Assistant United States Attorney

The United States Attorney's Office prosecutes federal criminal offenses, seeks recovery of government funds fraudulently obtained, litigates affirmative civil fraud and enforcement actions, and defends the U.S. Government's interest in civil cases. The United States Attorney's Office, Middle District of Pennsylvania has staff in three offices: Harrisburg, Scranton, and Williamsport, and maintains an unstaffed office in Wilkes-Barre.

More information about the United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania is available at http://www.justice.gov/usao/districts/pam.html

AUSAs in the Criminal Division have the opportunity to represent the interests of the United States in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in a wide variety of complex cases involving drug trafficking, money laundering, firearms and other violent offenses, cyber-crimes, public corruption, terrorism, financial fraud, crimes against children, human trafficking, and environmental crimes, among others.

Required Qualifications: United States citizenship is required. Applicants must possess a J.D. degree, be an active member of the bar (any U.S. jurisdiction) and have at least one year of post-J.D. experience.

Preferred Qualifications: Preferred applicants will possess at least three years of substantial experience in handling a variety of complex criminal litigation including but not limited to major economic crimes, public corruption, drug trafficking, violent crimes, child exploitation cases, and grand jury practices. The preferred applicant will have substantial experience prosecuting these types of cases and handling all phases of prosecution including pre-trial litigation, trials, sentencing, post-sentencing proceedings and appeals. Preferred applicants will also demonstrate superior oral and written communications skills, possess the ability to work as part of a team, with an emphasis on working well with client agencies. Applicants should have strong character and interpersonal skills and demonstrate the capacity to function with minimal guidance in a highly demanding environment.

Applicants will conduct their own legal research and writing and will be substantially self-sufficient in preparing day-to-day correspondence and pleadings. Applicants must also demonstrate excellent computer literacy skills to include experience with automated research on the Internet, electronic court filing, and electronic e-mail and word processing systems.

Applications must be received by 11:59 p.m. EST Monday, December 1, 2025 to be considered under this announcement. Applicants should also complete the Middle District of Pennsylvania’s supplemental questionnaire, and attach it to their application. The supplemental questionnaire may be accessed on the Middle District of Pennsylvania’s website at MDPA Supplemental Questionnaire

Resumes should include complete dates (beginning month and year and ending month and year) for all periods of employment. Please submit only one application.

Applications can be submitted to the agency Point of Contact below:

Ms. Christine Osborne
Human Resources Officer
U.S. Attorney's Office
235 N. Washington Avenue
Scranton, PA 18503

Telephone: (570)207-4809
Email: Christine.osborne@usdoj.gov

Assistant United States Attorneys' pay is administratively determined based, in part, on the number years of professional attorney experience. The range of annual pay is $73,938 to $195,100 which includes the applicable locality pay supplement for the duty station.

This announcement will be used to fill one immediate vacancy. However, depending upon the needs of the office, additional positions may be filled from this announcement.