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United States Attorney's Office, Northern District of Indiana
Hammond, Indiana
Announcement #: 23-INN-11713040-AUSA
Application Deadline: November 18, 2022
The office is currently soliciting applications for two (2) Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) positions within the Civil Division of the Northern District of Indiana. Assistant United States Attorneys in the Civil Division are federal prosecutors who work with other state and federal agencies representing the United States with respect to civil matters in both affirmative and defensive litigation.
The successful candidate(s) will be responsible for legal research and writing, directing investigations, case development, case presentation, case resolution and a variety of program responsibilities. The office currently is looking to fill attorney positions in the following practice areas:
General Civil Litigation - The attorney selected will be responsible for a wide variety of civil matters including but not limited to: defensive litigation such as personal injury and other general torts, civil rights, constitutional torts, prisoner petitions, program litigation, immigration, employment discrimination, medical malpractice, environmental protection, asset forfeiture, financial litigation, social security, bankruptcy, and other matters.
Affirmative Civil Enforcement (ACE) - The attorney selected for this position will be primarily responsible for affirmative civil enforcement such as affirmative civil rights, environmental enforcement, Controlled Substance Act enforcement, agency enforcement actions, subpoena enforcement, and civil frauds, including health care fraud and government contract procurement fraud. As part of the Civil Division, the attorney may also be responsible for a wide variety of other civil matters including but not limited to: defensive litigation such as personal injury and other general torts, civil rights, constitutional torts, prisoner petitions, program litigation, immigration, employment discrimination, medical malpractice, environmental protection, asset forfeiture, financial litigation, Social Security, bankruptcy and other matters.
Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.
Conditions of Employment
- You must be a United States Citizen or National.
- 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.
- You must possess a J.D. degree and be an active member of the bar (any U.S. jurisdiction). You will be required to maintain an active bar membership in "good standing" in order to retain employment.
- Initial appointment is conditioned upon a satisfactory preemployment adjudication. This includes fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing. Continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudication of a background investigation.
- All initial attorney positions to the Department of Justice are made on a 14-month (temporary) basis.
- 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.
- All applicants must meet all qualification requirements upon the closing date of this announcement (See Qualifications Section of this announcement).
- You must apply online and submit a complete application by the closing date of this announcement in order to be considered for this position (See Required Documents Section of this announcement).
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