USAO District of Kansas
The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Kansas includes three offices, which are located in Wichita, Topeka, and Kansas City, Kansas. This position is located in the Wichita, Kansas office.
Our mission is to protect the citizens of the district of Kansas from terrorism, crime, and unlawful discrimination, to enforce federal laws and advance the interests of the United States government, to provide Federal leadership and serve as a catalyst for improving law enforcement through training and public education, and to perform our duties with integrity, professionalism and respect for the citizens we serve.
For more information on the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Kansas, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/district/ks.
Assistant
United States Attorneys in the Civil Division perform an important
public service by representing the interests of the United States of
America in all civil actions brought by or against the United States in
both federal and state courts of law. In so doing, Assistant United
States Attorneys prosecute affirmative civil enforcement cases and
defend medical malpractice, employment discrimination, administrative
procedures litigation, prisoner litigation, and personal injury tort
litigation. They also immediately undertake responsibility for a high
volume of litigation in a wide-range of additional practice areas
including, but not limited to, actions on promissory notes, foreclosure
cases, bankruptcy cases, Bivens actions, actions brought by
individuals in federal custody, actions brought under the Freedom of
Information Act, actions seeking review of administrative actions of
federal agencies, and actions to defend or enforce subpoenas.
Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.
Type of Position: This is a temporary position not-to-exceed 14 months. This position may be extended or made permanent without further competition.
Required Qualifications:
Applicants must possess a J.D. Degree, be an active member of the bar
(any U.S. jurisdiction), and have at least 1 year post-J.D. legal or
other relevant experience.
Must have demonstrated computer literacy skills, to include experience
with automated research on the Internet, electronic mail and word
processing systems.
United States citizenship is required.
Preferred Qualifications:
Applicants should possess superior oral and written communication skills
and should demonstrate incisive analytical ability, excellent judgment,
and strong litigation skills. Applicants should be capable of managing
complex, document intensive cases. Applicants should possess an interest
and aptitude for technology and document automation.
You must meet all qualification requirements upon the closing date of this announcement.
*Note: You
must be an active member of the Kansas bar at the time of appointment
as an Assistant U.S. Attorney. Information for membership to the Kansas
bar, including admission on motion without examination is available at https://www.kscourts.org/Attorneys/Admission/About-the-Exam.
Applications must be submitted online through the following link https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/599044100
If you have questions, please contact Amy Ayala Hall, Human Resoucres Officer, at 316-269-6548 or amy.ayala@usdoj.gov.
Applicants should familiarize themselves and comply with the relevant rules of professional conduct regarding any possible conflicts of interest in connection with their applications. In particular, please notify this Office if you currently represent clients or adjudicate matters in which this Office is involved and/or you have a family member who is representing clients or adjudicating matters in which this Office is involved so that we can evaluate any potential conflict of interest or disqualification issue that may need to be addressed under those circumstances.
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Department Policies
Equal Employment Opportunity: 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 color, race, religion, national origin, political affiliation, marital status, disability (physical or mental), age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected genetic information, pregnancy, status as a parent, or any other nonmerit-based factor. 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. For more information, please review our full EEO Statement.
Reasonable Accommodations: 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.
Outreach and Recruitment for Qualified Applicants with Disabilities: The Department encourages qualified applicants with disabilities, including individuals with targeted/severe disabilities to apply in response to posted vacancy announcements. Qualified applicants with targeted/severe disabilities may be eligible for direct hire, non-competitive appointment under Schedule A (5 C.F.R. § 213.3102(u)) hiring authority. Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to contact one of the Department’s Disability Points of Contact (DPOC) to express an interest in being considered for a position. See list of DPOCs.
Suitability and Citizenship: 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. Congress generally prohibits agencies from employing non-citizens within the United States, except for a few narrow exceptions as set forth in the annual Appropriations Act (see, https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/non-citizens/). Pursuant to DOJ component policies, only U.S. citizens are eligible for employment with the Executive Office for Immigration Review, U.S. Trustee’s Offices, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Unless otherwise indicated in a particular job advertisement, qualifying non-U.S. citizens meeting immigration and appropriations law criteria may apply for employment with other DOJ organizations. However, please be advised that the appointment of non-U.S. citizens is 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. All DOJ employees are subject to a residency requirement. Candidates must have lived in the United States for at least three of the past five years. The three-year period is cumulative, not necessarily consecutive. Federal or military employees, or dependents of federal or military employees serving overseas, are excepted from this requirement. This is a Department security requirement which is waived only for extreme circumstances and handled on a case-by-case basis.
Veterans: 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 must include that information in their cover letter or resume and attach supporting documentation (e.g., the DD 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty and other supporting documentation) to their submissions. Although the "point" system is not used, per se, applicants eligible to claim 10-point preference must submit Standard Form (SF) 15, Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference, and submit the supporting documentation required for the specific type of preference claimed (visit the OPM website, www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/SF15.pdf for a copy of SF 15, which lists the types of 10-point preferences and the required supporting document(s). Applicants should note that SF 15 requires supporting documentation associated with service- connected disabilities or receipt of nonservice-connected disability pensions to be dated 1991 or later except in the case of service members submitting official statements or retirement orders from a branch of the Armed Forces showing that his or her retirement was due to a permanent service-connected disability or that he/she was transferred to the permanent disability retired list (the statement or retirement orders must indicate that the disability is 10% or more).
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