Paralegal Specialist

IRS Chief Counsel is the largest tax law firm nationwide. Our attorneys are among the 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.

Who May Apply

Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories 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 education and/or experience requirements described below. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Qualifications for Paralegal Specialist (GS-12)

Specialized Experience: Your resume must detail at least one year of specialized experience which includes: experience with large case litigation support, including independently performing legal research, factual development, discovery; retrieving, extracting, batching, analyzing, and organizing electronically stored information (ESI) in a document management program (e.g., Relativity), assisting in virtual/e-courtroom trials, and managing and tracking documents in both paper and electronic format; drafting expert procurement packages; and drafting and finalizing complex legal documents (e.g., motions, responses, status reports, stipulations of fact, discovery requests, post-trial briefs). Experience in electronic legal document management programs in litigation before the U.S. Tax Court is preferred.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone—no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

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.

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 at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11).