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Commercial Litigation Branch
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Fraud Section
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The False Claims Act
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Fraud Recovery Statistics (PDF)
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Intellectual Property Section
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National Courts Section
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Office of Foreign Litigation
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Enforcement & Affirmative Litigation Branch
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Federal Programs Branch
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Office of Immigration Litigation
General Litigation and Appeals Section
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Padilla Monograph
District Court National Security Section
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Office of Management Programs
Tax Litigation Branch
Torts Branch
Aviation, Space & Admiralty Litigation Section
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Constitutional & Specialized Tort Litigation Section
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Environmental Tort Litigation Section
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Federal Tort Claims Act Litigation Section
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Structured Settlement Brokers
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Appellate Staff
The Appellate Staff is responsible for the Civil Division’s appellate practice. It oversees cases pending in appellate courts from each branch and section. In addition, Appellate Staff attorneys handle the many cases appealed directly from administrative agencies to the courts of appeals. The Appellate Staff also drafts documents for submission to the U.S. Supreme Court, including petitions for certiorari and briefs on the merits.
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Commercial Litigation Branch
The Commercial Litigation Branch both brings claims on behalf of the United States and defends claims brought against the United States. The claims can involve billions of dollars in money damages. The branch’s work falls into six major practice areas, each of which is overseen by a section: the Corporate and Financial Litigation Section, the Office of Foreign Litigation, the Fraud Section; the Intellectual Property Section, and the National Courts Section.
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Corporate/Financial Litigation Section
Attorneys in the Corporate and Financial Litigation Section promote and protect the United States' interests in commercial matters before federal district courts, courts of appeals, and bankruptcy courts. These matters include corporate bankruptcy and reorganization proceedings; federal subsidy, loan, and insurance programs; contract disputes; and veterans' reemployment rights in private industry.
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Intellectual Property Section
The Intellectual Property Section defends the United States against allegations of patent and copyright infringement in the United States Court of Federal Claims.
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Fraud Section
The Fraud Section litigates cases of financial fraud perpetrated against the Federal Government. The section’s heaviest caseload covers health care fraud, primarily Medicare and Medicaid fraud. However, the Fraud Section has a diverse practice addressing all types of fraud against federal agencies, including fraud occurring in government goods and services procurement, research grant solicitations, subsidy programs, federal building construction, and foreign aid programs.
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National Courts Section
National Courts Section attorneys practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the United States Court of Federal Claims, and the United States Court of International Trade, as well as occasionally before other federal district and circuit courts and in administrative tribunals. The National Courts Section’s practice areas include government contracts, constitutional claims, pay claims, personnel appeals, veterans’ benefits appeals, and international trade, which they litigate from their headquarters in Washington, DC and from a field office in New York, NY.
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Office of Foreign Litigation
The Foreign Litigation Section oversees representation of the United States in foreign proceedings and represents the government in certain domestic cases that involve questions of international and foreign law.
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Compensation Programs
The Civil Division administers three compensation programs, the first created by the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, the second created by the 1990’s Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, and the third created by the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010.
Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
Radiation Exposure Compensation Program
September 11th Victim Compensation Fund
Enforcement & Affirmative Litigation Branch
The Enforcement & Affirmative Litigation Branch brings affirmative litigation in courts throughout the country to protect Americans’ health, safety, economic security, and data privacy. The Branch represents the United States by filing lawsuits to enforce consumer protection statutes and to ensure nationwide compliance with the U.S. Constitution and federal law.
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Federal Programs Branch
Federal Programs Branch attorneys litigate on behalf of approximately 100 federal agencies, the President, Cabinet officers, and other government officials. They defend against constitutional challenges to federal statutes, suits to overturn government policies and programs, and attacks on the legality of government decisions. The Federal Programs Branch also initiates litigation to enforce regulatory statutes and to remedy statutory and regulatory violations.
