Assistant United States Attorney (MDNC)

Hiring Organization
USAO Middle District of North Carolina
Hiring Office
Civil Division
Attorney Appointment Type
Attorney Permanent
Job ID
26-NCM-12861685-AUSA

Location:
101 S. Edgeworth St., 4th Floor
Greensboro, NC 27317 - United States

Application Deadline:
Thursday, January 22, 2026
About the Office

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of North Carolina has two positions available for an Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) in our Civil Division. The office is very active, serving approximately 3 million people and covering 24 counties in the central part of the state. Employment with this office offers a unique and challenging experience for highly motivated attorneys, including opportunities to work their own caseload, manage investigations, and represent the United States of America in federal District Court and the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Our district is headquartered in downtown Greensboro with a staffed branch office in Winston-Salem.

Job Description

Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) in the Civil Division are responsible for representing the Federal Government, its agencies, and employees in civil litigation. AUSAs defend civil actions brought against the Federal Government in areas such as torts, land disputes, employment discrimination, immigration, and constitutional torts or Bivens actions. They are active at both the trial and appellate levels, taking depositions, preparing, and answering discovery demands, negotiating settlements, engaging in motion practice, trying cases, and writing and arguing appeals.

An AUSA may also be assigned additional duties at the discretion of the United States Attorney. Such case assignments may include, but are not limited to, civil asset forfeiture actions, and assisting criminal AUSAs with criminal forfeiture matters, enforcement of administrative subpoenas, health care fraud litigation, habeas corpus cases, actions brought under the Freedom of Information Act, actions seeking federal court review of the administrative actions of federal agencies, and the collection of debts owed to the government, including foreclosure, student loan cases, and other debts owed to the United States.

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, be an active member of the bar (any U.S. jurisdiction), and have at least three (3) years post-J.D. legal or other relevant experience. United States citizenship is required.

Preferred Qualifications: The ideal candidate will have (1) legal practice experience related to civil litigation; (2) quick analytical ability and the facility to accurately and precisely articulate the critical issues involved with a case; (3) superior oral and writing skills, as well as strong research and interpersonal skills; (4) ability to work in a supportive and professional manner with the court, other attorneys, support staff and client agencies; (5) capacity to function with minimal guidance in a highly demanding environment; and (6) excellent computer literacy skills to include experience with automated research, electronic court filing, electronic e-mail and word processing systems.

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

Application Process

To be considered for this position, applications must be submitted by 11:59pm (EST) on January 22, 2026.

Applicants will only be accepted through USAJobs website at: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/853819000.

Please be sure to read the announcement through its entirety prior to applying.

You must provide a complete Application Package which includes the following required documents:

Required: Your responses to the Online Occupational Questionnaire (This is completed automatically during the apply online process).
Required: Cover letter
Required: Resume. 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.
Required: Writing Sample (20 pages or less)
Required: Three (3) references

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 Attorney’s pay is administratively determined and is based, in part, on the number of years of professional attorney experience. The salary range of pay is $79,440 to $193,394 which includes locality pay of 17.06%.