Trial Attorney - Appellate Section

The Appellate Section represents the federal government in federal and state appellate courts in cases arising under the more than 200 statutes for which the Division has litigation responsibility. Our cases routinely concern important and complicated issues of environmental law, public lands and natural resources law, federal Indian law, administrative law, and constitutional law. We handle appeals both in defensive cases brought against the United States and in affirmative civil and criminal cases. The Section is also responsible for certain petitions for review filed directly in the courts of appeals. The primary duties of an Appellate Section Attorney are to draft briefs and to present oral arguments. New attorneys to the Section handle their own appeals, with support and mentoring from experienced attorneys and managers. Section attorneys work closely with the Office of the Solicitor General in determining whether to appeal adverse district court decisions, to seek further review