Assistant United States Attorney General for the Civil Division

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United States Department of Justice position government office

The Assistant United States Attorney General for the Civil Division is a senior U.S. Department of Justice official responsible for overseeing federal civil litigation on behalf of the government, including cases involving regulatory enforcement, torts, and constitutional challenges.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division 3
Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice 1
Assistant Attorney General 1

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Department of Justice position ⓘ
government office ⓘ
appointedBy President of the United States ⓘ
appointmentRequires advice and consent of the United States Senate ⓘ
canBe a political appointee ⓘ
collaboratesWith Office of the Solicitor General ⓘ
surface form: Solicitor General of the United States

Assistant United States Attorneys ⓘ
surface form: United States Attorneys
country United States of America ⓘ
goal ensure uniform positions of the United States in civil legal matters ⓘ
protect the interests of the United States in civil litigation ⓘ
handles appeals in civil matters involving the United States ⓘ
civil cases in federal courts ⓘ
hasRank Assistant United States Attorney General for the Civil Division self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Assistant Attorney General
heads Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice ⓘ
isOneOf Assistant Attorneys General of the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: federal government of the United States
legalBasis federal statutes governing the Department of Justice ⓘ
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mayReportTo United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
surface form: Deputy Attorney General of the United States
oversees Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice ⓘ
partOf Office of the Attorney General ⓘ
United States Department of Justice ⓘ
primaryClient United States government ⓘ
federal executive agencies ⓘ
reportsTo United States Attorney General ⓘ
surface form: Attorney General of the United States
requires admission to practice law ⓘ
law degree ⓘ
substantial experience in litigation or government law ⓘ
responsibleFor constitutional challenges to federal statutes and programs ⓘ
defending federal agencies in civil lawsuits ⓘ
federal civil litigation on behalf of the United States government ⓘ
pursuing civil enforcement actions on behalf of federal agencies ⓘ
regulatory enforcement litigation ⓘ
tort litigation involving the United States ⓘ
supervises career attorneys in the Civil Division ⓘ
political appointees in the Civil Division ⓘ
workField administrative law ⓘ
civil law ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
federal litigation ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William D. Ruckelshaus → positionHeld → Assistant United States Attorney General for the Civil Division ⓘ
Assistant United States Attorney General for the Civil Division → hasRank → Assistant United States Attorney General for the Civil Division self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Assistant Attorney General
Civil Rights Division → positionHeld → Assistant United States Attorney General for the Civil Division ⓘ
this entity surface form: Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights
Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice → headedBy → Assistant United States Attorney General for the Civil Division ⓘ
this entity surface form: Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division
Tony West → positionHeld → Assistant United States Attorney General for the Civil Division ⓘ
this entity surface form: Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice
Stuart Delery → positionHeld → Assistant United States Attorney General for the Civil Division ⓘ
this entity surface form: Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division
Appellate Staff of the Civil Division → oversightBy → Assistant United States Attorney General for the Civil Division ⓘ
this entity surface form: Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division
Brian Boynton (acting) → positionHeld → Assistant United States Attorney General for the Civil Division ⓘ
subject surface form: Brian Boynton
this entity surface form: Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice
Brian Boynton (acting) → positionHeld → Assistant United States Attorney General for the Civil Division ⓘ
subject surface form: Brian Boynton
this entity surface form: Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice