Paralegal Specialist

Paralegal Specialist Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service Office of Chief Counsel, Division Counsel (Stregic Litigion) 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 Open & closing des 05/19/2026 to 06/02/2026 Salary $89,508

• $145,468 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12 Locions 8 vacancies in the following locions: Birmingham, AL Phoenix, AZ Laguna Niguel, CA Los Angeles, CA Show more fewer locions (44) Sacramento, CA San Diego, CA San Francisco, CA San Jose, CA Thousand Oaks, CA Denver, CO East Hartford, CT Washington, DC Jacksonville, FL Miami, FL Plantion, FL Saint Petersburg, FL Atlanta, GA Honolulu, HI Chicago, IL Indianapolis, IN Louisville, KY New Orleans, LA Boston, MA Baltimore, MD Detroit, MI Saint Paul, MN Kansas City, MO Saint Louis, MO Greensboro, NC Newark, NJ Las Vegas, NV Buffalo, NY New York, NY Westbury, NY Cincinni, OH Cleveland, OH Oklahoma City, OK Portland, OR Philadelphia, PA Pittsburgh, PA Nashville, TN Austin, TX Farmers Branch, TX Houston, TX Salt Lake City, UT Richmond, VA Setle, WA Milwaukee, WI Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy.

Travel Required Occasional travel

• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 12 Job family (Series) 0950 Paralegal Specialist Supervisory stus No Security clearance Other Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Trust determinion process Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number

CCCR-26-12952000-MP

Control number 869753500 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Clarificion from the agency See "Who May Apply" in the "Qualificions" section for more informion on who is eligible to apply for this position. Duties Help The Stregic Litigion (SL) Division Counsel is a nional organizion with approximely 90 torneys and 30 paralegals loced in 33 cities nionwide. The SL Division, through its Special Trial Attorneys and paralegals, is responsible for handling the Office of Chief Counsel's most complex, high-profile, and significant cases in the United Stes Tax Court, which cases often establish nional precedent or are otherwise important to tax administrion. The SL torneys and paralegals provide a full range of legal services on all issues, including advising the Internal Revenue Service on its most significant non-docketed cases, handling significant case litigion in the United Stes Tax Court, and assisting the Department of Justice in the handling of significant cases in both Federal and Ste Courts. As a Paralegal Specialist, you will: Review, evalue and analyze files; assist in reviewing discovery responses and trial records. Assist in the preparion of legal memoranda, trial memoranda, and briefs. Assist in managing trial teams, including monitoring deadlines and work assignments. Inventory all files and identify documents for future reference; assist in paper and electronic document storage and control. Assist trial teams with the use of electronic litigion support program files and dabases; perform searches and queries on dabases. Assist in identifying, locing, and hiring expert witnesses. Serve as main point of contact for assigned cases being litiged before the Tax Court. This is not an all-inclusive list. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Refer to "Other Informion" Click "Print Preview" to review the entire announcement before applying. Must be a U.S.

Citizen or Nional Qualificions Who May Apply:

Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority cegories below are eligible to apply for this job. You asked to identify which cegory or cegories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the cegory or cegories you selected. See "Required Documents" for a list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Career Transition Assistance Program Current Chief Counsel Employee In order to qualify, you must meet the educion and/or experience requirements described below. 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 Paralegal Specialist you must meet the qualificion requirements listed below by the closing of this announcement: For GS-12:

Specialized Experience:

Your resume must detail least one year of specialized experience which includes: Experience with large case litigion support, including independently performing legal research, factual development, discovery; retrieving, extracting, bching, analyzing, and organizing electronically stored informion (ESI) in a document management program (e.g., Relivity), assisting in virtual/e-courtroom trials, and managing and tracking documents in both paper and electronic form; drafting expert procurement packages; and drafting and finalizing complex legal documents (e.g., motions, responses, stus reports, stipulions of fact, discovery requests, post-trial briefs). Experience in electronic legal document management programs in litigion before the U.S. Tax Court is preferred. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your educion for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualificion requirement using experience alone

• no substitution of educion for experience is permitted.

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

• 12 : 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-11).

Educion This job does not have an educion qualificion requirement. 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 anon bargainingunit position. We offer opportunities for flexible work schedules. The salary range indiced in this announcement covers multiple locality areas. Your salary adjusted based on the post of duty for which you are selected. This vacancy may be filled in any Office of Chief Counsel office nionwide. Selectee(s) will remain in current post of duty.

