[blindlaw] US Attorney Posting Eastern California

[Ross Doerr]

Hi Kathy:
I've pasted the entire job announcement below, hope this helps
Ross.
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UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Assistant United States Attorney 
Civil Division, Affirmative Litigation Unit
Sacramento, California
April 23, 2012
12-EDCA-21A


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About the Office: The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern
District of California is based in Sacramento. The District includes the
Central Valley and Sierra Nevada Mountains and encompasses most of the land
mass of California -- from the Coastal Mountain Range to the Nevada border,
and from Bakersfield in the south to the Oregon border. The Sacramento
office serves the northern counties of the district: Alpine, Amador, Butte,
Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas,
Sacramento, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sutter, Trinity,
Tehama, Yolo, and Yuba.

Responsibilities and Opportunity Offered: This position is located in the
Civil Division, Affirmative Litigation Unit, of the Sacramento Office. The
Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) will handle civil and criminal
forfeiture matters.

Who May Apply: Any U.S. Citizen

Qualifications:Applicants must possess a J.D. degree from an accredited law
school, be duly licensed and authorized to practice as an attorney under the
laws of a State, territory, or the District of Columbia, and have at least
one year of post-J.D. experience. Applicants must be active members in good
standing of the bar (any jurisdiction). Ideal qualifications include at
least 3-5 years of experience litigating civil cases in federal courts, with
substantial responsibility for all aspects of discovery, trial, and appeals.


Applicants must have a demonstrated capacity to function with minimal
supervision in a highly demanding environment, exceptional brief writing and
oral advocacy skills, excellent analytical ability, and good judgment. In
addition, applicants must exhibit the ability to work in a supportive and
professional manner with other attorneys, paralegals, support staff and
client agencies.

Applicants will be expected to do their own legal research and writing and
will be substantially self-sufficient in preparing day-to-day correspondence
and pleadings. Applicants must be computer literate and adept at learning
new programs.

Travel: The position is based in Sacramento. Travel will occasionally be
required.

Salary Information: Assistant United States Attorneys' pay is
administratively determined, based in part on the number of years of
professional attorney experience. The current recruiting range of pay is
$54,478 to $144,189 including locality pay.

Location: Sacramento, California

Sacramento, the state capital, is located in the heart of California. The
city has been on the move since it became the capital in 1854 and is now one
of the fastest growing regions in the United States. Sacramento is home to
professional ballet, opera, and theatre companies, including the Sacramento
Music Circus, providing a wide range of cultural activities and events.
Professional sports are represented by the Sacramento Kings of the NBA, the
Sacramento Mountain Lions of the United Football League, and the Sacramento
River Cats, a Triple-A baseball team. Bound by two rivers, water recreation
tops the list for outdoor activities such as salmon fishing, river rafting,
and boating. Nearby Folsom Lake and Lake Natoma offer sailing and
windsurfing. Sacramento is located 90 miles northeast of San Francisco and
approximately 90 miles west of Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada mountain
range, providing numerous recreational opportunities for skiing and boating
enthusiasts.

Relocation Expenses: Relocation expenses are not authorized.

Application Process and Deadline Date: Interested applicants should send a
resume, cover letter, and writing sample to the United States Attorney's
Office, ATTN: Phillip Talbert, 501 I Street, Suite 10-100, Sacramento, CA
95814. Applications should be postmarked no later than Monday, May 14, 2012
to be considered. Please include the vacancy announcement number listed at
the top of this announcement (12-EDCA-21A) on your resume and cover letter.
Please note that this is a re-advertisement of this position.

Internet Sites: This and other attorney vacancy announcements can be found
at: http://www.justice.gov/careers/legal/attvacancies.html and
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/cae/.

Department Policies: Following appointment, Assistant United States
Attorneys generally must reside in the district to which he or she is
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 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).

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.