal tribunal with jurisdiction over intellectual property, internional trade, or unfair competition mters; An torney litiging before the USITC in Section 337 investigions, and/or litiging before a federal tribunal in mters involving intellectual property, internional trade, or unfair competition claims, such as trade secret misappropriion, false advertising under the Lanham Act, or antitrust; A Clerk or similar position to a judge in a federal tribunal with jurisdiction over intellectual property, internional trade, or unfair competition mters. AND The applicant must have least 10 years of substantial experience in section 337 litigion before the United Stes Internional Trade Commission (USITC), or in intellectual property litigion and/or unfair competition litigion before the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Courts of Appeals, U.S. District Courts, U.S. Court of Internional Trade, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, or U.S. federal agencies, through one or more of the following activities: Drafting complaints and other pleadings and conducting pre-filing investigions; Conducting prehearing disclosure and discovery, including conducting and defending depositions; preparing discovery requests and responses; conducting foreign discovery; conducting forensic examinions; Preparing prehearing motions, opinions, or orders (including summary judgment motions); Conducting or presiding over settlement or negotiions in advance of the hearing; Participing in oral arguments or conferences before the presiding judge or officer; Preparing for the hearing, including lay and expert witness preparion; preparing evidentiary exhibits, physical exhibits, and demonstrives; Trying or hearing cases whether in person or via videoconference, including proceedings involving non-English speaking witnesses; Preparing pre-hearing and post-hearing briefs or opinions; Preparing petitions for review and responses thereto; Participing in or conducting arbitrion, mediion, or other alternive dispute resolution; Participing in post-order ancillary proceedings (e.g., modificion proceedings; enforcement proceedings; advisory opinion proceedings); Participing in enforcement-reled activity before U.S. Customs and Border Protection; and Participing in appeals reled to the types of cases described above. Applicants meeting the minimum qualificion requirements identified above further evalued to determine those who are best qualified. This determinion based, in part, on the following factors. When describing your experience, please provide in your resume several examples explaining the following factors: Substantial courtroom experience involving intellectual property rights, scientific or technical subject mter, and/or unfair competition claims (please identify with specificity); Knowledge of Section 337 law; Knowledge of pent law; Knowledge of other intellectual property and unfair competition law; Experience and/or educion in technical, scientific, and/or other highly complex subject mter; Evidence of clear and cogent written analyses of factual and legal issues, with supporting reasoning and case law, under significant time constraints (e.g. briefs or opinions authored by the applicant exhibiting significant legal and factual analyses); Experience with rules and procedure governing federal court proceedings and/or federal agency proceedings conducted under the Administrive Procedure Act; Evidence of oral communicions in a manner th is clear, concise, and understandable, and to elicit facts by examining expert and lay witnesses (e.g., hearing transcripts; deposition transcripts and the like); Demonstrion of effective management and leadership of staff, including setting clear goals, maintaining accountability, taking corrective action promptly, fostering a collaborive environment, and setting an example by personally following the same policies applicable to supervised employees; Demonstrion of the approprie temperament and qualities to serve as a judge, such as: Demonstred ability to view evidence in an objective fashion and carry out role as a fact finder; Demonstred ability to listen tentively and deal courteously, tactfully, firmly, and impartially with others in an adversarial or similar setting; Demonstred ability to establish effective work relionships with all levels of management, colleagues, and staff; and Demonstred ability to achieve cooperion and consensus among colleagues engaged in joint or parallel efforts. Educion Submit a copy of your transcript(s) with credit hours, major(s) and grade-point average or class ranking, and de degree conferred. Educion completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the educion requirements if you can show th the foreign educion is comparable to th received in an accredited educional institution in the United Stes. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. Click on the link for a list of accredited organizions recognized as specializing in interpretion of foreign educion credentials: https://naces.org/members/ Additional informion Salary for Administrive Law Judges (ALJ) positions varies depending on qualificions. Selected candide is required to file a SF-278, Public Financial Disclosure Report within 30 days after his/her appointment, in accordance with the Ethics in Government Act of 1978.

Excepted service appointments:

This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer rights to permanent Civil Service stus.

