Assistant United States Attorney (Civil - Bankruptcy)

The United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois (NDIL) has more than 160 Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) working in its Criminal and Civil Divisions. NDIL has two offices, one located in Chicago and the other in Rockford. Criminal AUSAs handle a wide variety of cases, including drug trafficking, firearms and other violent crime offenses, immigration offenses, terrorism-related offenses, cyber-crimes, and a variety of fraud, public corruption, and white-collar offenses. Criminal AUSAs represent the United States in grand jury and judicial proceedings in United States District Court and appeals in the United States Court of Appeals. Civil AUSAs handle an array of defensive and affirmative litigation on behalf of the United States, its agencies, and employees before the United States District Court and the United States Court of Appeals. Defensive litigation includes medical malpractice and other personal injury cases, employment discrimination cases, challenges to agency actions, FOIA, and immigration. Affirmative matters include civil rights, environmental, food and drug, along with health care and other civil fraud cases. All AUSAs are responsible for substantial legal research and writing. The dynamic practice in the Office is both challenging and demanding. It represents an extraordinary opportunity and privilege to represent the United States and to participate in all aspects of federal criminal or civil law and practice.

The Northern District of Illinois, Chicago Office, is accepting applications for an Assistant United States Attorney opening in our Civil Division primarily to handle bankruptcy and commercial lien cases and matters.

Required qualifications: Applicants must possess a J.D. degree, be an active member of the bar (any jurisdiction), and have at least two years post-J.D. experience.

Preferred qualifications: Excellent academics, significant litigation experience, bankruptcy law experience, strong legal writing skills, and commitment to public service.

You must meet all qualification requirements upon the closing date of the announcement.

United States citizenship is required.

Application information for AUSA-NDIL-25-4 is available at the following site: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/job-listing.

To apply, please provide a complete application package, which consists of the following 5 items:

Item 1 must be submitted through the USAJobs portal AND sent via email, in PDF format, to USAILN.hiring@usdoj.gov.

• Resume and cover letter

Items 2-5 should ONLY be submitted via email, in PDF format, to USAILN.hiring@usdoj.gov. PLEASE DO NOT submit items 2-5 through the USAJobs portal.

• Law school transcript
• Writing sample written by you within the last year
• Three letters of professional recommendation from people who are in a position to assess your legal skills

• AUSA Questionnaire and Personal Statement indicating why you think you would be a good trial lawyer and why you want to work in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois

Applicants who fail to follow the steps above will not be considered. Your application package will not be considered complete, and will not be reviewed for consideration, until all 5 items have been received.

No telephone calls please.

Assistant United States Attorneys’ pay is administratively determined based, in part, on the number years of professional attorney experience. The range of basic pay is $82,655 to $195,100 which includes 30.86% locality pay.