United States Attorney’s Office
Southern District of New York
About the Office: The United States Attorney’s Office (USAO), Southern District of New York (SDNY), is seeking experienced attorneys for Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) positions in one of the largest USAOs in the Nation. The SDNY has jurisdiction over New York (Manhattan), Bronx, Duchess, Westchester, Rockland, Sullivan, Orange, and Putnam counties and prosecutes in its Criminal Division a wide range of federal cases involving organized crime, terrorism, complex securities and fraud cases, international narcotics, health care fraud, and public corruption. In addition, the work of the Civil Division mirrors the varied activities of the Federal Government and offers perhaps the most challenging and diverse caseload of any law office, public or private, in the country. Civil Division AUSAs handle virtually every conceivable variety of affirmative and defensive civil cases filed in the Southern District of New York, at both the trial and appellate level involving matters such as health care, commercial, civil rights, environmental, false claims, RICO, postal fraud, tax, challenges to administrative or regulatory actions, novel constitutional claims, immigration matters, all varieties of tort and discriminatory claims against the sovereign, the Internet, telecommunications, energy policies, First Amendment issues, and defense contractor issues. The AUSAs are assigned to a Unit within either the Criminal or Civil divisions with the main office in the heart of NYC and a smaller office located in White Plains, NY.
Responsibilities and Opportunity Offered: Assistant United States Attorneys have the opportunity to represent the interests of the United States of America in the United District Court for the Southern District of New York and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and, in performing this important public service, to exercise responsibility that is unparalleled in any other job that a litigator might undertake. AUSAs immediately undertake numerous cases, many high profile, in any of several units within each division.
Qualifications: Applicants must possess a J.D. degree, be an active member of the bar (any jurisdiction); possess superior oral and written communication skills, as well as strong character and interpersonal skills; have demonstrated the capacity to function, with minimal guidance, in a highly demanding environment. Additionally, it is desired that the successful candidate have at least one to two years of post J.D. experience.
Travel: Some travel both nation-wide and international may be necessary.
Salary Information: Assistant United States Attorneys’ pay is administratively determined based, in part, on the number of years of professional attorney experience. The range of basic pay is $65,094 - $112, 974 plus locality pay.
Location: Positions filled may be located either in New York City or White Plains, NY. Location and placement will be determined at the time of selection.
Relocation Process and Deadline Date: Applications materials may be found at the SDNY employment page: http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/nys/employment.html
Completed forms should be mailed to the attention of Ms. Terry Williams and/or Mayra Mendoza at: United States Attorney’s Office, SDNY, One Saint Andrew’s Plaza, New York, NY 10007. No telephone calls please. Position(s) is (are) open until filled.
Internet Sites: This and other attorney vacancy announcements can be found at: http://www.usdoj.gov/oarm/attvacancies.html
Department Policies: 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 sexual orientation, sex, status as a parent, genetic information, color, race, religion, national origin, politics, marital status, disability, age, membership or non-membership in an employee organization, or on the basis of personal favoritism It is the policy of the Department to achieve a drug-free workplace.