Conditions of Employment Continued:

Subject to a 1-year probionary period (unless already completed). 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. Have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer. Go through a Personal Identity Verificion (PIV) process th requires two forms of identificion from the Form I-9 . Federal law requires verificion of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S. Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-reled travel. 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. For more informion about individual rights, Noncriminal Justice Applicant's Privacy Rights

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pdf (dni.gov) . Reasonable Accommodion (RA)

Requests:

If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended th would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online applicion. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and approprie supporting documention for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualificions of the position, after notificion of the adjudicion of your request, you will receive an email invition to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, based on your adjudicion decision. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodion for Online Assessments . 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. You evalued based on how well you meet the qualificions listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualificions evalued based on your applicion merials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), your responses on the applicion questionnaire, and your responses to all assessments required for this position. You assessed on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics): Attention to Detail Computer Skills Customer Service Decision Making Flexibility Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Learning Legal, Government and Jurisprudence Oral and Written Communicion Planning and Evaluing Reading Comprehension Reasoning Research Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the applicion and applicion questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job. The USA Hire Assessments includes a cut score based on the minimum level of required proficiency in these critical general competencies. You must meet or exceed the cut score to be You will not be considered for the position if you score below the cut score or fail to complete the assessment. Oversting your qualificions and/or experience in your applicion merials or applicion questionnaire may result in your removal from considerion. Cheing on an assessment may also result in your removal from considerion. To preview the applicion questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12952000

Referral:

If you are among the top qualified candides, your applicion may be referred to a selecting official for considerion. 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. If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee (eligible for the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) ), you must receive a score of 80 or better to be red as "well qualified" to receive special selection priority. 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 1. A resume, 2. Vacancy question responses, and 3. Submission of any required documents . 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). All applicants are required to submit a resume either by creing one in USAJOBS or uploading one of their own choosing. (Cover letters are optional.) Please limit your resume to two-pages. Applicants with resumes exceeding two-pages removed from considerion. To receive full credit for relevant experience, please list the month/year and number of hours worked for experience listed on your resume. We suggest th you preview the online questions, as you may need to customize your resume to ensure th it supports your responses to these questions. Please view Resume Tips . Current and Former Federal Employees

• Documention Reling to Your Federal Employment
• Submit a copy of your SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action, which shows your current (or most recent) grade and competitive service stus. (The "position occupied" block on the SF-50 should show a "1" and your "tenure" block should show a "1" or "2".
• Indice on your applicion the highest permanent grade you have held; if this grade is different from your current grade, submit a copy of an additional SF-50 showing this grade
• Submit 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. Current Chief Counsel Employees on an Excepted Service Veteran's Recruitment Appointment (VRA) or Schedule A (Employee with Disability) Appointment
• If you are eligible in this cegory, you are required to submit an SF-50 showing current Chief Counsel Excepted Service VRA or Schedule A (Employee with Disability) Appointment (block 24 must be a "1" or "2" AND block 34 must be a"2.

"). Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) or Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) Documention If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee, click

CTAP/ICTAP

for eligibility and a detailed list of required documents. If you are requesting a reasonable accommodion to the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, submit documention to support your request, including the Reasonable Accommodion Request Form found here. ( https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=Reasonable_Accommodions_for_USA_Hire ) How to Apply Help Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply and be considered for this position, you must complete all required questionnaires, assessments and submit all required documention as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing de (06/02/2026) of the announcement to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: Click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all necessary supporting documention. Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing de. If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you notified after submitting your applicion. The notificion provided in your applicion submission screen and via email. The notificion will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this applicion" to return to your assessment completion notice. Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside about two (2) hours to take the USA Hire Assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue ler, you can re-use your unique assessment link. Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments reused for one year (in most cases) from the de you complete an assessment. If future applicions you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses automically reused. Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for practice assessments and assessment preparion resources https://support-usahire.opm.gov/hc/en-us . To upde your applicion, including supporting documention: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your applicion record, and click Edit my applicion . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement stus or your applicion stus: Visit https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/howto/applicion/stus/ . Your applicion stus page is where you can view your applicion stus, USA Hire assessment completion stus, and review your notificions sent by the hiring agency regarding your applicion. Agency contact informion Christopher Rhude Phone 469-801-1513 Fax 855-562-3827 christopher.n.rhude@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 1. A resume, 2. Vacancy question responses, and 3. Submission of any required documents . 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). All applicants are required to submit a resume either by creing one in USAJOBS or uploading one of their own choosing. (Cover letters are optional.) Please limit your resume to two-pages. Applicants with resumes exceeding two-pages removed from considerion. To receive full credit for relevant experience, please list the month/year and number of hours worked for experience listed on your resume. We suggest th you preview the online questions, as you may need to customize your resume to ensure th it supports your responses to these questions. Please view Resume Tips . Current and Former Federal Employees

