ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
08-WDNC-AUSA-021
About the Office: The United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of North Carolina has jurisdiction and responsibility in a broad. range of areas, all of which involve representing the legal interests of the Federal government in the United States District Courts, Magistrate Court and in the Court of Appeals. The District consists of the 32 counties in the western third of North Carolina. The office employs over 70 persons, including 32 Assistant U.S. Attorneys who staff the Charlotte Headquarters Office and Asheville Branch Office. The United States Attorney, Gretchen C.F. Shappert, is currently seeking to hire one outstanding Attorney for the Asheville Office.
Responsibilities and Opportunity Offered: Employment with the U.S. Attorney's Office offers a unique and challenging experience for the highly motivated attorney. This attorney will be dedicated to Project Safe Childhood, the Department of Justice initiative that targets sexual exploitation crimes against children.
Qualifications: Required qualifications: Applicants must possess a J.D. degree, be an active member of the bar (any jurisdiction), and have at least 1 year post-J.D. experience.
Preferred qualifications: Hiring preferences include strong academics, significant litigation experience, criminal law experience, solid legal writing skills, and a demonstrated commitment to public service.
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 (at least 1-7 years preferred). The range of pay is $48,310 to $82,000 including locality pay where authorized.
Location: This position will be located in the Asheville Branch Office; Asheville, North Carolina. Asheville is the largest city in Western North Carolina and is located between the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains. The town has become the regional center for manufacturing, transportation, health care, banking, professional services and shopping.
Relocation Expenses: Relocation expenses will not be authorized.
Application Process and Deadline Date: For consideration, please submit a resume package including a cover letter, resume, and writing sample to the contact listed below:
Please send your resume to:
Terry Wilkinson, Special Assistant to the US Attorney
United States Attorney's Office, Western District of North Carolina
227 West Trades Street, Suite 1650
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Note: No telephone calls please. Position is open until filled, but no later than September 16, 2008. Applications must be received by the closing date.
Internet Sites: 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.
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 are encouraged to include that information in their cover letter or resume and attach supporting documentation (e.g., the DD 214 or other substantiating documents) to their submissions.