This area includes litigation concerning Department of Justice programs (excluding FBI cases, which are handled in Area 6), Department of Homeland Security programs, and Second Amendment claims. This litigation often includes constitutional challenges, such as claims regarding border searches, immigration regulations, law enforcement programs, or TSA screening methods. The Second Amendment cases involve a variety of challenges to various firearms statutes and regulations.

Clients include many components of these two departments, such as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS).

[updated April 2018]