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Office of Immigration Litigation
The Office of Immigration Litigation oversees all civil immigration litigation, both affirmative and defensive, and it is responsible for coordinating national immigration matters before the federal district courts and circuit courts of appeals. It provides support and counsel to all federal agencies involved in noncitizen admission, regulation, detention, and removal under U.S. immigration and nationality statutes. Office of Immigration Litigation (OIL) attorneys work closely with United States Attorney’s Offices on immigration cases. The Office of Immigration Litigation is divided into two functional sections, the General Litigation and Appeals Section (OIL-GLA) and the District Court National Security Section (OIL-DNS)
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Office of the Assistant Attorney General
The Civil Division represents the United States in any civil or criminal matter within its scope of responsibility: protecting the public fisc, ensuring that the Federal Government speaks with one voice in its view of the law, preserving the intent of Congress, and advancing the credibility of the government before the courts.
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Office of Management Programs
The Office of Management Programs works to ensure the Division’s continued success through responsive management, executive leadership, and the promotion of performance and fiscal responsibility.
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Tax Litigation Branch
Tax Litigation Branch attorneys enforce the nation’s tax laws fully, fairly, and consistently, through civil litigation, to promote voluntary compliance with the tax laws, maintain public confidence in the integrity of the tax system, and promote the sound development of the law. Their work covers a broad spectrum of litigation in United States District Courts, United States Bankruptcy Courts, United States Circuit Courts of Appeals, and state courts.
Torts Branch
The Torts Branch represents the United States, including its officers and agents, in suits for monetary damages alleging negligent or wrongful acts and under statutory compensation programs. In addition, Torts Branch attorneys handle claims related to injury and damage to Government property. Six sections handle the Torts Branch’s major practice areas: the Aviation and Admiralty Section; the Environmental Tort Litigation Section; the Federal Tort Claims Act Litigation Section; and the Constitutional and Specialized Torts Litigation Section.
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Aviation, Space & Admiralty Section
Aviation, Space and Admiralty Litigation Section attorneys operate out of offices in Washington, DC and San Francisco, CA. This section's aviation practice includes litigation arising from our nation's air traffic control system operation, its regulation of air commerce, the weather services, aeronautical charting, and from government aircraft operations. In its admiralty practice, the section represents the government as ship owner and as regulator of the nation's coastal and inland waterways.
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Constitutional and Specialized Tort Litigation Section
The Constitutional and Specialized Torts Litigation Section represents individual federal employees both directly and by monitoring and guiding the work of United States Attorneys. Section attorneys also represent the United States and its agencies in suits in which both the government and individual federal officials are named as defendants. The Constitutional and Specialized Torts Litigation Section oversees both the Vaccine Litigation Section and the Radiation Exposure Compensation Program.
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Environmental Tort Litigation Section
The Environmental Torts Litigation Section defends the government against claims for monetary damages resulting from death, personal injury, or property damage allegedly caused by environmental or occupational exposure to toxic substances, and occasionally handles other important tort cases. These claims are usually brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, but may also be premised upon various environmental statutes, admiralty law, or contract law.
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Federal Tort Claims Act Litigation Section
Federal Tort Claims Act Litigation Section attorneys handle cases arising under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), which permits suits against the United States for injuries allegedly caused by the “negligent or wrongful act of any employee of the government while acting within the scope of his [or her] office or employment. The broad scope of the FTCA results in a highly varied caseload.
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Skip to main content
Branches, Sections, and Offices
Appellate Staff
Links
Contact the Appellate Staff
Commercial Litigation Branch
Corporate / Financial Litigation Section
Links
Contact the Section
Cobell v. Kempthorne, et al.
