page_title: United States Department of Justice Civil Division
section_title: List of assistant attorneys general
hierarchical_section_title: United States Department of Justice Civil Division / List of assistant attorneys general
caption_attribution_description: Official portrait of then-Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Carla Anderson Hills.
context_page_description: The United States Department of Justice Civil Division represents the United States, its departments and agencies, members of Congress, cabinet officers, and other federal employees. Its litigation reflects the diversity of government activities, involving, for example, the defense of challenges to Presidential actions; national security issues; benefit programs; energy policies; commercial issues such as contract disputes, banking insurance, patents, fraud, and debt collection; all manner of accident and liability claims; enforcement of immigration laws; and civil and criminal violations of consumer protection laws. Each year, Division attorneys handle thousands of cases that collectively involve billions of dollars in claims and recoveries. The Division confronts significant policy issues, which often rise to constitutional dimensions, in defending and enforcing various Federal programs and actions. The Civil Division is currently led by Acting Assistant Attorney General Ethan P. Davis.
caption: Carla Anderson Hills, the first woman Assistant Attorney General
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