[blindlaw] U.S. Attorney Posting Nevada

[Ross Doerr]

ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
District of Nevada 
Announcement Number 12-NV-09-AUSA 
OPENS:    AUGUST 13, 2012    CLOSES:    AUGUST 27, 2012 
Who May Apply: Due to the Attorney General's hiring freeze, only current,
permanent employees of a United States Attorney's Office and EOUSA may be
considered and selected. 
About the Office: The district is soliciting applications for multiple
Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) positions in our Criminal Division
in the Las Vegas office. The position encompasses the prosecution of federal
criminal cases, such as fraud, public corruption, money laundering, drug
trafficking, immigration, economic, white collar, firearms violations and
violent crimes, including grand jury and appellate practices. 

Responsibilities and Opportunity Offered: Assistant United States Attorneys
assigned to the Criminal Division must possess the qualities necessary to
excel in their mission to enforce the criminal laws of the United States.
These qualities include superior advocacy and communication skills, strong
analytical ability, management and leadership potential and dedication to
duty. Successful candidates will demonstrate the ability to work in a
supportive and professional manner with other attorneys, support staff,
investigative agencies, witnesses and crime victims. They must also
demonstrate their willingness to meet the higher ethical standards expected
of prosecutors in their interactions with opposing counsel and the courts. 

Significant courtroom experience, including jury trials, is preferred.
Successful candidates will also be computer proficient, capable of doing
their own legal research and writing and self-sufficient in preparing
day-to-day correspondence and pleadings. Relevant favorable experience would
include investigating and prosecuting or defending complex criminal
offenses, such as public corruption, financial frauds and other white collar
offenses, RICO/enterprise-type offenses, organized crime, drug and gang
offenses, computer crimes or multiple defendant conspiracy cases. Expertise
in grand jury practice is also desirable, as is experience with
investigatory and prosecution techniques, such as electronic surveillance,
tracking devices, telephone toll record analysis and asset seizure and
forfeiture. 

Qualifications: Required Qualifications: Applicants must possess a J.D.
degree and be an active member in good standing of the bar (any
jurisdiction), and have at least one year of post-J.D. experience. 

Preferred qualifications: Outstanding academic record, litigation
experience, including experience in complex cases; strong legal research and
writing ability; strong courtroom skills; superior organizational skills and
computer literacy skills. In addition, experience in litigating fraud cases
or other matters involving banking or complicated financial transactions is
preferred. 

Travel: Limited 

Salary Information: Assistant United States Attorneys' pay is
administratively determined based, in part, on the number years of
professional attorney experience. The range of pay is $50,893 to $150,159
which includes 14.16% locality pay.

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada 

The Las Vegas office serves as the main office and headquarters of the
district, and most of the attorneys and staff are based in that office. Our
offices are in the new federal courthouse in the downtown area of the city.
The building has state-of-the-art office space and courtroom facilities. The
Las Vegas metropolitan area has a population approaching two million people
and is among the fastest growing areas in the Southwest. It is renowned for
entertainment and gaming, but also abounds in recreational, cultural and
educational opportunities. The influx of people into southern Nevada has
increased the availability of excellent and affordable housing, expanded the
public school system and resulted in shopping and consumer services that
rival or surpass those of much larger cities. The cost of living is moderate
and there is no state income tax. Although known for its summer heat, our
mild climate in the fall, winter and spring provides an ideal place to enjoy
the unlimited recreational activities year round. Las Vegas is within an
hour's distance of Mt. Charleston, Redrock Canyon, Hoover Dam, and the Lake
Mead National Recreation Area and within a day's drive of the Grand Canyon,
Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, Lake Powell, Lake Havasu and
Death Valley. Another bonus of living in the beautiful State of Nevada is
that there is NO state income tax!

Relocation Expenses: Relocation expenses may or may not be authorized.

Application Process and Deadline Date: Applicants should send a resume and
writing sample to: 

(Please refer to vacancy announcement number 12-NV-09-AUSA on your
application/resume.)

Human Resources 
United States Attorneys Office
333 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Suite 5000
Las Vegas NV 89101

Email: Darlene.beltran at usdoj.gov 
Fax: 702-388-6735

No telephone calls please. To receive consideration for this vacancy,
resumes must be received by 5:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time on the closing
date of this announcement.

Internet Sites: Other information about the U.S. Attorney's Office for the
District of Nevada can be found at: www.usdoj.gov/usao.nv 

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 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,
politics, marital status, disability, age, sex, sexual orientation, status
as a parent, membership or non-membership in an employee organization, or on
the basis of personal favoritism. 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/pdf_fill/SF15.pdf for a copy of SF 15, which lists
the types of 10point 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).