Fraud Section
Practice Areas
The False Claims Act
Press Releases
Fraud Recovery Statistics (PDF)
Report Fraud
Contact the Fraud Section
Intellectual Property Section
Links
Contact the Section
National Courts Section
Links
Contact the Section
Office of Foreign Litigation
Contact the Office
Contact the Branch
Enforcement & Affirmative Litigation Branch
Press Releases
Contact the Branch
Federal Programs Branch
Contact the Section
Office of Immigration Litigation
General Litigation and Appeals Section
Links
Contact the Section
Padilla Monograph
District Court National Security Section
Links
Contact the Section
Office of Management Programs
Tax Litigation Branch
Torts Branch
Aviation, Space & Admiralty Litigation Section
Links
Contact the Section
Constitutional & Specialized Tort Litigation Section
Links
Contact the Section
Environmental Tort Litigation Section
Links
Contact the Section
Federal Tort Claims Act Litigation Section
Links
Contact the Section
Structured Settlement Brokers
Camp Lejeune Justice Act Claims
Contact the Branch
Compensation Programs
RECA
VICP
9/11 VCF
Office of International Judicial Assistance
Evidence Requests
Criminal Requests
Service Requests
Contact Us
Civil Division Branches, Sections and Offices
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Appellate Staff
The Appellate Staff is responsible for the Civil Division’s appellate practice. It oversees cases pending in appellate courts from each branch and section. In addition, Appellate Staff attorneys handle the many cases appealed directly from administrative agencies to the courts of appeals. The Appellate Staff also drafts documents for submission to the U.S. Supreme Court, including petitions for certiorari and briefs on the merits.
Contact Information
Commercial Litigation Branch
The Commercial Litigation Branch both brings claims on behalf of the United States and defends claims brought against the United States. The claims can involve billions of dollars in money damages. The branch’s work falls into six major practice areas, each of which is overseen by a section: the Corporate and Financial Litigation Section, the Office of Foreign Litigation, the Fraud Section; the Intellectual Property Section, and the National Courts Section.
Contact Information
Corporate/Financial Litigation Section
Attorneys in the Corporate and Financial Litigation Section promote and protect the United States' interests in commercial matters before federal district courts, courts of appeals, and bankruptcy courts. These matters include corporate bankruptcy and reorganization proceedings; federal subsidy, loan, and insurance programs; contract disputes; and veterans' reemployment rights in private industry.
Contact Information
Intellectual Property Section
The Intellectual Property Section defends the United States against allegations of patent and copyright infringement in the United States Court of Federal Claims.
Contact Information
Fraud Section
The Fraud Section litigates cases of financial fraud perpetrated against the Federal Government. The section’s heaviest caseload covers health care fraud, primarily Medicare and Medicaid fraud. However, the Fraud Section has a diverse practice addressing all types of fraud against federal agencies, including fraud occurring in government goods and services procurement, research grant solicitations, subsidy programs, federal building construction, and foreign aid programs.
Contact Information
National Courts Section
National Courts Section attorneys practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the United States Court of Federal Claims, and the United States Court of International Trade, as well as occasionally before other federal district and circuit courts and in administrative tribunals. The National Courts Section’s practice areas include government contracts, constitutional claims, pay claims, personnel appeals, veterans’ benefits appeals, and international trade, which they litigate from their headquarters in Washington, DC and from a field office in New York, NY.
Contact Information
Office of Foreign Litigation
The Foreign Litigation Section oversees representation of the United States in foreign proceedings and represents the government in certain domestic cases that involve questions of international and foreign law.
Contact Information
Compensation Programs
The Civil Division administers three compensation programs, the first created by the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, the second created by the 1990’s Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, and the third created by the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010.
Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
Radiation Exposure Compensation Program
September 11th Victim Compensation Fund
Enforcement & Affirmative Litigation Branch
The Enforcement & Affirmative Litigation Branch brings affirmative litigation in courts throughout the country to protect Americans’ health, safety, economic security, and data privacy. The Branch represents the United States by filing lawsuits to enforce consumer protection statutes and to ensure nationwide compliance with the U.S. Constitution and federal law.
