Details
Posted: 21-Jun-22
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Type: Full Time
Required Education: Juris Doctor
Salary: $66,397 to $155,788
Categories:
Attorney
Criminal Law
Salary Details:
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 for this position is $66,397 to $155,788, which includes locality pay.
Internal Number: 4-SIDA-AUSA-22
About the Office:
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa employs 28 Assistant United States Attorneys. The District’s headquarters office is located in Des Moines. The District has staffed branch offices in Davenport and Council Bluffs, which serve the District’s eastern and western divisions.
Our office places a high value on diversity of experiences and perspectives and encourages applications from all qualified men and women from all ethnic and racial backgrounds, gender identities, sexual orientations, veterans, LGBT individuals, and persons with disabilities.
Job Description:
Assistant United States Attorneys in the Southern District of Iowa handle a wide variety of complex cases, including drug trafficking and money laundering crimes, terrorism-related offenses, firearms and other violent crime offenses (including under the Department’s Project Safe Neighborhoods and Project Safe Childhood initiatives), cyber-crimes, civil rights, environmental crimes, immigration crimes and a variety of financial fraud and white-collar offenses.
Qualifications
Conditions of Employment:
- You must be a United States Citizen.
- Background Investigation, credit and tax checks, and drug test required.
- You must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable.
- J.D. degree and active member of the bar (any U.S. jurisdiction) required.
- Residency Requirements: Assistant United States Attorneys generally must reside in the district to which he or she is appointed or within 25 miles thereof. See 28 U.S.C. 545 for district-specific information.
- Selective Service: If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. See www.sss.gov.
Required qualifications: Applicants must possess a J.D. degree, be an active member of the bar (any jurisdiction) and have at least one-year post-J.D. legal or other relevant experience. At least three years of post-J.D. litigation experience is preferred, with extensive research and writing experience.
Preferred qualifications: Applicants must demonstrate a quick analytical ability and the ability 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, law enforcement, and client agencies. Applicants must have a demonstrated capacity to function, with minimal guidance, in a highly demanding environment.
Application Process:
Applicants should send a resume and Attorney Questionnaire to: USAIAS-DMapps@usdoj.gov.
Please send entire application package in one pdf file. If you are currently an attorney with a federal agency, please include a copy of your most recent SF 50-B, Notification of Personnel Action.
Application Deadline:
Thursday, June 29, 2022
Relocation Expenses:
Relocation expenses will not be paid.
Number of Positions:
This vacancy is for one position in the Des Moines, Iowa, headquarters office, within the Criminal Division.
