Alfred S. Irving

Professional career

• Judge Irving began his service with the federal government as a Trial Attorney with the United States Department of Justice in 1993.
• He has served as Vice-Chair of the U.S. Department of Justice Association of Black Attorneys, an organization whose mission primarily is to enhance the professional experience and development of the Department’s African American attorneys.
• Starting at the Commercial Litigation Branch of the Civil Division, he served as a Trial Attorney, defending the United States in complex government contract matters before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the U.S. Department of Transportation Board of Contract Appeals.
• Next, Judge Irving served as a Trial Attorney in the Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section of the Criminal Division, where his duties included rendering decisions and opinions upon complex and politically sensitive petitions for remission of federally forfeited property, requests from cooperating state and local law enforcement agencies to share huge sums of federal forfeiture proceeds, and requests for transfers of forfeited real property.
• After law school Judge Irving worked as an Associate with two national firms, first with LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene, & MacRae (previously LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae), and later at the now-defunct Newman & Holtzinger, where he focused his practice in the area of electric utility ratemaking, representing clients primarily before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
• He was a member of The Tax Lawyer, one of the four law reviews at Georgetown.
• He has been an active member of the D.C. Bar, and was elected to serve as a member of the Litigation Section Steering Committee.
• In his final position with the Department of Justice, Judge Irving served with the Environmental Enforcement Section of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, where he prosecuted civil enforcement actions in the United States District Courts against corporations and individuals for violations of federal environmental laws.
• Judge Irving also served a three-year term on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Advisory Committee on Local Rules.
• After gaining significant experience in private practice, Judge Irving served the District of Columbia as a legal consultant to the General Counsel of the District of Columbia Armory Board, where he was responsible for daily administration of legal matters, including providing advice on questions of law, policy, and legislation.

Judicial service

• Alfred S. Irving, Jr. was nominated by President George W. Bush and sworn in as an Associate Judge on December 3, 2008.

Education

• Wake Forest University · B.A.
• Georgetown University Law Center · J.D., 1987
• Wake Forest University
• Georgetown University Law Center

Personal record

Born August 7, 1959 · Charlottesville, Virginia