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Assistant United States Attorney
Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys and the Office of the U.S. Attorneys · Posted 47 days ago
About the Role
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Louisiana is located in downtown Baton Rouge. The district covers a nine-parish region in Louisiana including Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana parishes. For more information on the Department of Justice and the United States Attorney's Offices, visit https://www.justice.gov/careers or https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdla.
What You'll Do
- →Criminal Assistant United States Attorneys are responsible for assisting both federal and local law enforcement partners in structuring and implementing criminal investigative plans and strategies; conducting grand jury proceedings; and litigating cases of moderate to high complexity from start to finish, with limited supervision.
- →Matters handled by AUSAs include: fraud and public corruption, such as healthcare fraud, identity theft, and tax violations; cyber-crime, such as computer hacking and child exploitation; national security, such as terrorism and immigration violations; and violent crime, such as narcotics trafficking, human trafficking, gang-related violence, and firearms offenses.
- →Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.
- →Security Requirements: Initial appointment is conditioned upon a satisfactory preemployment adjudication.
- →This includes fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing.
- →In addition, continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudication of a background investigation.
- →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.
Requirements
- ✓Type of Position: This is a permanent position.
- ✓Security Requirements: Initial appointment is conditioned upon a satisfactory pre-employment adjudication.
- ✓This includes fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing.
- ✓In addition, continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudication of a background investigation.
- ✓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.
- ✓Applicants must possess a J.D.
Personality Fit
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