Supervisory General Attorney - Deputy Area Counsel (Criminal Tax)

Supervisory General Attorney - Deputy Area Counsel (Criminal Tax)

Department: Department of the Treasury

Location(s): Birmingham, Alabama, Lake Forest, California, Los Angeles, California, San Diego, California, San Francisco, California, San Jose, California, East Hartland, Connecticut, Washington, District of Columbia, Miami, Florida, Saint Petersburg, Florida, Atlanta, Georgia, Chicago, Illinois, Indianapolis, Indiana, New Orleans, Louisiana, Boston, Massachusetts, Baltimore, Maryland, Detroit, Michigan, Saint Paul, Minnesota, Kansas City, Missouri, Saint Louis, Missouri, Greensboro, North Carolina, Newark, New Jersey, Buffalo, New York, New York, New York, Westbury, New York, Cincinnati, Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio, Portland, Oregon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Nashville, Tennessee, Richmond, Virginia, Seattle, Washington

Salary Range: $147945 - $197200 Per Year

Job Summary: With nearly 1,700 attorneys, IRS Chief Counsel is the largest tax law firm nationwide. Our attorneys 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 graduates and experienced attorneys to join us. Click to learn more: IRS Office of Chief Counsel Careers Site Meet Our People Learn about our Legal Divisions

Major Duties:

• As a Supervisory General Attorney - Deputy Area Counsel (Criminal Tax), you will: Work with the Area Counsel (Criminal Tax (CT)) to coordinate with Criminal Investigations (CI) Director, Field Operations, and Special Agents in Charge to ensure proper levels of legal advice and support. Identify and alert Criminal Tax senior management of emerging issues, problems and areas of non-compliance. Establish and monitor performance measures and program goals for providing legal services within the Criminal Tax organization; manage field operations and staff, including Senior Counsels and Criminal Tax attorneys within the assigned area and resolve problems in the operation of field offices, elevate appropriate issues as necessary to assure Internal Revenue Service (IRS) -wide consistency of resolution; and implement the Criminal Tax business unit strategy and goals that enhance compliance with the tax laws. Assist the Area Counsel (Criminal Tax) in managing the legal operations of the Area offices. This includes ensuring attorneys provide legal advice to Cl throughout the entirety of an investigation and properly reviewing special agent's reports recommending prosecution; ensuring that all legal services are provided in a timely and responsive manner, which might entail personally providing formal written legal advice; ensuring appropriate legal support is provided by Senior Counsels and CT attorneys to the Department of Justice during investigations and prosecution of criminal violations of the tax, tax-related and money laundering laws; and making recommendations to the Division Counsel/Associate Chief Counsel (Criminal Tax) concerning defending or appealing lower court decisions in criminal cases. Assist the Area Counsel (Criminal Tax) in working with the Cl Director, Field Operations and Special Agents in Charge to ensure national consistency, yet retain local expertise, in maintaining close coordination with such offices, or as appropriate, with the United States Attorneys, officials of the Department of Justice and other law enforcement agencies, to provide day-to-day legal advice and timely, quality support through field advice, training, and other initiatives. Assist the Area Counsel (Criminal Tax) to implement and to evaluate operational policies and procedures designed to improve the delivery of legal services. Coordinate with other functions of the Office of Chief Counsel and the Internal Revenue Service on civil tax matters that might affect or be affected by matters under criminal investigation. Participate in continuing professional education programs and other training for both Cl and Counsel. Assist the Division Counsel/ Associate Chief Counsel (Criminal Tax) as a member of CT Division-wide working groups, task forces, or ad hoc projects. This is not an all-inclusive list.

Qualifications: In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements detailed below by the closing date of this announcement. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. To qualify for this position of Supervisory General Attorney - Deputy Area Counsel (Criminal Tax), you must meet the qualification requirements listed below by the closing of this announcement: Basic Requirements for Supervisory General Attorney - Deputy Area Counsel (Criminal Tax): Possess at least the first professional law degree (LL.B. or J.D.) from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association; AND Applicants must be an active member in good standing of the bar of a State, 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 defined as prosecuting or defending a criminal tax, financial crimes, civil forfeiture, or money laundering/Bank Secrecy Act violation case before a federal or state jury; OR Engaging in motion practice related to the Federal Rules of Evidence or the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure; OR Drafting and providing legal advice related to search warrant applications, undercover operations, or criminal tax provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. At least one year of this experience must be equivalent to the work performed at 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. Education Substitution: An LL.M. degree in the field of the position (tax, GLS-related, or P&A- FOIA/Disclosure related 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 National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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 prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week, on your resume.

How to Apply: The following instructions outline our application process. You must complete this application process and submit any required documents by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on 05/19/2026 and/or cut-off dates in this announcement. We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8:30 to 5:00 ET, Monday - Friday). To preview the Application Questionnaire, please click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12949594 If you require a reasonable accommodation for a disability or medical condition during any part of the application and hiring process, please contact Kimberly Johnson, Reasonable Accommodation Coordinator, HR Labor & Employee Relations Division, by phone at 503-265-3841 or by email at Kimberly.F.Johnson@irscounsel.treas.gov. The IRS - Office of Chief Counsel provides reasonable accommodations 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 date to request accommodation. If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 7-1-1 to access telecommunications relay services. To begin, click Apply to access the online application. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to create one before beginning the application. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your application package. Please limit your resume to two-pages. Applicants with resumes exceeding two-pages will be removed from consideration. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your application before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your application package, complete the Include Personal Information section as you deem appropriate and click to continue with the application process. You will be taken to the online application which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online application, verify the required documentation is included with your application package, and submit the application. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your application will be incomplete. It is your responsibility to verify that your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) is complete, accurate, and submitted by the closing date. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Additional information on how to complete the online application process and submit your online application may be found on the USA Staffing Applicant Resource Center.

Application Deadline: 2026-05-19