Staff Attorney
MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS
- Draft and negotiate complex multi-party contracts, licenses and agreements related to basic and applied research, clinical trials, artificial intelligence, innovations and technology transfers including:
+ Clinical Trial Agreements
+ Collaborative Research and Development Agreements
+ Material Transfer Agreements
+ Non-Disclosure Agreements
+ Donation Agreements
+ Invention Management Agreements
+ Memorandums of Understanding
- Possess an understanding of legal provisions including:
+ Human subject protections
+ Use of animals in research
+ Data rights and ownership
+ Sponsor and government liability
+ Intellectual property
+ Federal ethics Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
+ Informed consent
LEGAL ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE
- Provided legal support to VA’s research programs including the Office of Research and Development and its various committees such as the Institutional Review Boards
- Provides advice on legal matters related to:
+ Human subject protection
+ Treatment of subject injury
+ Adverse events
+ Research misconduct
+ Research oversight
+ Application of research statutes, regulations and pending legislation
- Advise and opine on evolving legal matters affecting VA’s Office of Research and Development, National Artificial Intelligence Institute and Office of Healthcare, Innovation and Learning
- Provides legal support to Nonprofit Research Corporations created by statute to assist VA with its research and education mission
CROSS-DISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION
- Responsible for identifying cross-cutting issues and working with internal and external stakeholders to find resolution
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Must be a U.S. Citizen
- Possess a J.D. or an L.L.B. degree from an accredited law school
- Be admitted to practice before the highest court of a state or the District of Columbia
- Experience in providing legal advice and counsel at Federal or state agencies, or in private practice