Assistant United States Attorney

Summary The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Louisiana is located in downtown Baton Rouge. The district covers a nine-parish region in Louisiana including Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana parishes. For more information on the Department of Justice and the United States Attorney's Offices, visit https://www.justice.gov/careers or https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdla. Responsibilities As an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the CiviI Division, the candidate will be responsible for handling affirmative and defensive civil cases at both the trial and appellate level. Defensive matters include employment discrimination claims, Bivens suits filed against federal employees, tort suits brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, immigration, Administrative Procedure Act litigation, alternative dispute resolution, and prisoner litigation, among other areas. Affirmative cases are similarly di...