General Attorney Position Available In Jefferson, Alabama

General Attorney Social Security Administrion Office of Law and Policy, Office of the General Counsel Summary The Social Security Administrion’s (SSA) Office of Law & Policy (L&P) seeks torneys to work directly in U.S. Attorney’s Offices (USAO) as Special Assistant United Stes Attorneys (SAUSA). L&P criminal fraud torneys investige and prosecute criminal fraud cases th undermine SSA and other government benefits programs, are responsible for all stages of the criminal prosecution, and collabore with SSA’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and other law enforcement agencies. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 06/24/2025 to 07/25/2025 Salary $90,025 – $138,296 per year BASE salary range shown is from GS-13 step 1 to GS-14 step 10. Actual salary set in accordance with locality pay provisions; see below. Pay scale & grade

GS 13 – 14

Locions 29 vacancies in the following locions: Birmingham, AL Phoenix, AZ Los Angeles, CA Denver, CO Atlanta, GA Boise, ID Chicago, IL Bon Rouge, LA New Orleans, LA Minneapolis, MN Saint Louis, MO Jackson, MS Raleigh, NC Concord, NH Las Vegas, NV Albany, NY Brooklyn, NY Buffalo, NY Manhtan New York, NY Syracuse, NY Oklahoma City, OK Portland, OR Pittsburgh, PA Providence, RI Columbia, SC Nashville, TN Beaumont, TX Houston, TX Plano, TX Charlottesville, VA Richmond, VA 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 Permanent Work schedule Full-time – Flextime; Alterne work schedules may be available Service Excepted Promotion potential 15 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

SH12753711

Control number 839364200 This job is open to The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency This vacancy is open to ALL U.S. Citizens.
•The selectees must reloce to the selected city or be willing to commute. These positions are not eligible for remote work, oustioning, or telework.•Duties Social Security touches the lives of millions, providing vital services and a social safety net through retirement, disability, and survivor benefits. Join the talented and dediced torney team supporting these services. L and P is a modern public service law office with a highly skilled and engaged workforce dediced to protecting SSA’s legal interests. We stregically shape a large nional workload through effective collaborion and coordinion. We offer the opportunity to handle meaningful and challenging legal work in a professional, team-oriented, and flexible work environment. Sworn in as SAUSAs, SSA criminal fraud torneys investige and prosecute criminal fraud cases. They are assigned to, and work in, a USAO. They work closely with the OIG and other law enforcement agencies. Like other federal prosecutors, L and P’s SAUSAs work under USAO management supervision and are responsible for all stages of the criminal case, (cont’d) including grand jury proceedings; indictments; motion practice; plea negotiions and hearings; jury trials; and sentencing hearings. Attorneys have significant responsibility for their own caseloads, but also receive intensive mentoring, training and support through L and P and the USAO. Candides should have a strong desire to serve the public; have excellent research, writing and communicion skills; and have strong litigion experience or aptitude. We encourage candides with varied backgrounds, qualities, and experiences to apply. Requirements Conditions of Employment U.S. Citizenship required Selective Service Registrion, if applicable (www.sss.gov) Fingerprinting, background and/or security investigion required Job offers are contingent on fingerprinting, background and/or security investigion results Selectees are required to serve a 2-year trial period Relocion expenses will not be paid All qualificion requirements must be met by the closing de of the announcement Applicant must submit proof of membership in any ste bar. (Note th the USAO in Los Angeles requires candides to be members of the California ste bar). Law School Transcript with degree and de conferred

THESE POSITIONS ARE IN THE EXCEPTED SERVICE INCUMBENT MAY BE PROMOTED NONCOMPETITIVELY PROVIDED WORK AT THE HIGHER LEVELS CONTINUES TO EXIST, THE INCUMBENT HAS DEMONSTRATED THE ABILITY TO PERFORM IT AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT TIME-IN-GRADE AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS ARE MET.

Qualificions Candides should have a strong desire to serve the public; have excellent research, writing and communicion skills; and have strong litigion experience or aptitude. We encourage candides with diverse backgrounds, qualities, and experiences to apply. Applicants must hold a law degree from a School of Law accredited by the American Bar Associion. Applicants must be a member in good standing of the Bar of a Ste, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Applicants must provide one of the following to show th they are a member in good standing of the Bar of a Ste, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. An original or copy of a Certifice of Good Standing from the clerk of the highest court (e.g., Supreme Court) of the ste having authority over admission to practice law in the jurisdiction where the applicant is admitted; OR An original or copy of a Certifice of Good Standing from the Ste Bar Associion of the ste/jurisdiction where the applicant is admitted; OR A copy of a bar membership card or a screenshot from a ste bar website with a valid de th shows a current bar membership. An example of #1 or #2 would be the certifice of admission an applicant received upon his/her swearing-in ceremony from the clerk of the highest court of the ste having authority over admission to practice law in the jurisdiction where admitted, or from the Ste Bar Associion of the ste where admitted. For purposes of applying, we only require proof th an applicant is a member in good standing of the Bar of a Ste, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Once selected for the position, an applicant must provide proof of an ACTIVE bar membership before he/she can enter on duty. Holding an ACTIVE bar membership is a continuing requirement of the position. You can provide #3 above both as proof of membership in good standing, and as proof of an ACTIVE bar membership. Applicants MUST meet all eligibility requirements on or before the closing de of the announcement to be considered for the position. SSA has discretion to determine wh grade level and salary may be offered. For GS-13: Requires 3 years of professional legal experience working as an torney with least one year of this experience being equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. For GS-14: Requires 4 years of professional legal experience working as an torney with least one year of this experience being equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service. Applicants MUST meet all eligibility requirements on or before the closing de of the announcement to be considered for the position. Educion Submit a copy of your law school transcripts th includes your name, the name of the educional institution, course title(s), number of credits, grade, and degree award de . Unofficial transcripts or screenshots of electronic/web transcripts with the required informion accepted the time of applicion. Self-prepared transcripts will not be accepted. You must submit your transcripts according to the applicion submission details of this announcement. Documents will not be accepted via email or regular mail. If selected, you may be required to provide your official college transcripts prior to the effective de of the personnel action placing you into the new position.

Foreign Educion:

If your transcripts show educion completed in foreign colleges or universities, you must also provide documention th the educion credentials have been evalued by a prive organizion th specializes in interpretion of foreign educion programs and such educion has been deemed equivalent to th gained in a conventional/accredited U.S. educion program; or full credit has been given for the courses a U.S. accredited college or university. Additional informion

Salary :

GS-13 $90,025 -$117,034 PLUS

LOCALITY PAY GS-14

$106,382 – $138,296 PLUS

LOCALITY PAY

Other Informion:

The applicant must reloce to the selected city or be willing to commute. Relocion expenses will not be paid. Occasional overnight travel is required. Additional selections may be made for this vacancy six months from the closing de of this announcement. This job is being filled by an alternive hiring process and is not in the competitive civil service. This is a permanent, excepted service position th is being filled on a full-time basis. Flextime and/or alterne work schedules may be available. Veterans who are preference-eligible or who have been separed from the armed forces under honorable conditions after 3 years or more of continuous service may apply. This includes veterans who were separed a few days before the full 3-year period.

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 . Benefits 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 . 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 Will Be Evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Your applicion compared to the requirements for the position. It is your responsibility to include all informion in your applicion th is needed to evalue your qualificions and determine if you meet the requirements for the position. If there is insufficient informion, your applicion found ineligible. Please make sure you answer all questions and follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your evaluion. The questionnaire takes approximely 15 minutes to complete. To preview the questions, click the following link: Benefits 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 . 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 As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have – whether you’re a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you’re eligible under their policies. You must submit supporting documention by the closing de of the vacancy announcement.

