Administrative Law Judge

Summary

The U.S. International Trade Commission is an independent Federal agency that provides the President and Congress with high-quality analysis and technical support on international trade, tariff and competitiveness issues; investigates and makes determinations in proceedings involving imports claimed to injure a domestic industry or violate U.S. intellectual property rights; and maintains the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule.

Duties

• The Commission seeks an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) to prepare for and preside at hearings and formal proceedings within the jurisdiction of the U.S.
• International Trade Commission.
• The Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) presides over and conducts hearings and formal proceedings within the jurisdiction of the U.S.
• International Trade Commission.
• These proceedings involve, but may not be confined to, Section 337 of the.
• Act of 1930, which concerns issues related to intellectual property rights (including patents, trademarks, trade secrets and unfair trade practices), as well as economic and business issues.
• Approximately 90 percent of the proceedings involve patent rights.
• Technologies relating to computer and telecommunications devices, chemical compositions and processes, medical and industrial equipment, and consumer products are often at issue in these proceedings.
• The ALJ administers oaths and affirmations, rules upon motions, controls discovery, regulates the course of evidentiary hearings and receives relevant evidence, holds conferences regarding settlement and other issues, and disposes of procedural requests or similar matters.
• The ALJ issues, inter alia, initial determinations and factual findings, as well as recommended determinations regarding remedy, which may be reviewed by the Commission.

Education

Submit a copy of your transcript(s) with credit hours, major(s) and grade-point average or class ranking, and date degree conferred. Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. Click on the link for a list of accredited organizations recognized as specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials: https://naces.org/members/

Required Documents

• To receive consideration, you must complete the occupational questionnaire and submit the documentation specified below by 07/29/2026. 1.
• Resume: Your resume should not exceed 2 pages and must demonstrate the specialized experience related 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 information:
• 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 related unpaid (e.g. volunteer service) experience, you must provide hours worked per week and beginning/ending dates (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 information upon which to make a qualification determination.
• Should you submit multiple resumes, only the latest uploaded resume will be reviewed. 2.
• Occupational questionnaire: A completed job-specific occupational questionnaire should be submitted through your Application.
• Manager account. 3. Proof of Bar.
• Membership: Documentation must show that you are a member of the.
• Bar of a state, territory or commonwealth of the United.
• States, or the District of.
• Columbia. If you are made an offer, you must submit a Certificate of Good.
• Standing dated within 30 days of the offer. 4. Transcripts: You must submit a copy of your transcript(s), as specified under the.
• Education section of this announcement. Unofficial transcripts are sufficient for application purposes, provided they show your classes, grades, dates of attendance and award of any degree. If selected, an official/sealed college transcript(s) will be required to verify education 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 rating system for applying veterans' preference to attorney 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 information in their cover letter, or resume, and submit supporting documents (e.g. DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from.
• Active duty) as part of their application 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 documentation required for the specific type of preference claimed, as listed on the.
• SF-15. Specific information is available on the Office of Personnel.
• Management website at: http://www.opm.gov.