[blindlaw] U.S.Atty posting, Virginia

[Ross Doerr]

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE 
EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
12-EDVA-08
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About the Office: The Office has over 90 criminal Assistant U.S. Attorneys
who handle a wide variety of complex cases, including drug trafficking and
money-laundering crimes, terrorism-related offenses, firearms, and other
violent crime offenses, cyber-crimes, environmental crimes, and a variety of
fraud and white-collar offenses. The United States Attorney for the Eastern
District of Virginia has four offices which are located in Alexandria,
Richmond, Norfolk, and Newport News. Assistant U.S. Attorneys are assigned
to each of these offices to prosecute criminal cases. The District consists
of more than 19,000 square miles and has a population of 5,723,000. The
District has numerous federal agencies (including the Defense Department and
the CIA), military installations, and major airports.
Responsibilities and Opportunity Offered: Deputy Criminal Chief: An
appointment with the U.S. Attorney's Office offers unique and challenging
experiences for the highly motivated attorney, and an opportunity to work on
their own appellate caseload. The AUSA will also provide advice on ethical
and professional responsibility issues. Working in the Criminal Division,
the AUSA will be part of a dedicated team helping to enforce Federal
criminal laws and provide advice during investigations and trials. The AUSA
will receive substantial training in federal crimes, primarily involving
criminal cases and appellate procedure. 
Qualifications: Required Qualifications: Applicants must possess a J.D.
degree, be an active member of the bar (any jurisdiction), have at least
one-year post-JD experience in the legal field, and possess superior oral
and written communication skills as well as strong interpersonal skills,
exhibit good judgment and function with minimal guidance in a highly
demanding environment.
Preferred Qualifications: Experience litigating criminal cases in the
federal sector or in the federal courts as well as a clerkship in a federal
court of appeals is desirable. Applicants must demonstrate experience in
appellate work, including brief writing and arguing cases before federal
appellate courts.
United States citizenship is required.
Travel: Travel within and outside the District may be required, but should
be minimal.
Type of Position: All initial attorney appointments to the Department of
Justice are made on a 14 month (temporary) basis pending favorable
adjudication of a background investigation.

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 -
$131,534 plus locality pay where authorized. The locality rate for the
Washington, DC area is 24.44%.

Location: Alexandria, VA 

Relocation Expenses: Relocation expenses will not be paid. 

Application Process and Deadline Date: Please send your resume, a cover
letter along with a writing sample to:

Coleene Rychalski
United States Attorney's Office
Eastern District of Virginia
2100 Jamieson Avenue
Alexandria, VA 22314

No telephone calls please. Positions are open until filled, but resumes must
be received by August 24, 2012. Please include the vacancy announcement
number listed at the top of this announcement (12-EDVA-08) on your resume
and all correspondence.

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.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 or within 25 miles thereof.
See 28 U.S.C. § 545 for district-specific information.

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).