About the Office: 

The Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) of the Department of Justice is seeking an experienced litigator for its Appellate Section for a full-time position in Washington, DC. 

The Appellate Section's work involves cases arising under the more than 200 statutes for which the Division has litigation responsibility.  Subjects covered include water and solid waste regulation; hazardous substance clean-ups; public land use and forest management; fish and wildlife conservation; water rights; Indian sovereignty, treaty rights, and gaming; land condemnation; Fifth Amendment takings; onshore and offshore mineral development; and criminal prosecutions involving environmental, wildlife, animal welfare, and worker safety statutes.  Many of the section’s cases involve complex questions of administrative and constitutional law. 

For more information about the  Environment and Natural Resources Division, visit the Justice Department's website at http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd.

Our office places a high value on diversity of experiences and perspectives and encourages applications from all qualified individuals from all ethnic and racial backgrounds, veterans, LGBT individuals, and persons with disabilities.

Job Description: 

Section attorneys:

• brief and argue appeals in all thirteen federal circuit courts of appeals around the country, as well as in state courts of appeals and supreme courts;
• handle  appeals in all cases tried in the lower courts by any of the sections within the Division;
• oversee or handle directly appeals in cases within the Division's jurisdiction that were tried in the lower courts by U.S. Attorney Offices; and
• are responsible for petitions for review filed directly in the courts of appeals in environmental or natural resource cases involving the Department of Energy, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Surface Transportation Board.
   

The Section also works closely with Justice Department’s Office of the Solicitor General, making recommendations whether to appeal adverse district court decisions or to seek Supreme Court review of adverse appellate decisions. Section attorneys write draft briefs for the Solicitor General in Division cases before the Supreme Court.

Application Deadline: Friday, January 29, 2021

https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/trial-attorney-488