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Trial Attorney (Environmental Torts Litigation)
Offices, Boards and Divisions · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
The Environmental Torts Litigation Section seeks attorneys to defend the United States, Executive Office of the President, and agencies in cases challenging the legality of policies and actions brought in federal district courts. Work touches on many areas of government. Well-qualified candidates may be eligible for a signing bonus of up to $25,000, with priority given to applicants in D.C., Raleigh, San Francisco, Dallas, and NYC. Strong applicants from any location are encouraged to apply.
What You'll Do
- →The Environmental Torts Section, Civil Division, U.S.
- →Department of Justice is responsible for the defense of matters in complex, high stakes civil litigation in federal courts nationwide.
- →Its attorneys directly handle all aspects of wrongful death, personal injury, and property damage cases that often involve hundreds, even thousands, of plaintiffs.
- →The cases typically stem from alleged exposure to environmental contaminants, such as biological agents, chemicals, and other substances.
- →They also involve complex issues of causation, novel issues of federal and state law, and numerous expert witnesses.
- →Given its unique expertise, the section has primary litigation responsibility for all suits brought against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act where the alleged injuries/damages are attributed to some form of an environmental contaminant.
- →Many of the section's cases are litigated as mass torts or multidistrict litigation matters.
- →Handling complex jurisdictional questions, devising creative case-management solutions, and analyzing overlapping issues of history, law, and science are often the norm.
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.
- ✓OR 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://www.ed.gov/about/initiatives/international-affairs/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications All documentation must be in English or include an English translation.
Personality Fit
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Job ID: 003241e1-219c-4712-b736-feace7253f07
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