RESUME:

Include the following informion: 1) personal informion (full name, mailing address, work and home phone numbers); 2) educion; 3) work experience (paid and unpaid, including clerkships/internships). Show job title, including series and grade if Federal employment, detailed duties and accomplishments, employer’s name and address, supervisor’s name and phone number, starting and ending des (mm/dd/yy), hours per week, and salary; 4) other qualificions (skills, certificions/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-reled training courses). Please note th providing the mm/dd/yy for all work experience is critical for evaluing your applicion. If actual des are not known, provide your best-estimed timeframes. We recommend applicants using the USAJOBS Resume Builder. Please refer to for instructions.

PROOF OF EDUCATION

Submit a copy of your law school transcripts with the course title, number of credits, grade, and de of completion. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable the time of applicion; however, self-prepared transcripts

WILL NOT

be accepted. The degree must be from an accredited college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion. Educion completed in a foreign institution must be certified as equivalent to coursework completed a U.S. college or university. Certificion of equivalency must be submitted the time of applicion. For a list of Credential Evaluion Services, log on to: . ( See Educion section for specific transcript informion. )

PROOF OF CURRENT BAR MEMBERSHIP

: Proof of active Bar Membership (e.g., screen print of your profile from a bar web site which reflects your name and active stus, a letter from the bar certifying th you are licensed and authorized to practice law, OR copy of a recent bar card.) ( See Qualificions section for specific Bar Membership informion. )

WRITING SAMPLE

One current substantive legal writing sample th reflects your own work and is no more than 15 pages in length . Your sample must be sanitized or redacted to prevent possible Privacy Act violions. Writing samples critiqued based on your ability to analyze a legal problem and clearly and concisely articule legal rionale.

REFERENCES

List of three professional references. (

Note:

We will not contact references without first obtaining your permission to do so). SF-50: If applicable , all current excepted service employees and former excepted service employees eligible for reinstement MUST submit a copy of their last SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) showing Excepted Service career, career-conditional, or reinstement eligibility and showing highest grade held.

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE

This job is being filled by an alternive hiring process and is in the excepted service. Veteran’s preference in the excepted service is viewed as a positive factor in selection; however, applicants eligible for veteran’s preference neither receive additional points nor are they placed the top of a quality cegory. If you are claiming veterans’ preference, you must submit a copy of your military discharge certifice (DD-214 member 4 copy preferred) or an official stement of service from your command if you are currently on active duty. To be acceptable, the document must contain des and show Character of Service. If you are claiming 10-point veterans’ preference based on a service-connected disability, you must also submit an and the required documention specified on the reverse of the SF-15. Applicants claiming derived preference must submit the SF-15 and the required documention specified on the reverse of the SF-15. Preference granted based on the documents received.

Note:

If you are a current active duty military member who does not have a DD-214 and are claiming preference under the Veterans Opportunity to Work (VOW) Act, you must submit certificion from the Armed Forces indicing th you discharged or released under honorable conditions from active duty within 120 days of the de on the certificion. Certificions must be on letterhead from the approprie military branch and include the following informion: military des of service and expected discharge or release de, the character of service, military rank, type of discharge, and de when terminal leave gin. Certificions must be signed by or under the direction of military members’ military personnel offices, unit commanders, or higher headquarters. For more informion the . 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 . 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 Please note th this announcement is open to torneys who are members of a bar in good standing only. If you have passed the bar but have not been sworn in or do not have proof of being sworn in, you are not eligible to apply and your applicion will not be A complete applicion consists of the following: Occupional questionnaire Resume Law school transcript Proof of bar membership Legal writing sample List of three professional references SF-50s (if applicable) Proof of veteran’s preference (if applicable) – DD-214 with member 4 copy, this document MUST show character of service. If you are claiming 10-point preference, you MUST also submit with your DD-214 a completed SF-15 along with the required documention specified on the reverse side of the SF-15. Preference granted based on the documents received.

