[blindlaw] U.S. Attorney posting California

[Ross Doerr]

ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE 
Southern District of California
12-SDCA-02


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About the Office: The United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California is one of the largest in the country. This office prosecutes federal crimes and defends the interests of the United States Government in civil cases. The Southern District of California encompasses San Diego and Imperial Counties and includes a branch office located in El Centro, California.

Responsibilities and Opportunity Offered: The U.S. Attorney's Office is currently seeking attorneys for a limited number of Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) positions in the Criminal Division for both its San Diego and Imperial County offices. The Criminal Division is organized into six sections, which consist of the General Crimes Section, Major Frauds Section, Narcotics Enforcement Section, Appellate Section, National Security and Cyber Crimes Section, and Financial Litigation and Asset Forfeiture Unit. The Criminal Division caseload includes a large volume of drug and immigration cases, along with a variety of such other federal offenses as major narcotics cases involving Mexican drug trafficking and money laundering organizations, terrorism offenses, bank robberies, child pornography, postal theft, credit card fraud, murder for hire, counterfeiting, organized crime, money laundering, computer crimes, and other sophisticated white collar fraud offenses (such as defense procurement fraud, health care fraud and environmental fraud).

Qualifications: This position is open to all qualified candidates from the private and public sectors. Applicants must have at least two years of post graduate relevant legal experience. Qualifying legal experience may include work as an attorney, a judicial law clerk in either federal or state court and/or litigation experience in either the private or public sector.

Applicants must demonstrate a quick analytical ability and the facility to accurately and precisely articulate the critical issues in a case. Applicants must demonstrate superior oral and writing skills, as well as strong research and interpersonal skills and good judgment. Applicants must possess excellent communication and courtroom skills and exhibit the ability to work in a supportive and professional manner with other attorneys, support staff, and client agencies. Applicants must also demonstrate excellent computer literacy skills, to include experience with automated research on the Internet, electronic court filing, and electronic e-mail and word processing systems.

All AUSAs are given training by the U.S. Department of Justice and by the U.S. Attorney's Office. Appointment is subject to FBI Background investigation, including credit, arrest, reference and drug use inquiries. U.S. citizenship is required.

Travel: Occasional travel, both within and outside the District, may be required, depending on the needs of particular cases.

Salary Information: Assistant United States Attorneys' pay is administratively determined based, in part, on the number years of professional attorney experience.

Location: San Diego, California and El Centro, California. The Southern District of California is home to the largest concentration of Navy and Marine Corps installations in the world. The entire southern boundary of the District borders the Republic of Mexico. Contained within the District are international ports of entry at San Ysidro, Otay Mesa, Tecate, Calexico (two ports, East and West) and Andrade. The entire western boundary of the District lies on the Pacific Ocean, with a major port in San Diego.

Relocation Expenses: Relocation expenses will not be paid.

Application Process and Deadline Date: Application materials must be postmarked by the deadline date of January 18, 2012. Please reference Vacancy Announcement #12-SDCA-02 in your cover letter. ALL APPLICANTS WHO WISH TO ALSO BE CONSIDERED UNDER THIS ANNOUNCEMENT SHOULD SEND AN E-MAIL TO NITZA.WILLIAMSON at USDOJ.GOV TO EXPRESS THEIR INTEREST IN VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT #12-SDCA-02. Applicants should fill out the Southern District of California's application form, and send the application, a cover letter, resume and writing sample to:

Laura E. Duffy
United States Attorney
Southern District of California
880 Front Street, Room 6293
San Diego, CA 92101-8893

A copy of the application form may be viewed as an attachment on our web-site or may be obtained in Word or WordPerfect format by e-mail request to Nitza.Williamson at usdoj.gov, or by telephone request to Nitza Williamson at (619) 557-6203. Any other inquiries may also be directed to Ms. Williamson.

Applicants who applied to vacancy 11-SDCA-04 and wish to be considered for vacancy 12-SDCA-02 will not be required to reapply. You will however, be required to send an email request to Ms. Nitza Williamson.

Internet Sites: www.usdoj.gov/usao/cas/index.html

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