Civil Division
The Civil Division is supervised by the Civil Division Chief and a Deputy Chief. The Civil Division is generally responsible for representing the interests of the United States in a wide variety cases. Frequently the Division is called upon to defend federal government agencies which have been sued as permitted by law including tort suits, employment discrimination cases, judicial appeals of administrative decisions denying applications for Social Security disability benefits, suits filed by federal prisoners, to name a few.
In addition, the Civil Division represents the United States in a number of different kinds of civil affirmative enforcement cases ranging from the enforcement of IRS summonses issued by the IRS to False Claims Act cases to complaints to enforce the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Fair Housing Act.
Likewise the Civil Division commits significant resources to protecting the interests of federal government agencies which are owed money by persons filing bankruptcy. Within the Civil Division is the Financial Litigation Unit (FLU) which is responsible for reducing to judgment a variety of civil debts owed to various federal agencies and then taking all appropriate steps to collect those judgments. In addition the FLU is responsible for the collection of assessments, fines, and restitution imposed on defendants in federal criminal cases.