Deputy General Counsel

Summary

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Legal Division is seeking an executive-level managing attorney to serve as the Deputy General Counsel leading the CFPB’s Office of Litigation, one of the Legal Division’s four offices. The Deputy General Counsel for the CFPB’s Office of Litigation oversees a team of supervisory and staff attorneys primarily charged with representing the CFPB in all defensive and appellate litigation involving the CFPB, including statutory and constitutional challenges to the CFPB’s rulemaking, supervisory, enforcement, and operational activities. The Deputy General Counsel also advises the CFPB Director and CFPB components on issues presenting litigation, mission-related, and reputational risks.

If you are an experienced litigator with management experience and a proven track record of winning complex cases, developing sophisticated courtroom strategies, and building cohesive, high-performing legal teams, then we invite you to apply.

Major Duties and Responsibilities Include:

1. Serving as a principal legal advisor to the CFPB Director and other senior officials, including formulating and presenting legal recommendations and conclusions to senior CFPB leadership.
2. Providing guidance to supervisory and staff attorneys handling defensive and appellate litigation involving the CFPB.
3. Recruiting and developing legal talent in defined legal areas and contributing to and sharing responsibility for setting goals and priorities for the Legal Division.
4. Planning, implementing, and managing both short and long-range objectives and strategies for building and maintaining CFPB’s legal capabilities, including business practices, management roles, and performance measures.

Managerial and Supervisory Duties Include:

1. Implementing a team vision, with goals and objectives that are communicated to staff and aligned to CFPB strategic objectives.
2. Translating program objectives into organizational structures, budgets, and staffing requirements for current and out years.
3. Ensuring work is appropriately and effectively distributed and accomplished in accordance with established and emerging policy and practice.

If you are interested in being considered for this opportunity, please email a current resume and a recent writing sample to CFPB_LD_Careers@cfpb.gov. This opportunity will remain open until the position is filled. If you are selected for this position, you will be required to provide transcripts from an accredited law school showing a law degree was conferred and proof that you are a member in good standing of a bar of any jurisdiction of the United States.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a 21st century agency that implements and enforces Federal consumer financial law and ensures that markets for consumer financial products are transparent, fair, and competitive. Our goal is to recruit, hire, and retain the highest quality workforce based on merit, and to create a workplace that supports and develops talented individuals who want to do meaningful work on behalf of the Bureau.