[blindlaw] US atty posting Idaho

[Ross Doerr]

ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
District of Idaho
Vacancy Announcement Number 12-ID-AUSA-02


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About the Office: With a state population of 1.5 million, 33.7 million acres
of federally-owned land, and more miles of river than any other state, the
District of Idaho presents outstanding opportunities for recreation and
cultural experience. It also has very interesting federal litigation. One
district covers the entire state. The U.S. Attorney's Office is large enough
to enjoy a wide variety of case assignments, but small enough to be
friendly. Six civil attorneys, eighteen criminal attorneys, and twenty-six
support staff are spread among three offices: the main office, in Boise, and
the two branch offices in Coeur d'Alene and Pocatello. This vacancy is
located in the main office in Boise, Idaho. Boise is located in the Treasure
Valley, in which 40% of Idaho's population resides. Winters are relatively
mild, though plenty of snow falls in the nearby mountains. Median home
prices are low, schools are excellent, and outstanding opportunities for
recreation exist. AUSAs regularly run on the greenbelt, swim, and mountain
bike over their lunch hours.

Who May Apply: United States Citizens.

Responsibilities and Opportunity Offered: The District has an opening for an
Assistant United States Attorney AUSA) in the Civil Division. This attorney
will handle a wide variety of civil cases including defensive environmental
cases (NEPA, NFMA, etc.), defensive torts (from slip and fall cases to
medical malpractice), Bivens claims, bankruptcy matters, any appeals that
arise, and the occasional Central Violations Bureau (CVB) calendar. This
attorney may handle affirmative civil cases as well.

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

Preferred Qualifications: Ideally, an applicant will have three to six years
of experience as a civil litigator. Applicants should be flexible and
willing to learn new areas of the law, strategic when it comes to engaging
in defensive litigation, forthright and diplomatic in dealing with client
agencies and the court, and committed to representing the United States.
Applicants must demonstrate superior written and oral communication skills.
They must be able to define and articulate critical issues in a wide variety
of cases and areas of law. They must be able to manage a caseload composed
of very different kinds of cases with correspondingly different demands and
deadlines. 

Applicants must be self-starters and good managers of their time. They must
be willing and able to do their own legal research and writing and be
substantially self-sufficient in managing cases and deadlines, preparing
day-to-day correspondence and filings, and using computer programs and
systems (CM/ECF, word processing, Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis, USA5, E2Travel,
etc.). Finally, applicants must have a demonstrated ability to work well
with others, from support to supervisors.

The ideal candidate will have some subject matter expertise in one or more
of the areas identified (NEPA, NFMA, defensive torts, Bivens claims, or
bankruptcy matters) and be willing to learn – and to continue learning
throughout their career – new areas of law.

Travel: Occasional travel may be required, both within and outside the
District of Idaho.

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 to
$131,534 plus locality pay where authorized (locality pay in Boise, Idaho is
currently 14.16%).

Location: Boise, Idaho.

Relocation Expenses: Relocation expenses are not authorized.

Application Process and Deadline Date: Interested persons should send an
original, signed cover letter; detailed resume; writing sample (ideally, the
sample will be edited solely by applicant, be at least 7 pages in length,
and contain substantive legal analysis); and current performance
evaluation/rating no later than Friday, June 1, 2012.

Please note, this is a re-posting of this Vacancy Announcement. If you have
previously applied, it is not necessary to reapply.

Becky Early
Supervisory Legal Assistant
United States Attorney's Office
800 Park Blvd, Suite 600
Boise, ID 83712

No telephone calls please. Fax and e-mail applications will not be accepted.

Internet Sites: District of Idaho's website:
http://www.justice.gov/usao/id/jobs.html#ausa

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).