[blindlaw] FW: Opening: DOJ Experienced Attorney - U.S. Attorney's Office - Idaho

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From: Parker, Richard L. (JMD) [mailto:Richard.L.Parker2 at usdoj.gov]
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 11:27 AM
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Subject: Opening: DOJ Experienced Attorney - U.S. Attorney's Office - Idaho

As Special Counsel on Diversity Recruitment and Outreach for the United States Department of Justice, I would like to share with you and ask you to disseminate the following vacancy announcement for an experienced attorney as an Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) in the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Idaho.
Justice seeks to attract, retain, and promote individuals of exceptional ability and talent from all walks of life. The work environment and atmosphere is open, diverse, collegial, and inclusive. There are active affinity groups for African-American; Asian-American; Hispanic; lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT); and Native American employees, which are open to all DOJ employees regardless of background. Justice fosters a work environment where people of all backgrounds and experiences may reach their full potential.
Thank you for your help.
ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
District of Idaho
Vacancy Announcement Number 12-ID-AUSA-02
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About the Office: With a state population of 1.5 million, 33.7 million acres of federally-owned land, and more miles of river than any other state, the District of Idaho presents outstanding opportunities for recreation and cultural experience. It also has very interesting federal litigation. One district covers the entire state. The U.S. Attorney's Office is large enough to enjoy a wide variety of case assignments, but small enough to be friendly. Six civil attorneys, eighteen criminal attorneys, and twenty-six support staff are spread among three offices: the main office, in Boise, and the two branch offices in Coeur d'Alene and Pocatello. This vacancy is located in the main office in Boise, Idaho. Boise is located in the Treasure Valley, in which 40% of Idaho's population resides. Winters are relatively mild, though plenty of snow falls in the nearby mountains. Median home prices are low, schools are excellent, and outstanding opportunities for recreation exist. AUSAs regularly run on the greenbelt, swim, and mountain bike over their lunch hours.
Responsibilities and Opportunity Offered: The District has an opening for an Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) in the Civil Division. This attorney will handle a wide variety of civil cases including defensive environmental cases (NEPA, NFMA, etc.), defensive torts (from slip and fall cases to medical malpractice), Bivens claims, bankruptcy matters, any appeals that arise, and the occasional Central Violations Bureau (CVB) calendar. This attorney may handle affirmative civil cases as well.
Qualifications: Required qualifications: Applicants must possess a J.D. degree, be an active member of the bar (any jurisdiction), and have at least three years post-J.D. experience.
Preferred qualifications: Ideally, an applicant will have three to six years of experience as a civil litigator. The applicant should be flexible and willing to learn new areas of the law, strategic when it comes to engaging in defensive litigation, forthright and diplomatic in dealing with client agencies and the court, and committed to representing the United States. Applicants must demonstrate superior written and oral communication skills. They must be able to define and articulate critical issues in a wide variety of cases and areas of law. They must be able to manage a caseload composed of very different kinds of cases with correspondingly different demands and deadlines.
Applicants must be self-starters and good managers of their time. They must be willing and able to do their own legal research and writing and be substantially self-sufficient in managing cases and deadlines, preparing day-to-day correspondence and filings, and using computer programs and systems (CM/ECF, word processing, Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis, USA5, E2Travel, etc.). Finally, applicants must have a demonstrated ability to work well with others, from support to supervisors.
The ideal candidate will have some subject matter expertise in one or more of the areas identified (NEPA, NFMA, defensive torts, Bivens claims, or bankruptcy matters) and be willing to learn – and to continue learning throughout their career – new areas of law.
Who May Apply: Current Attorneys in the United States Attorneys' Office (USAOs), to include current Attorney General's Honors Program hires and the Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA)
Travel: Occasional travel may be required, both within and outside the District of Idaho.
Salary Information: Assistant United States Attorneys' pay is administratively determined based, in part, on the number years of professional attorney experience. The range of basic pay is $44,581 to $131,534 plus locality pay where authorized (locality pay in Boise, Idaho is currently 14.16%).
Location: Boise, Idaho.
Relocation Expenses: Relocation expenses are not authorized.
Application Process Interested persons should send an original, signed cover letter; and Deadline Date: detailed resume; writing sample edited solely by applicant (at least 7 pages in length, containing substantive legal analysis); and current performance evaluation/rating no later than April 19, 2012.
Becky Early
Supervisory Legal Assistant
United States Attorney's Office
800 Park Blvd, Suite 600
Boise, ID 83712
No telephone calls please. Fax and e-mail applications will not be accepted.
Internet Sites: District of Idaho's website: http://www.justice.gov/usao/id/jobs.html#ausa<http://www.justice.gov/usao/id/jobs.html>
This and other attorney vacancy announcements can be found at: http://www.usdoj.gov/oarm/attvacancies.html
Department Policies: Assistant United States Attorneys generally must reside in the district to which they are appointed. See 28 U.S.C. § 545 for district-specific information.
All initial attorney appointments to the Department of Justice are made on a time-limited (temporary) basis. Temporary appointments may, or may not, be extended or made permanent without further competition.
The U.S. Department of Justice is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer. Except where otherwise provided by law, there will be no discrimination because of color, race, religion, national origin, political affiliation, marital status, disability (physical or mental), age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, status as a parent, membership or non-membership in an employee organization, on the basis of personal favoritism, or any non merit factor. 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 must include that information in their cover letter or resume and attach supporting documentation (e.g., the DD 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty and other supporting documentation) to their submissions. Although the "point" system is not used, per se, applicants eligible to claim 10-point preference must submit Standard Form (SF) 15, Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference, and submit the supporting documentation required for the specific type of preference claimed (visit the OPM website, www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/SF15.pdf<http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/SF15.pdf> for a copy of SF 15, which lists the types of 10-point preferences and the required supporting document(s). Applicants should note that SF 15 requires supporting documentation associated with service-connected disabilities or receipt of nonservice-connected disability pensions to be dated 1991 or later except in the case of service members submitting official statements or retirement orders from a branch of the Armed Forces showing that his or her retirement was due to a permanent service-connected disability or that he/she was transferred to the permanent disability retired list (the statement or retirement orders must indicate that the disability is 10% or more).
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The Department of Justice cannot control further dissemination and/or posting of information contained in this vacancy announcement. Such posting and/or dissemination is not an endorsement by the Department of the organization or group disseminating and/or posting the information.

Warm regards,
Richard Parker

Richard L. Parker
Special Counsel on
Diversity Recruitment and Outreach
United States Department of Justice
450 Fifth Street, NW, Suite 10200
Washington, DC  20530
Phone:  (202) 514-8912
Fax: (202) 514-0713
Email:  Richard.L.Parker2 at usdoj.gov<mailto:Richard.L.Parker2 at usdoj.gov>



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