The importance attached to financial litigation by the Department of Justice is reflected in the requirements of 28 C.F.R. § 0.171(b), which reads:

Each United States Attorney shall designate an Assistant United States Attorney, and such other employees as may be necessary, or shall establish an appropriate unit within [the] office, to be responsible for activities related to the satisfaction, collection, or recovery, as the case may be, of judgments*, fines, penalties, and forfeitures (including bail-bond forfeitures).

The designated AUSA is the Financial Litigation Coordinator, and financial litigation should be the primary responsibility of the AUSA. In smaller United States Attorneys’ offices, this may be a collateral duty for the designated AUSA.

*Judgments include all civil and criminal monetary obligations including restitution, fines and special assessments.

[added May 2018]