ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Northern District of Oklahoma
09-NDOK-10
About the Office: The United States Attorney’s Office (USAO), Northern District of Oklahoma, is seeking an experienced attorney for the Criminal Division. The Northern District of Oklahoma (ND/OK) is the Tenth Judicial Circuit and the USAO is located in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma. The ND/OK USAO serves eleven (11) counties in Northeastern Oklahoma.
Responsibilities and Opportunity Offered: The Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) filling this opening will work closely with federal, state, county, and local law enforcement agencies. The successful applicant will be responsible for all phases of criminal prosecution to enforce federal laws in the Northern District of Oklahoma, including providing guidance to law enforcement officers, initiating criminal charges, conducting grand jury proceedings and felony trials, and handling appeals. The selected applicant will be assigned to one of two sections within the Criminal Division; General Crimes Section or the White Collar Fraud Section. The AUSA will be supervised by attorney managers.
Qualifications:
Required qualifications: Applicants must possess a Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school and be an active member in good standing of the bar (any jurisdiction). Required qualifications include at least 4 years of post-J.D. experience in legal practice and significant jury trial experience. Criminal prosecution experience is preferred.
Preferred Qualifications: Applicants should have legal practice experience related to securities banking, health care, corporate and business entities, finance and accounting. Applicants should have a demonstrated capacity to function, with minimal guidance, in a highly demanding office and courtroom environment. Applicants must be willing and able to try jury cases in federal court and demonstrate the motivation and professionalism to become an accomplished trial attorney. Applicants should possess analytical ability to quickly identify and to clearly and accurately articulate critical issues in criminal investigations or pending prosecutions. Applicants should be able to demonstrate superior oral and writing skills as well as strong legal research skills. Applicants should exhibit strong interpersonal skills, good judgement, the ability to work in a supportive and professional manner with the court, other attorneys, support staff and client agencies. Applicants should also possess computer literacy skills to include experience with automated research, electronic court filing, electronic e-mail and word processing systems.
Travel: Occasional travel in the ND-OK, the state of Oklahoma and throughout the nation is likely to be necessary.
Salary Information: Assistant United States Attorneys' pay is administratively determined based, in part, on the number years of professional attorney experience.
Location: 1 vacancy - Duty location is Tulsa, Oklahoma
Relocation Expenses: Relocation expenses will not be authorized.
Application Process and Deadline Date: Please send your resume to:
Carol L. de`Shaffon, Director of Administration
United States Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Oklahoma
110 West Seventh Street, Suite 300
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74119-1013
No telephone calls please. Open Continuous - Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled.
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.