Assistant Section Chief - Environmental Defense Section

The Assistant Section Chief, along with the section's Senior Counsel for Appellate Matters, supervises the work of dozens of the section's staff attorneys on petition for review matters. These cases run the gamut from complex, multi-party challenges to high-profile national rules, to more limited challenges to regional, state and facility-specific actions. Historically, over fifty percent of Section petition for review cases have arisen under the Clean Air Act. While these petitions for review are filed in all the courts of appeals, the majority are typically filed in the D.C. Circuit. The Assistant Section Chief's responsibilities include: direct supervision of the section's Senior Counsel for Appellate Matters; assigning legal casework to EDS staff attorneys; assuring appropriate staffing on each petition for review matter; providing legal, strategic and other guidance; ensuring compliance with all relevant Department of Justice policies; reviewing written briefs and other court fili