"The Civil Rights Division encourages qualified applicants with targeted
disabilities to apply. Targeted disabilities are deafness, blindness,
missing extremities, partial or complete paralysis, convulsive disorder,
mental retardation, mental illness, severe distortion of limbs and/or
spine."
http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/attorneyvotingoarm2010.htm
U. S. Department of Justice
Civil Rights Division, Voting Section
Trial Attorney, GS-14/15
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The U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division is seeking up to 10
experienced attorneys for the position of Trial Attorney in the Voting
Section in Washington, D.C. The Civil Rights Division is primarily
responsible for enforcing federal statutes and executive orders that
prohibit, among other things, unlawful discrimination in voting,
education, employment, housing, police services, public accommodations and
facilities, and federally funded and conducted programs. The Voting
Section enforces federal statutes designed to safeguard the right to vote.
These statutes include the Voting Rights Act, as amended; the National
Voter Registration Act; the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee
Voting Act; and the Help America Vote Act.
Trial attorneys are responsible for conducting investigations, litigation,
and other activities addressing all aspects of the Voting Section's
enforcement duties. These positions may require extended hours and some
positions may involve significant travel.
APPLICATION PROCESS: The primary method of applying for this vacancy is
online via the Internet at
www.avuedigitalservices.com/dojjmd/applicant.html. If you do not have
access to the Internet you are strongly encouraged to visit your library,
state employment commission, or a commercial establishment that provides
Internet access to apply online. If you are unable to apply online, you
may call the contact phone number listed on this announcement to obtain a
copy of the vacancy announcement, applicant qualification form (Form No.
F-15566-AVUE), and instructions for completing the form. No other form of
application will be accepted. Applications sent by fax, e-mail and mail
will not be accepted.
Applicants using the Avue on-line system for these positions do not need
to complete the Work History portion of the on-line profile; instead
please attach the following after clicking the Attach Resume and
Supporting Documents tab: a cover letter (highlighting relevant
experience), a resume, a brief writing sample (10 pages or less) that is
the applicant's own work, and a current performance appraisal. If you are
a current or former federal employee, please attach a copy of your most
recent SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action).
Attorney positions are in the excepted service, and applicants for
attorney positions are not rated/ranked. For a description of the Civil
Rights Division's process for hiring experienced attorneys, please see
[http://www.justice.gov/crt/legalinfo/attyhire_exp.pdf].
Applications for this position are being processed through an on-line
applicant assessment system that has been specifically configured for
Department of Justice applicants. Even if you have already developed a
resume in USAJOBS, you will need to access this on-line system to complete
the application process. To obtain information about this position and TO
APPLY, please click on http://www.avuecentral.com/vacancy.html?ref=ZLREY.
DUTIES:
The core duties of Trial Attorneys in the Voting Section are: conducting
investigations to assess alleged violations of the Voting Rights Act (VRA)
and other voting statutes enforced by the Section, including reviewing
investigative files, materials and records, and applying relevant case
law, interviewing witnesses, requesting additional information and
documents, analyzing data and evidence, and drafting written
recommendations for further investigation and/or enforcement litigation;
developing cases for trial, including conducting written discovery and
depositions, developing litigation and trial strategy, drafting
complaints, motions and other court filings, representing the United
States in federal court at arguments, evidentiary hearings and trial;
negotiating settlement agreements and/or consent decrees resolving
enforcement matters; assisting in coordinating the federal observer
program during elections; and assisting in the administrative review of
voting changes submitted pursuant to the preclearance requirements of the
VRA. The complexity of the matters assigned, and the level of supervision
required, varies depending on the Trial Attorney's years of specialized
experience.
Qualifications:
MINIMUM FEDERAL QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Applicants must possess a J.D. degree, be an active member of the bar in
good standing (any jurisdiction), and have a minimum of three (3) years
post-J.D. experience. Applicants must have substantial litigation
experience, such as handling discovery, litigation strategy, motions
practice, brief writing, interviewing witnesses, taking and defending
depositions, trial preparation, trial practice, and negotiations.
Applicants must have excellent interpersonal skills, be mature and self
sufficient, communicate effectively orally and in writing, and possess
excellent professional judgment.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
In addition, the following qualifications are preferred: (1) substantive
knowledge of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) and other statutes enforced by
the section; (2) familiarity with the various analytical approaches
utilized to review voting changes under Section 5 of the VRA; (3)
experience investigating and/or litigating voting rights or civil rights
cases; (4) federal judicial experience; (5) experience serving as the lead
attorney in federal court cases; (6) familiarity with statistical
methodologies used in civil rights cases; (6) and fluency in Spanish,
Chinese, Korean, or vietnamese languages.
Current salary and years of specialized experience will determine the
appropriate salary level within the GS-14 to GS-15 range ($105,211.00
through $155,500.00 per annum). Final selection for these positions will
be subject to budgetary funding constraints.
Other Information:
As part of the on-line application process, applicants are asked to
provide - on a voluntary basis - demographic information on their
race/ethnicity/national origin, sex and disability. Applicants are also
asked to indicate how they learned about this vacancy. This information is
used to determine if our recruitment efforts are reaching all segments of
the population, consistent with federal equal employment opportunity laws.
No individual personnel selections are made based on this information.
Your voluntary responses will be treated in a highly confidential manner,
and any disability-related information will be kept confidential and used
only in accordance with the Rehabilitation Act and 29 C.F.R.
