[blindlaw] U.S. Attorney office, California

[Ross Doerr]

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
Assistant United States Attorney
Sacramento, California
May 21, 2012
12-EDCA-22A


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About the Office: The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern
District of California is based in Sacramento. The District includes the
Central Valley and Sierra Nevada Mountains and encompasses most of the land
mass of California -- from the Coastal Mountain Range to the Nevada border,
and from Bakersfield in the south to the Oregon border. The Sacramento
office serves the northern counties of the district: Alpine, Amador, Butte,
Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas,
Sacramento, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sutter, Trinity,
Tehama, Yolo, and Yuba.

Responsibilities and Opportunity Offered: This position is located in the
Criminal Division of the Sacramento Office and the Assistant United States
Attorney (AUSA) will be responsible for handling a variety of criminal cases
with an emphasis on complex white collar and economic crimes.

Who May Apply: Any U.S. Citizen

Qualifications: Applicants must possess a J.D. degree from an accredited law
school, be duly licensed and authorized to practice as an attorney under the
laws of a State, territory, or the District of Columbia, and have at least
one year of post-J.D. experience. Applicants must be active members in good
standing of the bar (any jurisdiction). Ideal qualifications include at
least 3-5 years of post-J.D. litigation experience.

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 have a demonstrated
capacity to function, with minimal guidance, in a highly demanding
environment. 

Applicants will be expected to do their own legal research and writing and
will be substantially self-sufficient in preparing day-to-day correspondence
and pleadings. 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.

The ideal candidate will have some subject matter expertise in financial
crimes or other complex white collar matters and will demonstrate the
ability to handle complex cases from the initial investigative stage through
trial. 

Travel: The position is based in Sacramento. Travel will occasionally be
required.

Salary Information: Assistant United States Attorneys' pay is
administratively determined, based in part on the number of years of
professional attorney experience. The current recruiting range of pay is
$54,478 to $144,189 including locality pay.

Location: Sacramento, California Sacramento, the state capital, is located
in the heart of California. The city has been on the move since it became
the capital in 1854 and is now one of the fastest growing regions in the
United States. Sacramento is home to professional ballet, opera, and theatre
companies, including the Sacramento Music Circus, providing a wide range of
cultural activities and events. Professional sports are represented by the
Sacramento Kings of the NBA, the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the United
Football League, and the Sacramento River Cats, a Triple-A baseball team.
Bound by two rivers, water recreation tops the list for outdoor activities
such as salmon fishing, river rafting, and boating. Nearby Folsom Lake and
Lake Natoma offer sailing and windsurfing. Sacramento is located 90 miles
northeast of San Francisco and approximately 90 miles west of Lake Tahoe and
the Sierra Nevada mountain range, providing numerous recreational
opportunities for skiing and boating enthusiasts.

Relocation Expenses: Relocation expenses are not authorized.

Application Process and Deadline Date: Interested applicants should send a
resume, cover letter, and writing sample to the United States Attorney's
Office, ATTN: Phillip Talbert, 501 I Street, Suite 10-100, Sacramento, CA
95814. Applications should be postmarked no later than Friday, May 25, 2012.
Please include the vacancy announcement number listed at the top of this
announcement (12-EDCA-22A) on your resume. Note: This is a readvertisement
of this position.

Internet Sites: This and other attorney vacancy announcements can be found
at: http://www.usdoj.gov/oarm/attvacancies.html and
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/cae

Department Policies: Following appointment, Assistant United States
Attorneys generally must reside in the district to which they are 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 based on sex, sexual orientation, color, race,
religion, national origin, politics, marital status, disability, age, status
as a parent, membership or nonmembership in an employee organization, or
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/pdfimage/sf0015.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
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).