ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK NEW YORK, NEW YORK

ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
NEW YORK, NEW YORK

About the Office: The United States Attorney's Office (USAO), Southern District of New York (SDNY), is seeking experienced attorneys for Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) positions in one of the largest USAOs in the Nation. The SDNY has jurisdiction over New York (Manhattan), Bronx, Duchess, Westchester, Rockland, Sullivan, Orange, and Putnam counties and prosecutes in its Criminal Division a wide range of federal cases involving organized crime, terrorism, complex securities and fraud cases, international narcotics, health care fraud and public corruption. In addition, the work of the Civil Division mirrors the varied activities of the Federal Government and offers perhaps the most challenging and diverse caseload of any law office, public or private, in the country. Civil Division AUSAs handle virtually every conceivable variety of affirmative and defensive civil cases filed in the Southern District of New York, at both the trial and appellate level involving matters such as health care, commercial, civil rights, environmental, false claims, RICO, postal fraud, tax, challenges to administrative or regulatory actions, novel constitutional claims, immigration matters, all varieties of tort and discriminatory claims against the sovereign, the Internet, telecommunications energy policies, First Amendment issues, and defense contractor issues. The AUSAs are assigned to a Unit within either the Criminal or Civil divisions with the main office in the heart of NYC and a smaller office located in White Plains NY.

Responsibilities and Opportunity Offered: Assistant United States Attorneys have the opportunity to represent the interests of the United States of America in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and the United States Court of Appeals fro the Second Circuit and, in performing this important public service, to exercise responsibility that is unparalleled in any other job that a litigator might undertake. AUSAS immediately undertake numerous cases, many high profile, in any of several units within each division.

Qualifications: Applicants must possess a J.D. degree, be an active member of the bar (any jurisdiction); possess superior oral and written communication skills, as well as strong character and interpersonal skills; have demonstrated the capacity to function, with minimal guidance, in a highly demanding environment. Additionally, it is desired that the successful candidate have at least one to two years of post J.D. experience.

Travel: Some travel both nation-wide and international may be necessary.

Salary Information: Assistant United States Attorneys' pay is administratively determined based, in part, on the number of years of professional attorney experience. The range of basic pay is $66,982 - $129,590 plus locality pay.

Location: Positions filled may be located either in New York City or White Plains, NY. Location and placement will be determined at the time of selection.

Relocation Expenses: Relocation expenses will not be authorized.

Application Process and Deadline Date: To be considered for an Assistant United States Attorney position please complete the following application package located at: http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/nys/Forms/ChecklistApp.pdf. The application and other requested materials (identified on the application check list) must be submitted to the Executive Assistant United States Attorney, One St. Andrews Plaza, Room 834, New York, New York, 10007. The application may be completed online or legibly hand written. Additionally, applicants should review the important ethics booklet http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/nys/Forms/Ethics.pdf and Office brochure http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/nys/Forms/SDNY%20Brochure.pdf Position(s) is (are) open until filled.
Internet Sites: This and other attorney vacancy announcements can be found at: http://www.usdoj.gov/oarm/attvacancies.html

Department Policies: The U.S. Department of Justice is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer. Except where otherwise provided by law, there will be no discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, color, race, religion, national origin, politics, marital status, disability, age, status as a parent, membership or nonmembership in an employee organization, or personal favoritism. The Department of Justice welcomes and encourages applications from persons with physical and mental disabilities. The Department is firmly committed to satisfying its affirmative obligations under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to ensure that persons with disabilities have every opportunity to be hired and advanced on the basis of merit within the Department of Justice. This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.

It is the policy of the Department to achieve a drug-free workplace and persons selected for employment will be required to pass a drug test which screens for illegal drug use prior to final appointment. Employment is also contingent upon the completion and satisfactory adjudication of a background investigation. Only U.S. citizens are eligible for employment with the Executive Office for Immigration Review and the United States Attorneys’ Offices. Unless otherwise indicated in a particular job advertisement, non-U.S. citizens may apply for employment with other organizations, but should be advised that appointments of non-U.S. citizens are extremely rare; such appointments would be possible only if necessary to accomplish the Department's mission and would be subject to strict security requirements. Applicants who hold dual citizenship in the U.S. and another country will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

There is no formal rating system for applying veterans’ preference to attorney appointments in the excepted service; however, the Department of Justice considers veterans’ preference eligibility as a positive factor in attorney hiring. Applicants eligible for veterans’ preference are encouraged to include that information in their cover letter or resume and attach supporting documentation (e.g., the DD 214 or other substantiating documents) to their submissions.