Supervisory General Attorney (Criminal Tax) - Branch Chief

The incumbent of this position serves as a Branch Chief responsible for the supervision and management of the National Office Branch of the Office of the Division Counsel/Associate Chief Counsel (Criminal Tax) (DC/ACC) providing legal counsel to IRS, Criminal Investigation (Cl). The Branch provides all necessary legal services in connection with formulating and implementing legal positions and policies broadly impacting the criminal tax function; reviews significant or sensitive legal cases and grand jury matters centralized in the National Office and prepares legal opinions on significant criminal tax issues received by the DC/ACC; reviews and prepares a variety of criminal tax work products such as search warrants, undercover requests, responses to congressional correspondence, analysis of legislative matters and manual revisions; reviews criminal tax appellate matters and makes appropriate recommendations for appeal to the Department of Justice; reviews and analyzes forfeiture matters as well as cases involving money laundering and Title 31 violations; provides formal and informal advisory opinions and other assistance to officials of Cl with respect to criminal tax matters; coordinates with other Division Counsel on matters (such as proposed civil liability actions, Freedom of Information Act, Privacy Act, and discovery proceedings) relating to particular criminal tax cases; reviews proposed prosecution cases declined by the Department of Justice.

As a Supervisory General Attorney (Tax)-Branch Chief, you will:

• Act as a legal consultant to (CI) on some of the most difficult, important, and complex professional and legal matters arising in the administration of the Internal Revenue laws.
• Direct exhaustive and detailed research on some of the most complicated legal problems within Cl's program areas and direct the preparation of recommendations as to the position to be taken by the DC/ACC and Cl in connection with these matters.
• Prepare or substantively review proposed memoranda on various legal and administrative matters for submission to the DC/ACC, the Deputies Chief Counsel or the Chief Counsel for final approval.
• Direct the participation by the Branch in conferences with representatives of other interested offices concerning projects.
• Examine all matters assigned to the Branch and assigns to each Branch employee work appropriate to his/her grade and experience level.
• Provide coordination, control and direction of criminal tax activities to ensure that specific Chief Counsel criminal tax objectives, policies and programs are implemented effectively and efficiently.