Government counsel / Fourth Circuit

Eastern District of Virginia

The attorneys who appeared for the government in this court's agency-delay suits, read from each suit's attorneys of record. It is a record of who has appeared, not the office's staff list.

Read from the attorneys of record of 504 of the 2,222 agency-delay suits in the docket record for this court; 199 of them name government counsel. Only the 504 suits with a public docket on CourtListener can be read, and a suit names no government counsel until an attorney appears and that public copy is refreshed afterwards, so older suits, recent suits and quiet districts are thin. Updated November 14, 2026 at 1:17 a.m. CT. How this list is made.

How this court's decisions and suits came out. This court's suits. Every district's attorneys (CSV).

U.S. Attorney's Office

AttorneyCityTelephone and emailSuitsOpen nowFiled in the past yearLatest suit filed
Christian James CooperAlexandria, VA(703) 397-7489
christian.cooper@usdoj.gov
94813June 30, 2026
Elizabeth Anne SpavinsAlexandria, VA(703) 299-3785
lizzie.spavins@usdoj.gov
2344February 25, 2026
Meghan Elizabeth LoftusAlexandria, VA(703) 299-3757
meghan.loftus@usdoj.gov
1512May 4, 2026
Kirstin O'ConnorAlexandria, VA(703) 299-3799
kirstin.o'connor@usdoj.gov
1421July 2, 2026
Jonathan Holland HambrickRichmond, VA(804) 819-5400
jay.h.hambrick@usdoj.gov
311November 20, 2025
Elizabeth WeiselAlexandria, VA(703) 299-3744
elizabeth.weisel@usdoj.gov
111June 15, 2026
Jessica Danielle StrokusAlexandria, VA(703) 236-3869
jessica.strokus@usdoj.gov
111October 20, 2026
Kaitlin Kerry EckroteWashington Dc, DC(202) 252-2485
kaitlin.eckrote@usdoj.gov
101January 21, 2026
Peter B. BaumhartAlexandria, VA(703) 299-3700
peter.baumhart@usdoj.gov
1320April 21, 2025
Carolyn M. WesnouskyAlexandria, VA(703) 299-3996
carolyn.wesnousky@usdoj.gov
1000September 10, 2024
Matthew J. MezgerAlexandria, VA(703) 299-3700
matthew.mezger@usdoj.gov
930October 2, 2025
Yuri FuchsAlexandria, VA(703) 299-3700
yuri.fuchs@usdoj.gov
700August 9, 2024
Robert C. PickrenAlexandria, VA(703) 299-3745
cooper.pickren@usdoj.gov
610November 18, 2024
Hugham ChanAlexandria, VA(703) 299-3700400June 6, 2024
Raul A. RuizAlexandria, VA(703) 299-3853
raul.ruiz@usdoj.gov
400July 9, 2025
Jonathan Tyler LucierRichmond, VA(804) 819-5506
jonathan.lucier@usdoj.gov
300May 6, 2025
Rebecca S. LevensonAlexandria, VA(703) 299-3700
rebecca.s.levenson@usdoj.gov
210August 24, 2025
Dennis Carl Barghaan , Jr.Alexandria, VA(703) 299-3700
dennis.barghaan@usdoj.gov
100September 11, 2024
John MoustakasWashington, DC(202) 252-2518
john.moustakas@usdoj.gov
100July 21, 2022
Lauren A. WetzlerAlexandria, VA(703) 299-3700
lauren.wetzler@usdoj.gov
100July 21, 2022
Sean Douglas JansenNorfolk, VA(757) 441-6331
sean.jansen@usdoj.gov
110July 18, 2025
Sian JonesWashington, DC(202) 252-2578
sian.jones@usdoj.gov
100September 11, 2024
Tanzania JaysuraAlexandria, VA(703) 299-3743
tanzania.jaysura@usdoj.gov
100September 8, 2025
Virginia Lynn Van ValkenburgNorfolk, VA(757) 441-6331
virginia.vanvalkenburg@usdoj.gov
110July 18, 2025

From the Justice Department in Washington

Attorneys of the Office of Immigration Litigation and the rest of the Civil Division, who appear in many districts. All of them, with their districts.

AttorneyOfficeTelephone and emailSuitsOpen nowFiled in the past yearLatest suit filed
Cesar AzrakCivil Division(202) 305-0693
cesar.e.azrak@usdoj.gov
110July 24, 2025
Marie FeycheOffice of Immigration Litigation(202) 598-9724
marie.feyche@usdoj.gov
110November 13, 2024

Justice Department, office not printed

These dockets print a Justice Department email address for the attorney and no office, so the attorney may belong to this district's U.S. Attorney's Office or to Washington.

AttorneyCityTelephone and emailSuitsOpen nowFiled in the past yearLatest suit filed
Steven ChasinWashington, DC(202) 305-0747
steven.m.chasin2@usdoj.gov
110July 24, 2025

Suits counts the agency-delay suits in the docket record in which the attorney is counsel of record; the past-year count runs back one year from the newest suit in the record. Some dockets name an office in an attorney's place, usually before a suit is assigned ("AUSA - Chicago"); those are listed last, marked as office entries, with the office's own mailbox. Telephone numbers and email addresses are the ones printed on the public docket of the attorney's latest suit; confirm them on that docket before relying on them. An attorney who has moved on stays listed, and the date of the latest suit shows how current an entry is. Nothing here says how any attorney's suits ended. Tell us about a correction.