Term Criminal Assistant United States Attorney
- Western District of Wisconsin
- Madison, Wisconsin
- Full Time
Term Criminal Assistant United Stes Attorney
Department of Justice
Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys and the Office of the U.S. Attorneys
United Stes Attorney's Office Western District of Wisconsin
Summary
The United Stes Attorney's Office for the Western District of Wisconsin is looking for a highly qualified torney to fill a term position as an Assistant United Stes Attorney (AUSA) in its Criminal Division.
The United Stes Attorney's Office for the Western District of Wisconsin is in Madison, Wisconsin.
As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement.
Learn more about this agency
Summary
The United Stes Attorney's Office for the Western District of Wisconsin is looking for a highly qualified torney to fill a term position as an Assistant United Stes Attorney (AUSA) in its Criminal Division.
The United Stes Attorney's Office for the Western District of Wisconsin is in Madison, Wisconsin.
As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement.
Learn more about this agency
Overview
Help
Accepting applicions
Open & closing des
05/19/2026 to 06/02/2026
Salary
$76,748 - $197,100 per year
includes 17.06% locality pay
Pay scale & grade
AD 21
Locion
1 vacancy in the following locion:
Madison, WI
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
No
Travel Required
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocion expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Term - Not to Exceed 9/30/2029
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Excepted
Promotion potential
29
Job family (Series)
0905 Attorney
Supervisory stus
No
Security clearance
Not Required
Drug test
Yes
Position sensitivity and risk
Special-Sensitive (SS)/High Risk
Trust determinion process
Credentialing
Suitability/Fitness
Financial disclosure
No
Bargaining unit stus
No
Announcement number
26-WIW FRONT OFFICE-TERM
Control number
869848200
This job is open to
Help
The public
U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
Clarificion from the agency
All United Stes Citizens and Nionals
Duties
Help
The AUSA hired for this position will primarily prosecute drug trafficking offenses, such as trafficking of fentanyl and its precursor chemicals. Additionally, the AUSA will prosecute gang-reled crimes involving aliens, child trafficking, human smuggling, and firearms offenses. AUSAs write their own District and Appelle Court briefs. Therefore, strong writing skills are required.
Responsibilities will increase and assignments come more complex as your training and experience progress.
Security Requirements: Initial appointment is conditioned upon a sisfactory preemployment adjudicion. This includes fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing. In addition, continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudicion of a background investigion.
Residency Requirements: Assistant United Stes Attorneys generally must reside in the district to which he or she is appointed or within 25 miles thereof. See 28 U.S.C. 545 for district-specific informion.
Selective Service: If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify th you have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. See www.sss.gov.
Requirements
Help
Conditions of employment
You must be a United Stes Citizen or Nional.
Initial appointment is conditioned upon a sisfactory preemployment adjudicion. This includes fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing. Continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudicion of a background investigion.
You must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable.
J.D. degree and active member of the bar (any U.S. jurisdiction) required.
Type of Position: This is a temporary position not-to-exceed 9/30/2029 . This position may be extended or made permanent without further competition.
Must reside in the district to which appointed or within 25 miles thereof. See 28 U.S.C. 545 for district specific informion.
Qualificions
All applicants must be U.S. citizens. Applicants must possess a J.D. degree, be an active member of the bar (any jurisdiction), and have least 1 year post-J.D. legal experience, which may include a judicial law clerkship.
Applicants must have: (1) one year of experience as an torney; and (2) strong analytical skills, including strong research and computer skills. Applicants must also possess excellent oral and written communicion skills, interpersonal skills, good judgment, and the ability to work in a supportive, professional manner with other torneys, support staff, investigors, and client agencies. Applicants must have a demonstred capacity to function, with minimal guidance, in a highly demanding environment.
You must meet all qualificion requirements upon the closing de of this announcement.
Educion
Applicants must possess a J.D. Degree
Additional informion
Assistant United Stes Attorney's pay is administrively determined based, in part, on the number of years of professional torney experience. The range of total pay is $76,748 to $197,100 which includes 17.06% locality pay
Other Benefits: The Department of Justice offers a comprehensive benefits package th includes, in part, paid vacion; sick leave; holidays; telework; life insurance; health benefits; and participion in the Federal Employees Retirement System. The Benefits link provides an overview of the benefits currently offered to Federal Employees.
Relocion Expenses: Relocion expenses will not be authorized.
* * *
This and other vacancy announcements can be found under Attorney Vacancies and Volunteer Legal Internships . The Department of Justice cannot control further disseminion and/or posting of informion contained in this vacancy announcement. Such posting and/or disseminion is not an endorsement by the Department of the organizion or group dissemining and/or posting the informion.
Travel: Occasional travel, both within and outside the District, may be required.
Applicants should familiarize themselves and comply with the relevant rules of professional conduct regarding any possible conflicts of interest in connection with their applicions. In particular, please notify this Office if you currently represent clients or adjudice mters in which this Office is involved and/or you have a family member who is representing clients or adjudicing mters in which this Office is involved so th we can evalue any potential conflict of interest or disqualificion issue th may need to be addressed under those circumstances.
Type of Position: This is a term position not-to-exceed 9/30/2029. This position may be extended or made permanent without further competition.
Political Appointees (Current and Former): Political Appointees (Current or Former): The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C or Non-Career SES employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this informion to the HR Office. Failure to disclose this informion could result in disciplinary action including removal from Federal Service.
Security Requirements: Initial appointment is conditioned upon a sisfactory preemployment adjudicion. This includes fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing. In addition, continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudicion of a background investigion.
EEO Stement/Policy: The United Stes government does not discrimine in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, nional origin, political affiliion, sexual oriention, marital stus, disability, genetic informion, age, membership in an employee organizion, retaliion, parental stus, military service or other non-merit factor. More informion can be found here:
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Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution.
Benefits
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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .
Review our benefits
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.
How you evalued
You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.
Evaluion Method: Once your complete applicion package is received, it reviewed to ensure you meet all job requirements. An torney interview panel will then review all qualified applicants and make recommendions for invition to interview. You notified if selected for an interview.
The Occupional Questionnaire will take you approximely 20 minutes to complete.
Veterans' Preference: There is no formal ring system for applying veterans' preference to torney appointments in the excepted service; however, the Department of Justice considers veterans' preference eligibility as a positive factor in torney hiring. Applicants eligible for veterans' preference must indice their preference in response to the approprie question in their assessment questionnaire (it is also recommended th informion is included in their cover letter or resume) and they must submit supporting documention (e.g., DD 214, Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty and other supporting documention) which verifies their eligibility for preference. Although the "point" system is not used, per se, applicants eligible to claim 10-point preference must submit Standard Form (SF) 15, Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference, and submit the supporting documention required for the specific type of preference claimed ( the OPM website, for a copy of SF 15, which lists the types of 10-point preferences and the required supporting document(s). Applicants should note th SF 15 requires supporting documention associed with service-connected disabilities or receipt of nonservice-connected disability pensions to be ded 1991 or ler except in the case of service members submitting official stements or retirement orders from a branch of the Armed Forces showing th retirement was due to a permanent service-connected disability or th they were transferred to the permanent disability retired list (the stement or retirement orders must indice th the disability is 10% or more).
Reasonable Accommodions : This agency provides reasonable accommodion to applicants with disabilities where approprie. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the agency. Determinions on requests for reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis.
Benefits
Help
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .
Review our benefits
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.
Required documents
Required Documents
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You must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes:
- Required: Your responses to the Online Occupional Questionnaire (This is completed automically during the apply online process).
- Required: Cover letter to the tention of United Stes Attorney Chadwick M. Elgersma.
- Required: Writing sample (10 pages or less).
- Required: Your resume cannot exceed two pages. You deemed ineligible and receive no further considerion if your resume exceeds two pages - see USAJOBS for formting requirements . Include relevant employment history as outlined below for each job:
Official position title (if Federal, include series/grade),
Employer name and contact informion,
Start and end des (for full considerion you must include month, day, and year),
Indice full-time or number of hours worked per week if part-time, and
A list of duties performed and accomplishments.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (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 th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
- Required, if applicable: To get Veterans' Preference, you must indice your preference in response to the approprie question in your assessment questionnaire and you must submit the approprie supporting documention. See the "How you Evalued" section for details regarding wh is approprie Veterans' Preference documention. It is also recommended th you include veterans' preference informion in your cover letter or resume.
Outreach and Recruitment for Qualified Applicants with Disabilities : The Department encourages qualified applicants with disabilities, including individuals with targeted/severe disabilities to apply in response to posted vacancy announcements. Qualified applicants with targeted/severe disabilities may be eligible for direct hire, non-competitive appointment under Schedule A (5 C.F.R. 213.3102(u)) hiring authority. Individuals with targeted/severe disabilities are encouraged to contact one of the Department's Disability Points of Contact (DPOC) to express an interest in being considered for a position. See list of DPOCs .
Suitability and Citizenship : It is the policy of the Department to achieve a drug-free workplace and persons selected for employment required to pass a drug test which screens for illegal drug use prior to final appointment. Employment is also contingent upon the completion and sisfactory adjudicion of a background investigion. Congress generally prohibits agencies from employing non-citizens within the United Stes, except for a few narrow exceptions as set forth in the annual Appropriions Act (see, Pursuant to DOJ component policies, only U.S. citizens are eligible for employment with the Executive Office for Immigrion Review, U.S. Trustee's Offices, and the Federal Bureau of Investigion. Unless otherwise indiced in a particular job advertisement, qualifying non-U.S. citizens meeting immigrion and appropriions law criteria may apply for employment with other DOJ organizions. However, please be advised th the appointment of non-U.S. citizens is 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 considered on a case-by-case basis. All DOJ employees are subject to a residency requirement. Candides who have lived outside the United Stes for two or more of the past five years will likely have difficulty being approved for appointments by the Department Security Staff. The two-year period is cumulive, not necessarily consecutive. Federal or military employees, or dependents of federal or military employees serving overseas, are excepted from this requirement.
Current or Former Political Appointees : The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this informion to the Human Resources Office by providing a copy of your applicable SF-50, along with a stement th provides the following informion regarding your most recent political appointment:
Position title;
Type of appointment (Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES, or Presidential Appointee);
Agency; and
Beginning and ending des of appointment.
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
Help
To apply for this position, you must complete the occupional questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section above.
The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 06/02/2026 to receive considerion.
1. To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire.
2. Click the Submit My Answers button to submit your applicion package. (It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention are submitted prior to the closing de.)
3. To verify your applicion is complete, log into your USAJOBS account, , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the more informion link for this position. The Details page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent reled to this applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
To return to an incomplete applicion, log into your USAJOBS account and click Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete.
You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the stus of your applicion. However, should you not be able to apply online, please contact Western District of Wisconsin ... or email ..., prior to the closing de of this announcement to request an alterne method of applying.
Agency contact informion
Mthew Lesperance
Phone
...
...
Address
Western District of Wisconsin
222 West Washington Avenue
Madison, WI 53703
US
Next steps
We will notify you of the outcome after each step of the recruitment process has been completed. After making a tentive job offer, we will conduct a suitability/security background investigion, to include a credit and tax checks, and a drug test by urinalysis. We expect to make a final job offer within 120 days after the closing de of the announcement.
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Required Documents
Help
You must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes:
- Required: Your responses to the Online Occupional Questionnaire (This is completed automically during the apply online process).
- Required: Cover letter to the tention of United Stes Attorney Chadwick M. Elgersma.
- Required: Writing sample (10 pages or less).
- Required: Your resume cannot exceed two pages. You deemed ineligible and receive no further considerion if your resume exceeds two pages - see USAJOBS for formting requirements . Include relevant employment history as outlined below for each job:
Official position title (if Federal, include series/grade),
Employer name and contact informion,
Start and end des (for full considerion you must include month, day, and year),
Indice full-time or number of hours worked per week if part-time, and
A list of duties performed and accomplishments.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (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 th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
- Required, if applicable: To get Veterans' Preference, you must indice your preference in response to the approprie question in your assessment questionnaire and you must submit the approprie supporting documention. See the "How you Evalued" section for details regarding wh is approprie Veterans' Preference documention. It is also recommended th you include veterans' preference informion in your cover letter or resume.
Outreach and Recruitment for Qualified Applicants with Disabilities : The Department encourages qualified applicants with disabilities, including individuals with targeted/severe disabilities to apply in response to posted vacancy announcements. Qualified applicants with targeted/severe disabilities may be eligible for direct hire, non-competitive appointment under Schedule A (5 C.F.R. 213.3102(u)) hiring authority. Individuals with targeted/severe disabilities are encouraged to contact one of the Department's Disability Points of Contact (DPOC) to express an interest in being considered for a position. See list of DPOCs .
Suitability and Citizenship : It is the policy of the Department to achieve a drug-free workplace and persons selected for employment required to pass a drug test which screens for illegal drug use prior to final appointment. Employment is also contingent upon the completion and sisfactory adjudicion of a background investigion. Congress generally prohibits agencies from employing non-citizens within the United Stes, except for a few narrow exceptions as set forth in the annual Appropriions Act (see, Pursuant to DOJ component policies, only U.S. citizens are eligible for employment with the Executive Office for Immigrion Review, U.S. Trustee's Offices, and the Federal Bureau of Investigion. Unless otherwise indiced in a particular job advertisement, qualifying non-U.S. citizens meeting immigrion and appropriions law criteria may apply for employment with other DOJ organizions. However, please be advised th the appointment of non-U.S. citizens is 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 considered on a case-by-case basis. All DOJ employees are subject to a residency requirement. Candides who have lived outside the United Stes for two or more of the past five years will likely have difficulty being approved for appointments by the Department Security Staff. The two-year period is cumulive, not necessarily consecutive. Federal or military employees, or dependents of federal or military employees serving overseas, are excepted from this requirement.
Current or Former Political Appointees : The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this informion to the Human Resources Office by providing a copy of your applicable SF-50, along with a stement th provides the following informion regarding your most recent political appointment:
Position title;
Type of appointment (Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES, or Presidential Appointee);
Agency; and
Beginning and ending des of appointment.
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
Help
To apply for this position, you must complete the occupional questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section above.
The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 06/02/2026 to receive considerion.
1. To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire.
2. Click the Submit My Answers button to submit your applicion package. (It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention are submitted prior to the closing de.)
3. To verify your applicion is complete, log into your USAJOBS account, , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the more informion link for this position. The Details page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent reled to this applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
To return to an incomplete applicion, log into your USAJOBS account and click Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete.
You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the stus of your applicion. However, should you not be able to apply online, please contact Western District of Wisconsin ... or email ..., prior to the closing de of this announcement to request an alterne method of applying.
Expand Hide how to apply
Agency contact informion
Mthew Lesperance
Phone
...
...
Address
Western District of Wisconsin
222 West Washington Avenue
Madison, WI 53703
US
Next steps
We will notify you of the outcome after each step of the recruitment process has been completed. After making a tentive job offer, we will conduct a suitability/security background investigion, to include a credit and tax checks, and a drug test by urinalysis. We expect to make a final job offer within 120 days after the closing de of the announcement.
Expand Hide next steps
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/19/2026 to 06/02/2026 Salary $76,748 - $197,100 per year includes 17.06% locality pay Pay scale & grade AD 21 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Madison, WI Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Term - Not to Exceed 9/30/2029 Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential 29 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number 26-WIW FRONT OFFICE-TERM Control number 869848200
Department of Justice
Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys and the Office of the U.S. Attorneys
United Stes Attorney's Office Western District of Wisconsin
Summary
The United Stes Attorney's Office for the Western District of Wisconsin is looking for a highly qualified torney to fill a term position as an Assistant United Stes Attorney (AUSA) in its Criminal Division.
The United Stes Attorney's Office for the Western District of Wisconsin is in Madison, Wisconsin.
As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement.
Learn more about this agency
Summary
The United Stes Attorney's Office for the Western District of Wisconsin is looking for a highly qualified torney to fill a term position as an Assistant United Stes Attorney (AUSA) in its Criminal Division.
The United Stes Attorney's Office for the Western District of Wisconsin is in Madison, Wisconsin.
As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement.
Learn more about this agency
Overview
Help
Accepting applicions
Open & closing des
05/19/2026 to 06/02/2026
Salary
$76,748 - $197,100 per year
includes 17.06% locality pay
Pay scale & grade
AD 21
Locion
1 vacancy in the following locion:
Madison, WI
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
No
Travel Required
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocion expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Term - Not to Exceed 9/30/2029
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Excepted
Promotion potential
29
Job family (Series)
0905 Attorney
Supervisory stus
No
Security clearance
Not Required
Drug test
Yes
Position sensitivity and risk
Special-Sensitive (SS)/High Risk
Trust determinion process
Credentialing
Suitability/Fitness
Financial disclosure
No
Bargaining unit stus
No
Announcement number
26-WIW FRONT OFFICE-TERM
Control number
869848200
This job is open to
Help
The public
U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
Clarificion from the agency
All United Stes Citizens and Nionals
Duties
Help
The AUSA hired for this position will primarily prosecute drug trafficking offenses, such as trafficking of fentanyl and its precursor chemicals. Additionally, the AUSA will prosecute gang-reled crimes involving aliens, child trafficking, human smuggling, and firearms offenses. AUSAs write their own District and Appelle Court briefs. Therefore, strong writing skills are required.
Responsibilities will increase and assignments come more complex as your training and experience progress.
Security Requirements: Initial appointment is conditioned upon a sisfactory preemployment adjudicion. This includes fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing. In addition, continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudicion of a background investigion.
Residency Requirements: Assistant United Stes Attorneys generally must reside in the district to which he or she is appointed or within 25 miles thereof. See 28 U.S.C. 545 for district-specific informion.
Selective Service: If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify th you have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. See www.sss.gov.
Requirements
Help
Conditions of employment
You must be a United Stes Citizen or Nional.
Initial appointment is conditioned upon a sisfactory preemployment adjudicion. This includes fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing. Continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudicion of a background investigion.
You must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable.
J.D. degree and active member of the bar (any U.S. jurisdiction) required.
Type of Position: This is a temporary position not-to-exceed 9/30/2029 . This position may be extended or made permanent without further competition.
Must reside in the district to which appointed or within 25 miles thereof. See 28 U.S.C. 545 for district specific informion.
Qualificions
All applicants must be U.S. citizens. Applicants must possess a J.D. degree, be an active member of the bar (any jurisdiction), and have least 1 year post-J.D. legal experience, which may include a judicial law clerkship.
Applicants must have: (1) one year of experience as an torney; and (2) strong analytical skills, including strong research and computer skills. Applicants must also possess excellent oral and written communicion skills, interpersonal skills, good judgment, and the ability to work in a supportive, professional manner with other torneys, support staff, investigors, and client agencies. Applicants must have a demonstred capacity to function, with minimal guidance, in a highly demanding environment.
You must meet all qualificion requirements upon the closing de of this announcement.
Educion
Applicants must possess a J.D. Degree
Additional informion
Assistant United Stes Attorney's pay is administrively determined based, in part, on the number of years of professional torney experience. The range of total pay is $76,748 to $197,100 which includes 17.06% locality pay
Other Benefits: The Department of Justice offers a comprehensive benefits package th includes, in part, paid vacion; sick leave; holidays; telework; life insurance; health benefits; and participion in the Federal Employees Retirement System. The Benefits link provides an overview of the benefits currently offered to Federal Employees.
Relocion Expenses: Relocion expenses will not be authorized.
* * *
This and other vacancy announcements can be found under Attorney Vacancies and Volunteer Legal Internships . The Department of Justice cannot control further disseminion and/or posting of informion contained in this vacancy announcement. Such posting and/or disseminion is not an endorsement by the Department of the organizion or group dissemining and/or posting the informion.
Travel: Occasional travel, both within and outside the District, may be required.
Applicants should familiarize themselves and comply with the relevant rules of professional conduct regarding any possible conflicts of interest in connection with their applicions. In particular, please notify this Office if you currently represent clients or adjudice mters in which this Office is involved and/or you have a family member who is representing clients or adjudicing mters in which this Office is involved so th we can evalue any potential conflict of interest or disqualificion issue th may need to be addressed under those circumstances.
Type of Position: This is a term position not-to-exceed 9/30/2029. This position may be extended or made permanent without further competition.
Political Appointees (Current and Former): Political Appointees (Current or Former): The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C or Non-Career SES employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this informion to the HR Office. Failure to disclose this informion could result in disciplinary action including removal from Federal Service.
Security Requirements: Initial appointment is conditioned upon a sisfactory preemployment adjudicion. This includes fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing. In addition, continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudicion of a background investigion.
EEO Stement/Policy: The United Stes government does not discrimine in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, nional origin, political affiliion, sexual oriention, marital stus, disability, genetic informion, age, membership in an employee organizion, retaliion, parental stus, military service or other non-merit factor. More informion can be found here:
Expand Hide additional informion
Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution.
Benefits
Help
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .
Review our benefits
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You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.
Evaluion Method: Once your complete applicion package is received, it reviewed to ensure you meet all job requirements. An torney interview panel will then review all qualified applicants and make recommendions for invition to interview. You notified if selected for an interview.
The Occupional Questionnaire will take you approximely 20 minutes to complete.
Veterans' Preference: There is no formal ring system for applying veterans' preference to torney appointments in the excepted service; however, the Department of Justice considers veterans' preference eligibility as a positive factor in torney hiring. Applicants eligible for veterans' preference must indice their preference in response to the approprie question in their assessment questionnaire (it is also recommended th informion is included in their cover letter or resume) and they must submit supporting documention (e.g., DD 214, Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty and other supporting documention) which verifies their eligibility for preference. Although the "point" system is not used, per se, applicants eligible to claim 10-point preference must submit Standard Form (SF) 15, Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference, and submit the supporting documention required for the specific type of preference claimed ( the OPM website, for a copy of SF 15, which lists the types of 10-point preferences and the required supporting document(s). Applicants should note th SF 15 requires supporting documention associed with service-connected disabilities or receipt of nonservice-connected disability pensions to be ded 1991 or ler except in the case of service members submitting official stements or retirement orders from a branch of the Armed Forces showing th retirement was due to a permanent service-connected disability or th they were transferred to the permanent disability retired list (the stement or retirement orders must indice th the disability is 10% or more).
Reasonable Accommodions : This agency provides reasonable accommodion to applicants with disabilities where approprie. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the agency. Determinions on requests for reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis.
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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .
Review our benefits
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.
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Required Documents
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You must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes:
- Required: Your responses to the Online Occupional Questionnaire (This is completed automically during the apply online process).
- Required: Cover letter to the tention of United Stes Attorney Chadwick M. Elgersma.
- Required: Writing sample (10 pages or less).
