Assistant Attorney; Criminal

Location

This position is located in Phoenix, AZ.

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

The District of Arizona is composed of approximately 180 Assistant United Attorneys (AUSAs) spread across offices in Phoenix, Tucson, Yuma, and Flagstaff. Because of its size and location, the District of Arizona faces unique geographical challenges and resource demands. In addition to sharing a 375‑mile border with Mexico, the office also handles one of the most robust Indian Country dockets in the country and serves as the exclusive felony prosecutor for nearly all of the 22 federally‑recognized tribes whose reservations fall in whole or in part in Arizona.

As a result, the office’s charging figures are consistently among the highest of all United States Attorney’s Offices.

AUSAs hired in the District of Arizona have the immediate opportunity to represent the United States of America in the United States District Court. The positions currently being filled will investigate and prosecute cases involving illegal immigration, drug trafficking, human smuggling, and support to cartels and transnational criminal organizations designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs). Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.

• Initial appointment is conditioned upon a satisfactory preemployment adjudication, including fingerprint, credit, and tax checks, and drug testing.
• Continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudication of a background investigation.

• Assistant United States Attorneys generally must reside in the district to which he or she is appointed or within 25 miles thereof.

• 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.

• You must be a United States Citizen or National.
• You must be a J.D. degree holder and an active member of the bar (any U.S. jurisdiction).
• You must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable.
• Initial appointment is conditioned upon a satisfactory preemployment adjudication, including fingerprint, credit, and tax checks, and drug testing. Continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudication of a background investigation.
• Must reside in the district to which appointed or within 25 miles thereof. See 28 U.S.C. 545 for district specific information.