Assistant Attorney

Position: Assistant United States Attorney
Summary

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This is an open continuous announcement to fill current and future vacancies.

Applicant lists will be pulled on 1/12/2026 and every thirty days thereafter until the closing date. Applications must be complete at the time when lists are pulled in order to be considered at that time.

Announcement will remain open until positions are filled, but no later than August 31, 2026.

As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement.

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The United States Attorney's Office (USAO) for the Eastern District of New York (EDNY or the Office) is seeking several experienced attorneys to serve as Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSA) in the Office's Civil or Criminal Division, in one of the largest and most prolific USAOs in the nation. These positions are located in Brooklyn, New York and Central Islip, New York.

As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement.

The Office is seeking to hire AUSAs to work in the Office's Brooklyn, New York and Central Islip, New York Criminal and Civil Divisions. The Office's Criminal and Civil Divisions have one of the nation's busiest dockets comprised of the most complex and significant criminal and civil cases.

Criminal Division

Applicants to the Office's Criminal Division will represent the United States as an AUSA in a wide range of criminal cases. Criminal Division AUSAs are responsible for prosecuting a variety of violations of federal laws including with respect to cartels and transnational criminal organizations; violent crime and firearms violations; corporate, securities, healthcare, and investment fraud; counter terrorism, counterintelligence and other national security matters;

cyber-enabled crime; human trafficking and civil rights; public corruption; immigration; criminal asset seizure and forfeiture. Criminal Division AUSAs handle all aspects of criminal cases, from investigation through charging, trials, and appeals.

In addition, the Office is seeking to hire AUSAs specifically for its Appeals and Asset Recovery Sections within the Criminal Division.

• Appeals Section AUSAs will be required to research, write, and edit appellate briefs and post-conviction responses and present oral arguments on a variety of complex and novel issues involving the Constitution, statutory construction, evidentiary and procedural matters, and sentencing issues. You will also assist in mooting other AUSAs as they prepare for oral arguments. You will be assigned appeals arising from the Office's trial sections.
  
  You will also provide real-time trial and other assistance to the AUSAs in the Criminal Division's other sections.

• Asset Recovery Section AUSAs are responsible for managing all aspects of both criminal and civil asset forfeiture prosecutions. You have overall responsibility for all matters involving asset forfeiture, including assisting with the investigation, obtaining seizure warrants, preparing and filing pleadings, briefing and arguing motions, and handling all aspects of trial litigation and appeals. The Asset Recovery Section has gained nationwide attention for its unique and complex asset forfeiture matters and expertise in this area.

Applicants may apply to work in either the Office's Brooklyn, New York or Central Islip, New York locations. However, all Criminal Division AUSAs begin their tenure in the General Crimes Section in the Office's Brooklyn location, and can be assigned to either location, and to any section within the Criminal Division, based on the needs of the Office. Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress, with opportunities to advance to supervisory positions.

Civil Division

Applicants to the Office's Civil Division will represent the interests of the United States as an AUSA in a host of civil actions in the United States District Court, the United States Bankruptcy Court, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The Division handles a large and diverse docket of affirmative and defensive cases. The affirmative practices include Affirmative Civil Enforcement, Civil Rights, Drug and Listed Chemical Diversion, and Health Care Fraud.

Cases in these areas seek monetary and equitable relief on behalf of the government and victims. In defensive litigation, the Civil Division represents the United States, its agencies, officials, and employees in thousands of cases each year. These matters may implicate the Constitution, federal statutes, regulations, policies or programs. Some cases seek declaratory and injunctive relief against the government. Others seek damages, often in the many millions of dollars.

A number of cases involve challenges arising under the nation's immigration laws. Civil Division AUSAs handle these cases in all phases including trial, with opportunities to advance to supervisory positions. Applicants may apply to work in either the Office's Brooklyn, New York or Central…