NOTE :

It is your responsibility to include all informion needed to evalue your qualificions and determine if you meet the requirements for the position. If there is insufficient informion or if you do not include all of the required documents you found ineligible. This office will not solicit for additional informion. The complete Applicion Package must be submitted before midnight (EST) on 07/25/2025. To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to cree an account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to complete the occupional questionnaire. Please ensure you click the Submit My Answers button the end of the process. If you use assistive software or an adaptive device, or you are experiencing some other type of technical difficulty and/or otherwise require assistance with the applicion process, please contact OPE Staffing Team ope.staffing.team@ssa.gov or 4109651234. Individuals with hearing or speech disabilities may use the listed email or 7-1-1 for TTY-based Telecommunicions Relay Services to call the listed phone number. Additional Telecommunicions Relay Services options are available in each ste: Due to our security procedures, our office will not accept any applicions submitted via email or standard mail. The email address is listed only for inquiries about the position or the How to Apply process. To check the stus of your applicion or return to a previous or incomplete applicion, log in to your account. Agency contact informion OPE Staffing Team Address

OGC 6401

Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21235 US Next steps Once you have successfully submitted your applicion merials, you can expect to receive least two or more of the following email notificions concerning your applicion stus: (1) Receipt of applicion; (2) Qualificions stus and whether your applicion has been Referred/Not Referred to the selecting official; and (3) Selection stus for the position. Selection interviews may be conducted with one or more of the candides, but there is no requirement th interviews be conducted. The hiring office will contact candides directly for interviews. Interviews may be conducted via video conferencing software, if technically feasible. Applicants referred for considerion will receive a final disposition notice after selections have been made. Fair and Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Required Documents You must submit supporting documention by the closing de of the vacancy announcement.

RESUME:

Include the following informion: 1) personal informion (full name, mailing address, work and home phone numbers); 2) educion; 3) work experience (paid and unpaid, including clerkships/internships). Show job title, including series and grade if Federal employment, detailed duties and accomplishments, employer’s name and address, supervisor’s name and phone number, starting and ending des (mm/dd/yy), hours per week, and salary; 4) other qualificions (skills, certificions/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-reled training courses). Please note th providing the mm/dd/yy for all work experience is critical for evaluing your applicion. If actual des are not known, provide your best-estimed timeframes. We recommend applicants using the USAJOBS Resume Builder. Please refer to for instructions.

PROOF OF EDUCATION

Submit a copy of your law school transcripts with the course title, number of credits, grade, and de of completion. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable the time of applicion; however, self-prepared transcripts

WILL NOT

be accepted. The degree must be from an accredited college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion. Educion completed in a foreign institution must be certified as equivalent to coursework completed a U.S. college or university. Certificion of equivalency must be submitted the time of applicion. For a list of Credential Evaluion Services, log on to: . ( See Educion section for specific transcript informion. )

PROOF OF CURRENT BAR MEMBERSHIP

: Proof of active Bar Membership (e.g., screen print of your profile from a bar web site which reflects your name and active stus, a letter from the bar certifying th you are licensed and authorized to practice law, OR copy of a recent bar card.) ( See Qualificions section for specific Bar Membership informion. )

WRITING SAMPLE

One current substantive legal writing sample th reflects your own work and is no more than 15 pages in length . Your sample must be sanitized or redacted to prevent possible Privacy Act violions. Writing samples critiqued based on your ability to analyze a legal problem and clearly and concisely articule legal rionale.

REFERENCES

List of three professional references. (

Note:

We will not contact references without first obtaining your permission to do so). SF-50: If applicable , all current excepted service employees and former excepted service employees eligible for reinstement MUST submit a copy of their last SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) showing Excepted Service career, career-conditional, or reinstement eligibility and showing highest grade held.

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE

This job is being filled by an alternive hiring process and is in the excepted service. Veteran’s preference in the excepted service is viewed as a positive factor in selection; however, applicants eligible for veteran’s preference neither receive additional points nor are they placed the top of a quality cegory. If you are claiming veterans’ preference, you must submit a copy of your military discharge certifice (DD-214 member 4 copy preferred) or an official stement of service from your command if you are currently on active duty. To be acceptable, the document must contain des and show Character of Service. If you are claiming 10-point veterans’ preference based on a service-connected disability, you must also submit an and the required documention specified on the reverse of the SF-15. Applicants claiming derived preference must submit the SF-15 and the required documention specified on the reverse of the SF-15. Preference granted based on the documents received.

