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Jeremy Bylund is a partner in Willkie’s Litigation Department, where he is Chair of the Regulatory Litigation Practice Group and a member of the Firm’s Strategic Motions & Appeals Practice Group. He is based in the Firm’s Washington, DC office.

Jeremy is an experienced litigator and former executive official at the U.S. Department of Justice who focuses his practice on high-stakes litigation, regulatory litigation, appeals, and legal strategy.  He regularly represents clients in investigations, adjudications, and litigation involving DOJ, EPA, HHS, FDA, and other federal agencies.  Jeremy provides holistic legal strategy in addressing regulatory issues for clients including informal advocacy, comments on rulemakings, administrative challenges, administrative appeals, and challenges to agency action in the courts.  

Jeremy also has an active appellate practice, having successfully represented clients before the U.S. Supreme Court, federal courts of appeals, state supreme courts, and state appellate courts. Jeremy has first-chaired more than sixty appellate wins and has argued in Federal Courts of Appeals across the country.

Jeremy previously served at DOJ, where he most recently held the role of Deputy Associate Attorney General, with oversight over the Environment & Natural Resources Division and the Civil Division as a member of the executive leadership of the Department.     
 

Experience

Prior to joining Willkie, Jeremy was a partner at another international law firm.

Before that, Jeremy served at DOJ, where he most recently held the role of Deputy Associate Attorney General.  He oversaw several litigating divisions, including the Environment & Natural Resources Division, the Civil Division, the Tax Division, and the U.S. Trustee. He worked closely with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, including the Food and Drug Administration, and the Environmental Protection Agency in managing their litigation portfolios.  

Prior to assuming a DOJ leadership role, Jeremy served as an appellate attorney at DOJ where he litigated appeals in nearly all of the federal appellate courts.

Earlier in his career, Jeremy served as a judicial clerk for The Honorable Edith H. Jones, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.  Before his legal career, Jeremy served in the U.S. Army. 

  • Co-Author, “Congress Can Do Better Against Fraud,” Real Clear Policy, Oct. 17, 2021.
  • Co-Author, “Stats Without Facts: Another Court Rejects Data Mining Qui Tam Strategy,” U.S. Chamber of Commerce Litigation Center Blog, May 25, 2021.
     

Credentials

Education


Harvard University, J.D. (cum laude), 2011 Brigham Young University, B.A. (summa cum laude), 2008

Bar Admissions


District of Columbia Virginia

Court Admissions


United States Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit United States Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit United States Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit United States Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit United States Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit United States Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit United States Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit United States Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit United States Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit United States Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit United States Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit United States Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit United States Court of International Trade United States District Court, District of Colorado United States Supreme Court United States District Court, District of Columbia