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Environmental Defense Section
Washington, District of Columbia
Announcement #: ENRD-20-073-EXC
Application Deadline: September 30, 2020
The Environmental Defense Section ("EDS" or "Section") represents the United States in complex civil litigation arising under a broad range of environmental statutes, including the Clean Air Act; Clean Water Act; Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act; Toxic Substances Control Act; Safe Drinking Water Act; Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; and Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.
EDS is one of the only sections in the Department of Justice's Main-Justice components whose attorneys routinely handle cases in both federal courts of appeals and district courts, as well as both affirmative and defensive litigation. EDS defends rules and permits issued by the Environmental Protection Agency and other agencies, defends the United States on claims brought pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, and handles claims of liability against federal agencies under the pollution control laws, such as for costs of response actions at Superfund sites, federally-owned facilities and private sites. The Section also enforces the Clean Water Act against those who fill wetlands and other regulated waters.
Section attorneys are responsible for all aspects of complex litigation. This includes pre-trial tasks up to and through trial, such as preparation and filing of dispositive motions, drafting merits briefs, written and document discovery, taking and defending expert and fact witness depositions, presenting oral argument in court, handling witnesses at trial and other evidentiary hearings, and negotiating settlements. Section attorneys also defend cases seeking review of regulatory actions by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the D.C. Circuit and other federal courts. Cases range from simpler, single-attorney matters to representing federal agencies in complex disputes under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ("CERCLA") and other pollution control statutes. EDS cases present attorneys with the opportunity to regularly appear in district or appellate courts, to argue cases in the D.C. Circuit or other courts of appeals, and to periodically try cases or handle other evidentiary proceedings.
For more information about the Environmental Defense Section, visit /http://www.justice.gov/enrd/environmental-defense-section
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