- Required: Your resume cannot exceed two pages. You deemed ineligible and receive no further considerion if your resume exceeds two pages - see USAJOBS for formting requirements . Include relevant employment history as outlined below for each job:
Official position title (if Federal, include series/grade),
Employer name and contact informion,
Start and end des (for full considerion you must include month, day, and year),
Indice full-time or number of hours worked per week if part-time, and
A list of duties performed and accomplishments.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (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 th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
- Required, if applicable: To get Veterans' Preference, you must indice your preference in response to the approprie question in your assessment questionnaire and you must submit the approprie supporting documention. See the "How you Evalued" section for details regarding wh is approprie Veterans' Preference documention. It is also recommended th you include veterans' preference informion in your cover letter or resume.
Outreach and Recruitment for Qualified Applicants with Disabilities : The Department encourages qualified applicants with disabilities, including individuals with targeted/severe disabilities to apply in response to posted vacancy announcements. Qualified applicants with targeted/severe disabilities may be eligible for direct hire, non-competitive appointment under Schedule A (5 C.F.R. 213.3102(u)) hiring authority. Individuals with targeted/severe disabilities are encouraged to contact one of the Department's Disability Points of Contact (DPOC) to express an interest in being considered for a position. See list of DPOCs .
Suitability and Citizenship : It is the policy of the Department to achieve a drug-free workplace and persons selected for employment required to pass a drug test which screens for illegal drug use prior to final appointment. Employment is also contingent upon the completion and sisfactory adjudicion of a background investigion. Congress generally prohibits agencies from employing non-citizens within the United Stes, except for a few narrow exceptions as set forth in the annual Appropriions Act (see, Pursuant to DOJ component policies, only U.S. citizens are eligible for employment with the Executive Office for Immigrion Review, U.S. Trustee's Offices, and the Federal Bureau of Investigion. Unless otherwise indiced in a particular job advertisement, qualifying non-U.S. citizens meeting immigrion and appropriions law criteria may apply for employment with other DOJ organizions. However, please be advised th the appointment of non-U.S. citizens is 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 considered on a case-by-case basis. All DOJ employees are subject to a residency requirement. Candides who have lived outside the United Stes for two or more of the past five years will likely have difficulty being approved for appointments by the Department Security Staff. The two-year period is cumulive, not necessarily consecutive. Federal or military employees, or dependents of federal or military employees serving overseas, are excepted from this requirement.
Current or Former Political Appointees : The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this informion to the Human Resources Office by providing a copy of your applicable SF-50, along with a stement th provides the following informion regarding your most recent political appointment:
Position title;
Type of appointment (Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES, or Presidential Appointee);
Agency; and
Beginning and ending des of appointment.
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
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To apply for this position, you must complete the occupional questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section above.
The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 06/02/2026 to receive considerion.
1. To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire.
2. Click the Submit My Answers button to submit your applicion package. (It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention are submitted prior to the closing de.)
3. To verify your applicion is complete, log into your USAJOBS account, , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the more informion link for this position. The Details page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent reled to this applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
To return to an incomplete applicion, log into your USAJOBS account and click Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete.
You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the stus of your applicion. However, should you not be able to apply online, please contact Western District of Wisconsin ... or email ..., prior to the closing de of this announcement to request an alterne method of applying.
Agency contact informion
Mthew Lesperance
Phone
...
...
Address
Western District of Wisconsin
222 West Washington Avenue
Madison, WI 53703
US
Next steps
We will notify you of the outcome after each step of the recruitment process has been completed. After making a tentive job offer, we will conduct a suitability/security background investigion, to include a credit and tax checks, and a drug test by urinalysis. We expect to make a final job offer within 120 days after the closing de of the announcement.
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Required Documents
Help
You must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes:
- Required: Your responses to the Online Occupional Questionnaire (This is completed automically during the apply online process).
- Required: Cover letter to the tention of United Stes Attorney Chadwick M. Elgersma.
- Required: Writing sample (10 pages or less).
