ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
District of Oregon
Announcement No. 09-OR-02
About the Office: The United States Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the District of Oregon serves the entire State of Oregon. The state has a population of almost 3.5 million people, almost half of whom live in the tri-county Portland metropolitan area. This vacancy is in the Portland office, the District’s headquarters. Other staffed offices are in Eugene and Medford. There are 39 Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) assigned in Portland, nine AUSAs assigned to Eugene and three AUSAs assigned to Medford.
Responsibilities and Opportunity Offered: This vacancy is for a 14-month term position in the violent crime unit in the Portland office. The prosecutions handled by that unit include bank robbery, identity theft, gun crimes, child exploitation offenses, and violent crimes in Indian Country.
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 post-J.D. experience. Applicants who are not members of the Oregon State Bar will be expected to successfully complete the Oregon Bar examination at the next available opportunity.
Preferred qualifications: Outstanding academic record; complex litigation experience; exceptional research and writing ability. Applicants with prior federal prosecution experience, especially those who have demonstrated an ability to work independently, will be given preference.
Travel: Some travel within the district may be required. Travel also may be required in order to attend training at the Department of Justice facility at the National Advocacy Center in Columbia, South Carolina.
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 $43,200 to $105,000, including locality pay where authorized.
Location: Portland, Oregon
Relocation Expenses: Relocation expenses will not be authorized
Application Process and Deadline Date: Applicants should send a resume to:
First Assistant Kent S. Robinson
United States Attorneys Office
Suite 600
1000 SW Third Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97204
No telephone calls please. Position is open until filled, but no later than two weeks from posting.
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.