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Trial Attorney - Environmental Crimes Section

Offices, Boards and Divisions · Posted 16 days ago

On-site Washington, DC $169K – $197K Apply by Oct 16, 2026 Attorney ENTJ
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About the Role

The Energy and Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Justice is seeking experienced criminal litigators for its Environmental Crimes Section in Washington, D.C. One or more vacancies may be filled.

What You'll Do

  • →Attorneys in the Environmental Crimes Section prosecute complex criminal cases (including fraud, conspiracy, obstruction of justice, money laundering, etc.) against individuals and corporations that violate laws designed to protect the environment, the United States' critical natural resources, animal welfare, and American workers.
  • →The Section is at the forefront of raising public awareness that environmental crimes are substantial crimes, which left unchecked threaten human health and the environment.
  • →The Section works with Assistant U.S.
  • →Attorneys in all 94 U.S. judicial districts and multiple federal law enforcement agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, the Coast Guard Investigative Service, the U.S.
  • →Department of Agriculture's Office of Inspector General, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to enforce statutes including the Endangered Species Act, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, the Lacey Act, the Animal Welfare Act, and the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
  • →Section attorneys handle all aspects of investigative and litigative work, from advising agencies on long-term undercover investigations to grand jury presentations, discovery, motions practice and trial.
  • →Attorneys from the Section are also engaged in capacity building to investigate and prosecute environmental crimes both domestically and internationally.
  • →Consistent with the Section's practice, individuals selected will be responsible for handling a range of matters, including some of the most complex cases the Section handles.
  • →This position will allow the individual to use his or her superior legal research, writing, and oral advocacy skills in all aspects of investigation, negotiation, motions practice and trial.

Requirements

  • ✓All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at a college or university that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S.
  • ✓Department of Education.
  • ✓For a list of schools that meet this criteria, see www.ed.gov.
  • ✓Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States.
  • ✓It is your responsibility to timely provide such evidence by submitting proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency with your application materials.
  • ✓More information may be found at https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.
  • ✓All documentation must be in English or include an English translation. https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Personality Fit

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Job ID: 1310f57d-35e0-4c01-8d16-25b4b9a2911c

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