[blindlaw] U.S. Atty Office, Michigan Criminal division

[Ross Doerr]

CRIMINAL DIVISION ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Western District of Michigan 
Responsibilities and Opportunity Offered: The district is soliciting
applications for a Criminal Division Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) position
in the Grand Rapids, Michigan office. Criminal Division assignments in this
district may cover the full range of federal offenses. Criminal Division
AUSAs are also responsible for substantial legal research and writing, both
at the trial and appellate levels. 

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications: Required Qualifications: Applicants must possess a
J.D. degree, be an active member of the bar (any jurisdiction), and have at
least ten years of post-J.D. experience that includes substantial litigation
experience.

Preferred Qualifications: Applicants should have a history of outstanding
academic achievement and possess superior oral and written communication
skills, as well as strong interpersonal skills and good judgment.

About the Office: The Western District of Michigan includes the western half
of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan and all of the Upper Peninsula, a total
of more than 35,000 square miles with a population in excess of three
million. The district has 35 AUSAs, most of whom are located in the Grand
Rapids office. Two AUSAs are located in a branch office in Marquette,
Michigan, in the Upper Peninsula. Court proceedings take place in Grand
Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, and Marquette, Michigan. The district includes
11 federally-recognized Indian tribes, which together comprise the largest
Native American population in a district east of the Mississippi River.

Travel: Occasional travel within the district will be required. Limited
travel outside the district, such as to the court of appeals, is likely.

Salary Information: AUSA pay is administratively determined based, in part,
on the number of years of professional attorney experience. The current
range of pay is $50,894 to $134,702, including locality pay.

Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Relocation Expenses: Relocation expenses will not be authorized.

Application Process: Send a cover letter, resume, completed questionnaire
and writing sample (such as an appellate brief, substantive district court
brief or memorandum of points and authorities). The writing sample should
reflect your own work and not exceed a total of 25 pages.

The application package should be mailed to:

Ellie Drumm, Human Resources Officer
United States Attorney's Office
P.O. Box 208
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49501-0208

An application package may be submitted by email to
USAMIW.personnel at usdoj.gov. Please scan all materials into one .pdf file.

Please list the vacancy announcement number 12-WDMI-A02 on your resume and
in the subject line of all emails. 

No telephone calls please. Your application materials must be received in
our office by 5:00 p.m. on August 14, 2012. 

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

Department Policies: 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).