Assistant United States Attorney (Criminal Division)

Job Description: 

The district is soliciting applications for a Criminal Division Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) position in our Charlottesville branch office. The applicant will join other criminal AUSAs who handle a variety of litigation within the Criminal Division. The Criminal Division investigates and prosecutes federal cases arising from a wide array of criminal activity. An AUSA engaged in this challenging work spends substantial time developing cases with investigators, researching and writing, and preparing for trials, sentencings, and other hearings.

 Assistant United States Attorneys in the Criminal Division are responsible for the investigation and prosecution of cases that include drug crimes; violent crimes; firearms offenses; child exploitation crimes; human trafficking; organized crime; terrorism; white collar crime, including wire and mail fraud, healthcare fraud, and mortgage fraud; criminal immigration matters; and general crimes.   The qualified applicant would be expected to (a) assist federal law enforcement agents in structuring and implementing criminal investigative plans and strategies; (b) actively participate in grand jury proceedings, including the presentation of witnesses before the grand jury; and (c) litigate cases of moderate to high complexity from start to finish with limited supervision.

All initial attorney appointments in the Department of Justice are made on a time-limited (temporary) basis pending favorable adjudication of a background investigation.