Legal Assistant (Office Automation)

Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys and the Office of the U.S. Attorneys•Honolulu, HI

About The Position

This position serves as a senior legal assistant responsible for directly and independently supporting Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) by providing a wide variety of technical assistance services related to complex financial litigation actions and matters. The role involves providing substantive assistance to AUSAs in complex financial litigation, where the work is complicated by the requirement to independently develop, analyze, and evaluate information regarding complex and/or unusual financial assets. Duties include reviewing incoming material, preparing legal actions such as indictments, criminal complaints, search warrants, judgments, applications, notices, affidavits, summonses, grand jury subpoenas, rules to show cause, proofs of claim and satisfaction of judgment, and conducting research using various legal and non-legal databases and websites. The position also involves obtaining and analyzing financial information on debtors, managing discovery and evidence in both paper and electronic formats, presenting exhibits using trial presentation software, managing correspondence, briefs, witness interviews, and other documentary materials, and tracking case status to ensure effective retrieval of records. Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as training and experience progress. This position is considered a career ladder opportunity, with a full performance level of GS-8. Promotions to higher grade levels are at the discretion of the supervisor and contingent upon meeting regulatory and legal requirements, satisfactory performance, and availability of higher-level work. Note: Non-foreign COLA may apply. Visit OPM website for details. Visit justice.gov/usao/ for more information on the Department of Justice and the United States Attorneys' Offices.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
Initial appointment is conditioned upon a satisfactory pre-employment adjudication (fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing).
Continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudication of a background investigation.
Must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable.
May be required to complete a one year probationary period.
Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement.
Must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position.
GS-5: At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-4 level; or four years of education above the high school level; or a combination of both specialized experience and education.
GS-6: At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-5 level.
GS-7: At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-6 level.
GS-8: At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 level.
Must type at least 40 words per minute based on a 5 minute sample with three or fewer errors. (A typing test may later be required.)

Nice To Haves

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) eligibility.
Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) eligibility.
Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) eligibility.
Eligibility for non-competitive appointments (e.g., persons with disabilities, veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more, certain other veterans, spouses of certain members of the armed forces, and returning Peace Corps volunteers).

Responsibilities

Providing substantive assistance to AUSAs in complex financial litigation matters where the work is complicated by the requirement to independently develop, analyze and evaluate information regarding complex and/or unusual financial assets to assist AUSAs in cases.
Reviewing incoming material and determining the need for correspondence and legal documents such as motions, orders, pleadings, and subpoenas.
Preparing legal actions such as indictments, criminal complaints, search warrants, judgments, applications, notices, affidavits, summonses, grand jury subpoenas, rules to show cause, proofs of claim and satisfaction of judgment.
Conducting research of issues using various legal and non-legal databases and websites.
Obtaining and analyzing financial information on debtors to determine their present and future potential ability to pay.
Managing discovery and evidence in paper copies and electronically and may present the exhibits using trial presentation software in court.
Managing paper and electronic documents and evidence, correspondence, briefs, witness interviews, and other documentary materials.
Keeping track of case status and ensuring records are retained in a manner that will facilitate effective retrieval.