- Required: Your resume cannot exceed two pages. You deemed ineligible and receive no further considerion if your resume exceeds two pages - see USAJOBS for formting requirements . Include relevant employment history as outlined below for each job:
Official position title (if Federal, include series/grade),
Employer name and contact informion,
Start and end des (for full considerion you must include month, day, and year),
Indice full-time or number of hours worked per week if part-time, and
A list of duties performed and accomplishments.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (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 th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
- Required, if applicable: To get Veterans' Preference, you must indice your preference in response to the approprie question in your assessment questionnaire and you must submit the approprie supporting documention. See the "How you Evalued" section for details regarding wh is approprie Veterans' Preference documention. It is also recommended th you include veterans' preference informion in your cover letter or resume.
Outreach and Recruitment for Qualified Applicants with Disabilities : The Department encourages qualified applicants with disabilities, including individuals with targeted/severe disabilities to apply in response to posted vacancy announcements. Qualified applicants with targeted/severe disabilities may be eligible for direct hire, non-competitive appointment under Schedule A (5 C.F.R. 213.3102(u)) hiring authority. Individuals with targeted/severe disabilities are encouraged to contact one of the Department's Disability Points of Contact (DPOC) to express an interest in being considered for a position. See list of DPOCs .
Suitability and Citizenship : It is the policy of the Department to achieve a drug-free workplace and persons selected for employment required to pass a drug test which screens for illegal drug use prior to final appointment. Employment is also contingent upon the completion and sisfactory adjudicion of a background investigion. Congress generally prohibits agencies from employing non-citizens within the United Stes, except for a few narrow exceptions as set forth in the annual Appropriions Act (see, Pursuant to DOJ component policies, only U.S. citizens are eligible for employment with the Executive Office for Immigrion Review, U.S. Trustee's Offices, and the Federal Bureau of Investigion. Unless otherwise indiced in a particular job advertisement, qualifying non-U.S. citizens meeting immigrion and appropriions law criteria may apply for employment with other DOJ organizions. However, please be advised th the appointment of non-U.S. citizens is 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 considered on a case-by-case basis. All DOJ employees are subject to a residency requirement. Candides who have lived outside the United Stes for two or more of the past five years will likely have difficulty being approved for appointments by the Department Security Staff. The two-year period is cumulive, not necessarily consecutive. Federal or military employees, or dependents of federal or military employees serving overseas, are excepted from this requirement.
Current or Former Political Appointees : The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this informion to the Human Resources Office by providing a copy of your applicable SF-50, along with a stement th provides the following informion regarding your most recent political appointment:
Position title;
Type of appointment (Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES, or Presidential Appointee);
Agency; and
Beginning and ending des of appointment.
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
Help
To apply for this position, you must complete the occupional questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section above.
The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 06/02/2026 to receive considerion.
1. To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire.
2. Click the Submit My Answers button to submit your applicion package. (It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention are submitted prior to the closing de.)
3. To verify your applicion is complete, log into your USAJOBS account, , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the more informion link for this position. The Details page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent reled to this applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
To return to an incomplete applicion, log into your USAJOBS account and click Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete.
You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the stus of your applicion. However, should you not be able to apply online, please contact Western District of Wisconsin ... or email ..., prior to the closing de of this announcement to request an alterne method of applying.
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Agency contact informion
Mthew Lesperance
Phone
...
...
Address
Western District of Wisconsin
222 West Washington Avenue
Madison, WI 53703
US
Next steps
We will notify you of the outcome after each step of the recruitment process has been completed. After making a tentive job offer, we will conduct a suitability/security background investigion, to include a credit and tax checks, and a drug test by urinalysis. We expect to make a final job offer within 120 days after the closing de of the announcement.
Expand Hide next steps
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/19/2026 to 06/02/2026 Salary $76,748 - $197,100 per year includes 17.06% locality pay Pay scale & grade AD 21 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Madison, WI Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Term - Not to Exceed 9/30/2029 Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential 29 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number 26-WIW FRONT OFFICE-TERM Control number 869848200
Job ID: 522160816
Originally Posted on: 5/22/2026
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