• Documention Reling to Your Federal Employment
• Submit a copy of your SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action, which shows your current (or most recent) grade and competitive service stus. (The "position occupied" block on the SF-50 should show a "1" and your "tenure" block should show a "1" or "2".
• Indice on your applicion the highest permanent grade you have held; if this grade is different from your current grade, submit a copy of an additional SF-50 showing this grade
• Submit 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. Current Chief Counsel Employees on an Excepted Service Veteran's Recruitment Appointment (VRA) or Schedule A (Employee with Disability) Appointment
• If you are eligible in this cegory, you are required to submit an SF-50 showing current Chief Counsel Excepted Service VRA or Schedule A (Employee with Disability) Appointment (block 24 must be a "1" or "2" AND block 34 must be a"2.

"). Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) or Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) Documention If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee, click

CTAP/ICTAP

for eligibility and a detailed list of required documents. If you are requesting a reasonable accommodion to the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, submit documention to support your request, including the Reasonable Accommodion Request Form found here. ( https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=Reasonable_Accommodions_for_USA_Hire ) How to Apply Help Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply and be considered for this position, you must complete all required questionnaires, assessments and submit all required documention as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing de (06/02/2026) of the announcement to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: Click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all necessary supporting documention. Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing de. If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you notified after submitting your applicion. The notificion provided in your applicion submission screen and via email. The notificion will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this applicion" to return to your assessment completion notice. Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside about two (2) hours to take the USA Hire Assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue ler, you can re-use your unique assessment link. Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments reused for one year (in most cases) from the de you complete an assessment. If future applicions you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses automically reused. Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for practice assessments and assessment preparion resources https://support-usahire.opm.gov/hc/en-us . To upde your applicion, including supporting documention: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your applicion record, and click Edit my applicion . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement stus or your applicion stus: Visit https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/howto/applicion/stus/ . Your applicion stus page is where you can view your applicion stus, USA Hire assessment completion stus, and review your notificions sent by the hiring agency regarding your applicion. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Christopher Rhude Phone 469-801-1513 Fax 855-562-3827 christopher.n.rhude@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 Additional locions Sacramento, CA San Diego, CA San Francisco, CA San Jose, CA Thousand Oaks, CA Denver, CO East Hartford, CT Washington, DC Jacksonville, FL Miami, FL Plantion, FL Saint Petersburg, FL Atlanta, GA Honolulu, HI Chicago, IL Indianapolis, IN Louisville, KY New Orleans, LA Boston, MA Baltimore, MD Detroit, MI Saint Paul, MN Kansas City, MO Saint Louis, MO Greensboro, NC Newark, NJ Las Vegas, NV Buffalo, NY New York, NY Westbury, NY Cincinni, OH Cleveland, OH Oklahoma City, OK Portland, OR Philadelphia, PA Pittsburgh, PA Nashville, TN Austin, TX Farmers Branch, TX Houston, TX Salt Lake City, UT Richmond, VA Setle, WA Milwaukee, WI Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/19/2026 to 06/02/2026 Salary $89,508

• $145,468 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12 Locions 8 vacancies in the following locions: Birmingham, AL Phoenix, AZ Laguna Niguel, CA Los Angeles, CA Show more fewer locions (44) Sacramento, CA San Diego, CA San Francisco, CA San Jose, CA Thousand Oaks, CA Denver, CO East Hartford, CT Washington, DC Jacksonville, FL Miami, FL Plantion, FL Saint Petersburg, FL Atlanta, GA Honolulu, HI Chicago, IL Indianapolis, IN Louisville, KY New Orleans, LA Boston, MA Baltimore, MD Detroit, MI Saint Paul, MN Kansas City, MO Saint Louis, MO Greensboro, NC Newark, NJ Las Vegas, NV Buffalo, NY New York, NY Westbury, NY Cincinni, OH Cleveland, OH Oklahoma City, OK Portland, OR Philadelphia, PA Pittsburgh, PA Nashville, TN Austin, TX Farmers Branch, TX Houston, TX Salt Lake City, UT Richmond, VA Setle, WA Milwaukee, WI Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy.

Travel Required Occasional travel

• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 12 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

CCCR-26-12952000-MP

Control number 869753500