Jose Figueroa

Experience

1. Attorney - Procurement Law

   National Nuclear Security Administration Nnsa

   Sep 2022 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Provides all clients with authoritative legal support on highly complex procurement and acquisitionactivities to ensure that these activities are legally authorized. Provides the Senior Procurement Executive and the Director of Acquisition and Procurement with advice on highly complex policy concerning NNSA acquisition and financial assistance issues. Coordinates response to assigned legal actions involving procurement and financial assistance matters with relevant offices such as NNSA Field Counsel, Department of Energy (DOE) Office of the General Counsel (GC), Contracting Officers, and other NNSA and DOE officials. Major areas of expertise: prime contracts for the management and operations (M&O) of government owned plants, laboratories, and sites; prime contracts for the purchase of goods and services, including support services, utility services, information technology equipment and services, architect-engineering services; construction; cooperative agreements; financial assistance agreements and grants-in-aid for research, development, and demonstration of various energy applications and technologies; acquisition, management, and disposal of Government-owned real and personal property; contractor human resources; NNSA agreements with other agencies, other levels of government, private entities and foreign governments; and legislation and congressional relations. Ensures all appropriate legal actions required to protect the interests of NNSA in litigation and administrative proceedings arising out of areas of assigned responsibility and reviews the legal basis of contract claims by or against NNSA.

Education

• Penn State Law

  J.D.

  2013 — 2016

• Kennesaw State University

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Communication and Media Studies

  2008 — 2012