Selective Service:

If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify th you are registered with the Selective Service or are exempt under Selective Service regulions. For additional informion concerning Selective Service requirements, please http://www.sss.gov/. Cover page to fax paper applicion - OPM Form 1203fx: http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdfimage/opm1203fx.

pdf Reasonable accommodions:

This agency provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the contact listed on the vacancy announcement. The decision to grant a reasonable accommodion is made on a case-by-case basis.

Verificion of informion:

Any informion claimed on your resume and in applicion merials, such as educion, credentials, employment history, etc., verified as part of the security clearance process.

Time period to meet qualificions:

All qualificion requirements must be met by the closing de of this announcement. 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 . Review our 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. All minimally qualified applicants referred to the hiring manager for review. Your resume, and supporting documention for educion, should contain sufficient informion for us to make a valid determinion th you fully meet the qualificion requirements for this vacancy. We do not make inferences and can only consider the informion you provide to us. Insufficient resumes and applicion packages will result in loss of considerion. If you re yourself higher than is supported by your applicion merials, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from considerion for this job. Your experience is also evalued using an assessment questionnaire, which is available the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12982876 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 . Review our 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 To receive considerion, you must complete the occupional questionnaire and submit the documention specified below by 07/29/2026. 1.

Resume:

Your resume should not exceed 2 pages and must demonstre the specialized experience reled to the position for which you are applying. If your resume goes beyond two pages, we will only consider the first two pages for the required experience as outlined in the specialized experience. It must contain the following informion: (1) Name, address, telephone number, email address; (2) Job Title (if Federal Service, provide series and grade; if not in GS plan, provide GS equivalent grade); (3) If qualifying based on reled unpaid (e.g. volunteer service) experience, you must provide hours worked per week and beginning/ending des (mm/dd/yyyy to mm/dd/yyyy); (4) If other than full time you must provide hours worked per week.

PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Your resume must contain sufficiently detailed informion upon which to make a qualificion determinion. Should you submit multiple resumes, only the lest uploaded resume reviewed. 2.

Occupional questionnaire:

A completed job-specific occupional questionnaire should be submitted through your Applicion Manager account. 3.

Proof of Bar Membership:

Documention must show th you are a member of the Bar of a ste, territory or commonwealth of the United Stes, or the District of Columbia. If you are made an offer, you must submit a Certifice of Good Standing ded within 30 days of the offer. 4.

Transcripts:

You must submit a copy of your transcript(s), as specified under the Educion section of this announcement. Unofficial transcripts are sufficient for applicion purposes, provided they show your classes, grades, des of tendance and award of any degree. If selected, an official/sealed college transcript(s) required to verify educion prior to employment. 5. SF-50: Submit a copy of your most recent SF-50, if applicable. 6.

Cover Letter:

This is optional. 7.

Veterans' Preference:

There is no formal ring system for applying veterans' preference to torney positions, which are in the excepted service; however, the Commission considers veterans' preference eligibility a positive factor in the hiring of all positions. Applicants eligible for veterans' preference must include such informion in their cover letter, or resume, and submit supporting documents (e.g. DD Form 214, Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active duty) as part of their applicion package. Although the point preference system is not used as in the competitive service, applicants eligible to claim a 10-point preference must submit a Standard Form 15 (SF-15), and documention required for the specific type of preference claimed, as listed on the SF-15. Specific informion is available on the Office of Personnel Management website : http://www.opm.gov. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the occupional questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 07/29/2026 to receive considerion. 1. To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. 2. Click the Submit My Answers button to submit your applicion package. It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention are submitted prior to the closing de. 3. To verify th your applicion is complete, log into your USAJOBS account, https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Details page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent reled to this applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. 4. To return to an incomplete applicion, log into your USAJOBS account and click Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete. The Vacancy ID is 12982876. Agency contact informion Melanie West Melanie.

