[blindlaw] U.S. Attorney Posting - Missouri

[Ross Doerr]

ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI


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About the Office: 
The Western District of Missouri is considered a large district, with 56
Assistant United States Attorneys and numerous Special Assistant United
States Attorneys. The district comprises 66 of Missouri's 114 counties,
contains 40,251 square miles and has a population of approximately 3.1
million people based upon the 2010 Census information. Included in the
district are the metropolitan areas of Kansas City, St. Joseph, Columbia,
Jefferson City, Springfield and Joplin. The office has three staffed
offices: Kansas City, Springfield and Jefferson City. The United States
Attorney's Office prosecutes federal criminal offenses and represents the
U.S. government's interest in civil cases both affirmatively and
defensively. The Criminal Division investigates and prosecutes federal cases
arising from a wide array of criminal activity. The Springfield Criminal
attorneys work several types of cases including Fraud and Corruption;
Computer Crimes & Child Exploitation; Violent Crime; Narcotics; Terrorism
and National Security; and Monetary Penalties. The Civil Division
affirmatively litigates cases involving the False Claims Act and other
statutes, defends the United States and its agencies and employees in a wide
range of civil actions. More information about the office is available at
www.justice.gov/usao/mow/.

Who May Apply:
Only applications from attorneys who are already employed by U.S. Attorney's
Offices and the Executive Office for United States Attorneys will be
accepted.

Opportunity Offered:
The Western District of Missouri is currently accepting applications for one
permanent Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Springfield, Missouri, Office.

Number of Positions:
One

Qualifications:
Required qualifications: Applicants must possess a J.D. degree, be an active
member of the bar (any jurisdiction), and have at least 3 years of post-J.D.
experience.

Preferred qualifications: Applicants must have excellent academic
credentials, significant criminal or civil litigation experience, strong
oral advocacy and legal writing skills, sound judgment, and a demonstrated
commitment to public service.

Travel:
Occasional travel may be required.

Salary Information:
Assistant United Attorneys' pay is administratively determined based, in
part, on the number of years of professional attorney experience. The range
of basic pay is $44,581 to $131,534 plus locality pay where authorized.

Location:
Springfield, Missouri

Relocation Expenses:
Relocation expenses will not be authorized.

Application Process and Deadline Date:
Interested applicants should send a cover letter which includes reference to
type of litigation experience, i.e., civil or criminal, resume, transcript,
and writing sample to the following email address at USAMOW.HR at usdoj.gov.
Applications must be received no later than July 20, 2012.

No telephone calls please.

Internet Site:
This and other attorney vacancy announcements can be found at:
http://www.usdoj.gov/oarm/attyvacancies.html

Department Policies:
Assistant United States Attorneys generally must reside in the district to
which he or she is appointed. See 28 USC Section 545 for district-specific
information.

All initial attorney appointments to the Department of Justice are made on a
time-limited (temporary) basis, pending completion of the background
investigation. 

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.

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 should 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 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
non-service-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).