[blindlaw] U.S. Atty Posting, Fresno California

[Ross Doerr]

Vacancy Announcement
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
Assistant United States Attorney
Fresno, California
August 6, 2012
12-EDCA-27A
About the Office: The Fresno Office of the United States Attorney's Office
for the Eastern District of California serves the counties of Calaveras,
Tuolumne, Stanislaus, Mariposa, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare, Inyo,
and Kern.

Responsibilities and Opportunity Offered: This position is located in the
Civil Division, Affirmative Litigation Unit, of the Fresno Office. The
mission of the Affirmative Litigation Unit is to enforce federal laws in
civil proceedings and to recover damages and fines for the United States.
The Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) will be dedicated to handling
civil and criminal forfeiture matters and working closely with criminal
prosecutors to ensure that forfeiture is an integral part of every
appropriate criminal case. Please note: This is a temporary position
not-to-exceed June, 2013, subject to availability of funds. This position
may be extended, or made permanent, without further advertising. 
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 five years of experience litigating 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.

The ideal candidate will have some subject matter expertise in asset
forfeiture, federal civil procedure, and federal criminal law, including
money laundering.

Travel: The position is based in Fresno. Regular travel to the U.S.
Attorney's Sacramento Office will be required. Travel elsewhere 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
$50,894 to $134,702 including locality pay.

Location: Fresno, California

Fresno is one of the fastest growing cities in California, due in part to
its central location to major tourist areas in California. Fresno is located
in the middle of the fertile San Joaquin Valley, also known as the Central
Valley, which is a major supplier of food and agricultural products for the
United States and the world. This area also includes national treasures such
as Yosemite National Park and Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Forest.

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 Friday, August 10,
2012. Please include the vacancy announcement number listed at the top of
this announcement (12-EDCA-27A) on your resume. Note: This is a
readvertisement of this position.

Security Requirements: Initial appointment is conditioned upon a
satisfactory preemployment adjudication. This includes fingerprint and
credit checks, and drug testing.

In addition, continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudication of
a background investigation.

Internet Sites: This and other attorney vacancy announcements can be found
at: http://www.usdoj.gov/oarm/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 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 based on sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,
color, race, religion, national origin, politics, marital status, disability
(physical or mental), age, status as a parent, genetic information,
membership or nonmembership in an employee organization, 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,
http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdfimage/sf0015.pdf for a copy of SF 15, which
lists the types of 10-Point preferences and the required supporting
documents). 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).