§1630.14(b)(1). Only summary data are reported and only in a format which
cannot be broken out by individual applicants; no individual data will be
provided to members of the public at any time. In addition, demographic
data are separated from your application materials, and no individual data
are provided to selecting officials or anyone else who can affect your
application at any point during the selection process. No information from
this form is ever placed in your personnel file, and failure to provide
the requested information will not affect your application in any way. The
authority for requesting this information is 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-16 and the
Rehabilitation Act. This notice of the uses of this information is
provided pursuant to Public Law 93-579 ("Privacy Act of 1974"), and the
information provided becomes part of a Privacy Act System of Records as
identified in 5 C.F.R. 552a; any disclosure of this record or information
contained in this record is in accordance with routine uses found in
OPM/GOVT-7, Applicant Race, Sex, National Origin, and Disability Status
Records.
We encourage you to provide this vital information, which we cannot obtain
from any other source; we can get it only from you. Thank you for helping
us to provide better service.
The Civil Rights Division encourages qualified applicants with targeted
disabilities to apply. Targeted disabilities are deafness, blindness,
missing extremities, partial or complete paralysis, convulsive disorder,
mental retardation, mental illness, severe distortion of limbs and/or
spine. Applicants who meet the qualification requirements and are able to
perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable
accommodation are encouraged to identify targeted disabilities in response
to the questions in the Avue application system seeking that information.
For additional information for applicants with targeted disabilities,
please contact the Civil Rights Division's Disability Program Manager,
Diane Petrie, at (202) 514-3934; see also
http://www.jan.wvu.edu/LEAD/index.htm and
http://www.opm.gov/disability/PeopleWithDisabilities.asp.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY / REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION: The U.S.
Department of Justice is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation
Employer, and encourages qualified applicants from all backgrounds to
apply. Except where otherwise provided by law, there will be no
discrimination for or against an applicant because of color, race,
religion, national origin, politics, marital status, disability, age, sex,
sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a parent, membership or
non-membership in an employee organization, or on the basis of personal
favoritism. The Department of Justice welcomes and encourages applications
from persons with physical and mental disabilities. The Department is
firmly committed to satisfying its affirmative obligations under the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, to ensure that persons with disabilities have
every opportunity to be hired and advanced on the basis of merit within
the Department of Justice. This agency provides reasonable accommodation
to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. If you need a
reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring
process, please contact the Civil Rights Division's Reasonable
Accommodations Coordinator, Thomas Skeeter, at 202-616-9974.
Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a
case-by-case basis.
It is the policy of the Department to achieve a drug-free workplace and
persons selected for employment will be required to pass a drug test which
screens for illegal drug use prior to final appointment.
This position may require extended hours and significant travel.
The U.S. Department of Justice cannot control further dissemination and/or
posting of information contained in this vacancy announcement. Such
posting and/or dissemination is not an endorsement by the Department or
the organization or group disseminating and/or posting the information.
Relocation expenses are not authorized.
Employment is contingent upon the completion and satisfactory adjudication
of a background investigation.
As a condition of employment, all male applicants born after December 31,
1959, must have registered for the selective service. If selected for this
position, the applicant must sign a statement certifying his registration,
or the applicant must demonstrate exempt status under the Selective
Service Law.
Only U.S. citizens are eligible for employment with the Executive Office
for Immigration Review and the United States Attorneys' Offices. Unless
otherwise indicated in a particular job advertisement, non-U.S. citizens
may apply for employment with other organizations, but should be advised
that appointments of non-U.S. citizens are extremely rare; such
appointments would be possible only if necessary to accomplish the
Department's mission and would be subject to strict security requirements.
Applicants who hold dual citizenship in the U.S. and another country will
be considered on a case-by-case basis.
There is no formal rating system for applying veterans' preference to
attorney appointments in the excepted service; however, the Department of
Justice considers veterans' preference eligibility as a positive factor in
attorney hiring. Applicants eligible for veterans' preference must include
that information in their cover letter or resume and attach supporting
documentation (e.g., the DD 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from
Active Duty and other supporting documentation) to their submissions.
Although the "point" system is not used, per se, applicants eligible to
claim 10-point preference must submit Standard Form (SF) 15, Application
for 10-Point Veteran Preference, and submit the supporting documentation
required for the specific type of preference claimed (visit the OPM
website, www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/SF15.pdf for a copy of SF 15, which
lists the types of 10-point preferences and the required supporting
document(s). Applicants should note that SF 15 requires supporting
documentation associated with service-connected disabilities or receipt of
nonservice-connected disability pensions to be dated 1991 or later except
in the case of service members submitting official statements or
retirement orders from a branch of the Armed Forces showing that his or
her retirement was due to a permanent service-connected disability or that
he/she was transferred to the permanent disability retired list (the
statement or retirement orders must indicate that the disability is 10% or
more).
How To Apply:
Applications for this position are being processed through an on-line
applicant assessment system that has been specifically configured for
Department of Justice applicants. Even if you have already developed a
resume in USAJOBS, you will need to access this on-line system to complete
the application process. To obtain information about this position and TO
APPLY, please click on http://www.avuecentral.com/vacancy.html?ref=ZLREY.
If you are unable to apply online, you may contact the employing office
for alternate application procedures. Please call Diane Turner at (202)
514-3934 or email at crd.attyvacanc...@usdoj.gov.
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House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel of New York's
million dollar tax evasion. Charles B. Rangel is still under
"investigation" by a "closed door" House Ethics Committee.
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