Assistant United States Attorney

Hiring Organization
USAO Northern District of Georgia
Hiring Office
Criminal Division - Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section (MLARS)
Attorney Appointment Type
Attorney Permanent

Location:
75 Ted Turner Dr., SW
Suite 600
Atlanta, GA 30303 - United States

Application Deadline:
Monday, January 12, 2026
About the Office

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, Northern District of Georgia, is located in Atlanta, Georgia. In addition to the main office in downtown Atlanta, we maintain three intermittently staffed offices located in Rome, Newnan, and Gainesville. More information about the United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia is available at http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/gan.

Job Description

Responsibilities and Opportunity Offered: The Northern District of Georgia is currently seeking applicants for a permanent Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) opening in our Criminal Division, to be assigned to the Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section (MLARS).

The selected Criminal AUSA will initially be assigned to the Training Section. The AUSA will remain in the Training Section for a year or longer as they develop criminal case experience and trial skills. While the selected Criminal AUSA is in the Training Section, a portion of time also will be spent on assignments and training from MLARS in the areas of civil and criminal forfeiture and/or post-judgment debt collection practice. After successfully completing this training period, the AUSA will be permanently assigned to MLARS, which is described more fully below:

The primary goal of the Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section (MLARS) is to make certain that crime does not pay. To achieve that goal, MLARS focuses on, among other things, investigating and prosecuting high-stakes, large-scale money laundering matters, including matters with complex financial components and nationwide and international implications, overseeing forfeiture in all civil and criminal cases in the district and ensuring that debts and judgments owed to victims of crime and the United States are fully paid. AUSAs in this section have a varied caseload of civil and criminal matters and regularly work with personnel across the Criminal and Civil Divisions in the district, as well as with our various Federal, State and local law enforcement partners.

Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.

Qualifications

Required qualifications: Applicants must possess a J.D. degree from a law school approved by the American Bar Association, be an active member of the bar (any jurisdiction), and have at least three years of post-JD experience. United States citizenship is required.

United States citizenship is required.

You must become a member of the Georgia bar within 18 months of appointment as an Assistant U.S. Attorney. If you are a member of the bar in any jurisdiction other than Georgia, you may apply for admission on motion without examination to membership in the bar to receive comity for bar admission purposes with the State of Georgia. Reciprocity Order, eligibility criteria, instructions for admission on motion without examination are available at http://www.gabaradmissions.org.

Preferred qualifications: Although not required, applicants with a strong interest in complex financial fraud investigations and prosecutions are preferred. In addition, applicants with significant civil litigation and/or complex fraud prosecutorial backgrounds are preferred. Candidates must possess a strong academic background, superior legal writing and research ability, organizational skills, ability to handle and manage voluminous documents and electronic data, handle challenging witnesses, handle pressing deadlines, and show a commitment to professionalism, ethics and integrity, civility, and public service.

Candidates should possess a strong academic background, superior legal writing and research abilities, excellent organizational skills, and the ability to handle voluminous discovery, challenging witnesses, and pressing deadlines. Candidates also should show a commitment to professionalism, ethics, integrity, civility, and public service.

Application Process

You must apply online at: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/852772500 Please be sure to read the announcement through it's entirety prior to applying.

• Required - Responses to the Online Occupational Questionnaire (This is completed automatically during the apply online process).
• Required - Your resume cannot exceed two pages -you will be deemed ineligible and receive no further consideration if your resume exceeds two pages - see USAJOBS for formatting requirements. Include relevant employment history as outlined below for each job:

1. Official position title (if Federal, include series/grade),
2. Employer name and contact information,
3. Start and end dates (for full consideration you must include month, day, and year),
4. Indicate full-time or number of hours worked per week if part-time, and
5. A list of duties performed and accomplishments.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

• Required- Cover letter (1 page preferred.)
• Required - Writing sample (Please provide a recent legal writing sample, such as a pretrial or dispositive motion or response, appellate brief, or sentencing memorandum, of 10-20 pages that was not heavily edited by others. You may submit an excerpt from a longer piece.)
• Required, if applicable - To get Veterans' Preference, you must indicate your preference in response to the appropriate question in your assessment questionnaire and you must submit the appropriate supporting documentation. See the "How you will be Evaluated" section for details regarding what is appropriate Veterans' Preference documentation. It is also

recommended that you include veterans' preference information in your cover letter or resume. Applicants should familiarize themselves and comply with the relevant rules of professional conduct regarding any possible conflicts of interest in connection with their applications. In particular, please notify this Office if you currently represent clients or adjudicate matters in which this Office is involved and/or you have a family member who is representing clients or adjudicating matters in which this Office is involved so that we can evaluate any potential conflicts of interest or disqualification issues that may need to be addressed under those circumstances.

Applicants should familiarize themselves and comply with the relevant rules of professional conduct regarding any possible conflicts of interest in connection with their applications. In particular, please notify this Office if you currently represent clients or adjudicate matters in which this Office is involved and/or you have a family member who is representing clients or adjudicating matters in which this Office is involved so that we can evaluate any potential conflicts of interest or disqualification issues that may need to be addressed under those circumstances.

Salary

Assistant United States Attorneys pay is administratively determined based, in part, on the number of years of professional attorney experience. The range of basic pay is $78,189 to $195,100 which includes 23.79% locality pay.