West@usitc.gov Address Office of Administrive Law Judges 500 E St SW Washington, DC 20436 US Next steps Once the online applicion package is received, you notified through USAJOBS of your qualificion stus and referral or non-referral to the hiring official for further considerion. If further evaluion (such as writing samples, case lists, or documention of demonstring experience) or interviews are required, you contacted. We will notify you by email the outcome after each of these steps has been completed. Your applicion stus upded up to four times during the following hiring phases: After applicions are received. After applicions are assessed to determine qualificions. After candides are referred to the hiring manager. If selected, candides may receive additional notificions regarding the next steps in the hiring process. Your stus will also be upded on your USAJOBS account throughout the process. 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 To receive considerion, you must complete the occupional questionnaire and submit the documention specified below by 07/29/2026. 1.

Resume:

Your resume should not exceed 2 pages and must demonstre the specialized experience reled to the position for which you are applying. If your resume goes beyond two pages, we will only consider the first two pages for the required experience as outlined in the specialized experience. It must contain the following informion: (1) Name, address, telephone number, email address; (2) Job Title (if Federal Service, provide series and grade; if not in GS plan, provide GS equivalent grade); (3) If qualifying based on reled unpaid (e.g. volunteer service) experience, you must provide hours worked per week and beginning/ending des (mm/dd/yyyy to mm/dd/yyyy); (4) If other than full time you must provide hours worked per week.

PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Your resume must contain sufficiently detailed informion upon which to make a qualificion determinion. Should you submit multiple resumes, only the lest uploaded resume reviewed. 2.

Occupional questionnaire:

A completed job-specific occupional questionnaire should be submitted through your Applicion Manager account. 3.

Proof of Bar Membership:

Documention must show th you are a member of the Bar of a ste, territory or commonwealth of the United Stes, or the District of Columbia. If you are made an offer, you must submit a Certifice of Good Standing ded within 30 days of the offer. 4.

Transcripts:

You must submit a copy of your transcript(s), as specified under the Educion section of this announcement. Unofficial transcripts are sufficient for applicion purposes, provided they show your classes, grades, des of tendance and award of any degree. If selected, an official/sealed college transcript(s) required to verify educion prior to employment. 5. SF-50: Submit a copy of your most recent SF-50, if applicable. 6.

Cover Letter:

This is optional. 7.

Veterans' Preference:

There is no formal ring system for applying veterans' preference to torney positions, which are in the excepted service; however, the Commission considers veterans' preference eligibility a positive factor in the hiring of all positions. Applicants eligible for veterans' preference must include such informion in their cover letter, or resume, and submit supporting documents (e.g. DD Form 214, Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active duty) as part of their applicion package. Although the point preference system is not used as in the competitive service, applicants eligible to claim a 10-point preference must submit a Standard Form 15 (SF-15), and documention required for the specific type of preference claimed, as listed on the SF-15. Specific informion is available on the Office of Personnel Management website : http://www.opm.gov. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the occupional questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 07/29/2026 to receive considerion. 1. To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. 2. Click the Submit My Answers button to submit your applicion package. It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention are submitted prior to the closing de. 3. To verify th your applicion is complete, log into your USAJOBS account, https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Details page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent reled to this applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. 4. To return to an incomplete applicion, log into your USAJOBS account and click Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete. The Vacancy ID is 12982876. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Melanie West Melanie.

West@usitc.gov Address Office of Administrive Law Judges 500 E St SW Washington, DC 20436 US Next steps Once the online applicion package is received, you notified through USAJOBS of your qualificion stus and referral or non-referral to the hiring official for further considerion. If further evaluion (such as writing samples, case lists, or documention of demonstring experience) or interviews are required, you contacted. We will notify you by email the outcome after each of these steps has been completed. Your applicion stus upded up to four times during the following hiring phases: After applicions are received. After applicions are assessed to determine qualificions. After candides are referred to the hiring manager. If selected, candides may receive additional notificions regarding the next steps in the hiring process. Your stus will also be upded on your USAJOBS account throughout the process. 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 this week • Apply by 07/29/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 29, 2026 Locion Few vacancies in the following locion: Washington, DC No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $176,399 - $209,600 per year Pay scale & grade AL 3 Promotion potential None 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 Yes Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Top Secret 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

EX-26-053-MW

Control number 874642500