OFAC suits, agency-delay litigation, and local-counsel work in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia — for companies the government has frozen, and for the law firms who need a presence here.
When a specific-license application has sat undecided for a year or more, the APA gives a federal court the power to order a decision.
Challenging a designation, a delisting denial, or a petition OFAC simply will not answer — on the administrative record, in court.
The delay toolkit against any federal agency: mandamus, APA delay claims, and the record that makes them credible.
For out-of-district and foreign law firms: we file, appear, and keep your case compliant with this court's rules. You lead.
How out-of-town counsel appears in the District's federal court, and what the sponsoring attorney actually does.
APA suits, record-review cases, FOIA enforcement, and motion practice in the court where the government defends itself.
Nearly everything on this site happens in the same building: the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, the federal trial court where the government is always home and venue over federal defendants is proper under 28 U.S.C. § 1391(e)(1). The firm's work there runs on two tracks. On the first, we sue the government — the Office of Foreign Assets Control over license applications that have sat undecided, agencies of every kind over delay that has stopped being processing and become refusal, and OFAC again over designations and delisting denials. On the second, we act for other lawyers: local counsel and pro hac vice sponsorship for out-of-district and foreign firms whose cases land in the District.
How intake works. Email info@dcfederallitigation.com with what happened, what agency it involves, and any date on a notice. There is no form, no call center, and no obligation — a litigator reads it and replies in writing.
No. Sanctions litigation is a focus because so few firms do it, but the practice is federal litigation against and involving the government: APA suits, mandamus and delay cases, FOIA enforcement, and service as local counsel for firms litigating here from elsewhere.
Yes. Much of this docket is foreign companies and individuals — the engagement, payment path, and any sanctions-law constraints on the representation itself are addressed in writing before work begins.
Because federal agencies reside here for venue purposes, so a suit against an agency or its officers is almost always proper in this district — and for OFAC and delay cases it is where the governing case law is densest.