ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA
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SPECIAL ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
ALEXANDRIA OFFICE
Responsibilities and Opportunity Offered: The Office of the Attorney General of Virginia has partnered with the Eastern District of Virginia to offer an Assistant Attorney General the opportunity to be cross-designated as a Special Assistant United States Attorney (SAUSA) and work out of the Alexandria Office of the United States Attorney. The Alexandria Office has nearly 60 SAUSAs, on detail from a variety of military, state, and federal agencies, who handle a wide variety of criminal cases.
If selected, the applicant will work closely and coordinate with the Virginia Attorney General’s Office, local police departments, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (“ATF”), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and federal and state task forces to identify individual and organizational targets warranting prosecution for federal violent crime, firearms, and gang-related conduct. The applicant will be expected to assist in both the investigation and prosecution (including extensive grand jury, pre-trial, and trial work) of a variety of firearms, narcotics, and violent crimes, including: (1) firearms trafficking, (2) “straw purchasing,” (3) prohibited persons, (4) use of firearms in relation to violent and drug-trafficking crimes, (5) drive-by shootings, (6) gang-related offenses, and (7) commerical robberies. In addition, the applicant will work closely with the local Project Safe Neighborhoods task force to serve as a legal advisor as cases are identified for prosecution in federal or state jurisdictions.
About the United States Attorney's Office: The Alexandria Office of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia is located in Old Town Alexandria. As part of the metropolitan Washington, DC area, many federal agencies including the Defense Department, the CIA and Washington’s two major airports are located in the Alexandria jurisdiction. Washington’s cultural, social, and historic attractions are just minutes away. The District also has offices in Richmond, Norfolk, and Newport News.
About the Virginia Office of the Attorney General: The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) is the Commonwealth's law firm. Its clients are the Virginia state government and the state agencies, boards and commissions that compose that government. The full time staff includes a chief deputy attorney general, six deputy attorneys general and approximately 150 senior assistant and assistant attorneys general, 40 additional full time lawyers appointed as special counsel to particular agencies, and 140 legal assistants, legal secretaries and other professional support staff.
Required Qualifications: Applicants must possess a J.D. degree, be an active member of the Virginia State Bar, and have at least three years post-J.D. experience. Further, the candidate should possess superior oral and written communication skills as well as strong interpersonal skills, exhibit good judgment and function with minimal guidance in a highly demanding environment.
Preferred Qualifications: Experience as a state or federal prosecutor. Experience litigating narcotics and/or violent crime cases in the federal sector or in the federal courts. Prior judicial clerkship experience is valued.
Travel: Travel within and outside the district may be required, but should be minimal.
Salary Information: Commensurate with experience.
Location: Alexandria, Virginia
Relocation Expenses: Relocation expenses will not be authorized.
Application Process and Deadline Date: All applicants must complete an Office of the Attorney General state attorney application form (available at www.vaag.com) and resume. Send to:
Office of the Attorney General of Virginia
Human Resources Section
900 East Main Street
Richmond , VA 23219
No telephone calls please. Position is open until filled; however, to ensure consideration, please submit complete application materials by September 28, 2007, and reference recruitment #070704.
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 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.
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION UPON REQUEST