Note:

If you are a current active duty military member who does not have a DD-214 and are claiming preference under the Veterans Opportunity to Work (VOW) Act, you must submit certificion from the Armed Forces indicing th you discharged or released under honorable conditions from active duty within 120 days of the de on the certificion. Certificions must be on letterhead from the approprie military branch and include the following informion: military des of service and expected discharge or release de, the character of service, military rank, type of discharge, and de when terminal leave gin. Certificions must be signed by or under the direction of military members’ military personnel offices, unit commanders, or higher headquarters. For more informion the . 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 . 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 Please note th this announcement is open to torneys who are members of a bar in good standing only. If you have passed the bar but have not been sworn in or do not have proof of being sworn in, you are not eligible to apply and your applicion will not be A complete applicion consists of the following: Occupional questionnaire Resume Law school transcript Proof of bar membership Legal writing sample List of three professional references SF-50s (if applicable) Proof of veteran’s preference (if applicable) – DD-214 with member 4 copy, this document MUST show character of service. If you are claiming 10-point preference, you MUST also submit with your DD-214 a completed SF-15 along with the required documention specified on the reverse side of the SF-15. Preference granted based on the documents received.

NOTE :

It is your responsibility to include all informion needed to evalue your qualificions and determine if you meet the requirements for the position. If there is insufficient informion or if you do not include all of the required documents you found ineligible. This office will not solicit for additional informion. The complete Applicion Package must be submitted before midnight (EST) on 07/25/2025. To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to cree an account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to complete the occupional questionnaire. Please ensure you click the Submit My Answers button the end of the process. If you use assistive software or an adaptive device, or you are experiencing some other type of technical difficulty and/or otherwise require assistance with the applicion process, please contact OPE Staffing Team ope.staffing.team@ssa.gov or 4109651234. Individuals with hearing or speech disabilities may use the listed email or 7-1-1 for TTY-based Telecommunicions Relay Services to call the listed phone number. Additional Telecommunicions Relay Services options are available in each ste: Due to our security procedures, our office will not accept any applicions submitted via email or standard mail. The email address is listed only for inquiries about the position or the How to Apply process. To check the stus of your applicion or return to a previous or incomplete applicion, log in to your account. Agency contact informion OPE Staffing Team Address

OGC 6401

Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21235 US Next steps Once you have successfully submitted your applicion merials, you can expect to receive least two or more of the following email notificions concerning your applicion stus: (1) Receipt of applicion; (2) Qualificions stus and whether your applicion has been Referred/Not Referred to the selecting official; and (3) Selection stus for the position. Selection interviews may be conducted with one or more of the candides, but there is no requirement th interviews be conducted. The hiring office will contact candides directly for interviews. Interviews may be conducted via video conferencing software, if technically feasible. Applicants referred for considerion will receive a final disposition notice after selections have been made. Fair & Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 06/24/2025 to 07/25/2025 Salary $90,025 – $138,296 per year BASE salary range shown is from GS-13 step 1 to GS-14 step 10. Actual salary set in accordance with locality pay provisions; see below. Pay scale & grade

GS 13 – 14

Locions 29 vacancies in the following locions: Birmingham, AL Phoenix, AZ Los Angeles, CA Denver, CO Atlanta, GA Boise, ID Chicago, IL Bon Rouge, LA New Orleans, LA Minneapolis, MN Saint Louis, MO Jackson, MS Raleigh, NC Concord, NH Las Vegas, NV Albany, NY Brooklyn, NY Buffalo, NY Manhtan New York, NY Syracuse, NY Oklahoma City, OK Portland, OR Pittsburgh, PA Providence, RI Columbia, SC Nashville, TN Beaumont, TX Houston, TX Plano, TX Charlottesville, VA Richmond, VA 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 Permanent Work schedule Full-time – Flextime; Alterne work schedules may be available Service Excepted Promotion potential 15 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

SH12753711

Control number 839364200 ., .