Contact Information
Federal Programs Branch
Federal Programs Branch attorneys litigate on behalf of approximately 100 federal agencies, the President, Cabinet officers, and other government officials. They defend against constitutional challenges to federal statutes, suits to overturn government policies and programs, and attacks on the legality of government decisions. The Federal Programs Branch also initiates litigation to enforce regulatory statutes and to remedy statutory and regulatory violations.
Contact Information
Office of Immigration Litigation
The Office of Immigration Litigation oversees all civil immigration litigation, both affirmative and defensive, and it is responsible for coordinating national immigration matters before the federal district courts and circuit courts of appeals. It provides support and counsel to all federal agencies involved in noncitizen admission, regulation, detention, and removal under U.S. immigration and nationality statutes. Office of Immigration Litigation (OIL) attorneys work closely with United States Attorney’s Offices on immigration cases. The Office of Immigration Litigation is divided into two functional sections, the General Litigation and Appeals Section (OIL-GLA) and the District Court National Security Section (OIL-DNS)
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District Court National Security
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Office of the Assistant Attorney General
The Civil Division represents the United States in any civil or criminal matter within its scope of responsibility: protecting the public fisc, ensuring that the Federal Government speaks with one voice in its view of the law, preserving the intent of Congress, and advancing the credibility of the government before the courts.
Contact Information
Office of Management Programs
The Office of Management Programs works to ensure the Division’s continued success through responsive management, executive leadership, and the promotion of performance and fiscal responsibility.
Contact Information
Tax Litigation Branch
Tax Litigation Branch attorneys enforce the nation’s tax laws fully, fairly, and consistently, through civil litigation, to promote voluntary compliance with the tax laws, maintain public confidence in the integrity of the tax system, and promote the sound development of the law. Their work covers a broad spectrum of litigation in United States District Courts, United States Bankruptcy Courts, United States Circuit Courts of Appeals, and state courts.
Torts Branch
The Torts Branch represents the United States, including its officers and agents, in suits for monetary damages alleging negligent or wrongful acts and under statutory compensation programs. In addition, Torts Branch attorneys handle claims related to injury and damage to Government property. Six sections handle the Torts Branch’s major practice areas: the Aviation and Admiralty Section; the Environmental Tort Litigation Section; the Federal Tort Claims Act Litigation Section; and the Constitutional and Specialized Torts Litigation Section.
Contact Information
Aviation, Space & Admiralty Section
Aviation, Space and Admiralty Litigation Section attorneys operate out of offices in Washington, DC and San Francisco, CA. This section's aviation practice includes litigation arising from our nation's air traffic control system operation, its regulation of air commerce, the weather services, aeronautical charting, and from government aircraft operations. In its admiralty practice, the section represents the government as ship owner and as regulator of the nation's coastal and inland waterways.
Contact Information
Constitutional and Specialized Tort Litigation Section
The Constitutional and Specialized Torts Litigation Section represents individual federal employees both directly and by monitoring and guiding the work of United States Attorneys. Section attorneys also represent the United States and its agencies in suits in which both the government and individual federal officials are named as defendants. The Constitutional and Specialized Torts Litigation Section oversees both the Vaccine Litigation Section and the Radiation Exposure Compensation Program.
Contact Information
Environmental Tort Litigation Section
The Environmental Torts Litigation Section defends the government against claims for monetary damages resulting from death, personal injury, or property damage allegedly caused by environmental or occupational exposure to toxic substances, and occasionally handles other important tort cases. These claims are usually brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, but may also be premised upon various environmental statutes, admiralty law, or contract law.
Contact Information
Federal Tort Claims Act Litigation Section
Federal Tort Claims Act Litigation Section attorneys handle cases arising under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), which permits suits against the United States for injuries allegedly caused by the “negligent or wrongful act of any employee of the government while acting within the scope of his [or her] office or employment. The broad scope of the FTCA results in a highly varied caseload.
Contact Information