Senior Management

Peter M. Mansfield has served as Chief of the Civil Division since 2013. Mr. Mansfield’s supervisory experience in the U.S. Attorney’s Office also includes previous service as First Assistant United States Attorney (2018) and Deputy Civil Chief (2008–2013). Mr. Mansfield has also supervised the office’s Financial Litigation Unit, which is responsible for the enforcement and collection of criminal fines, restitution, and civil judgments in the district. As a supervisory AUSA, Mr. Mansfield has been the lead editor and reviewer of the office’s civil appeals in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals since 2011. Mr. Mansfield joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office in 2005 and has handled a variety of both defensive and affirmative civil cases in district and appellate courts as lead counsel in diverse practice areas, including: torts, employment discrimination, administrative law, and creditors’ rights.

Mr. Mansfield has taught continuing legal education (CLE) courses for the Department of Justice, New Orleans Bar Association, and the 21^st and 22^nd Judicial District Court Bar Associations on a variety of topics, including: federal practice and procedure, legal writing, oral advocacy, and criminal restitution. He has also published articles on Title VII employment discrimination and Louisiana tort immunity in the Federal Lawyer and Loyola Law Review, respectively. After graduating from Franciscan University (Steubenville, OH) and Ave Maria School of Law, both magna cum laude, Mr. Mansfield began his legal career as a litigation associate at Adams and Reese, L.L.P. in its New Orleans office. Mr. Mansfield is a native of Metairie, Louisiana.