February 24, 2025 - Robert Menendez and several Orthodox Jewish organizations ... The Trump administration tapped Jones Day partner and Supreme Court litigator Yaakov Roth for a high-profile job at the Justice Department, where he will serve as principal deputy assistant attorney general for the civil division.

May 20, 2025 - As the principal assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s civil division, Yaakov Roth, an immigrant himself, is at the center of two of the Trump administration’s most high-profile – and contentious – deportation efforts since taking power.

Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General · I focus on appellate advocacy and dispositive motions. I represent clients in Supreme Court cases, argue appeals in the federal Courts of Appeals, and prepare motions to dismiss and for summary judgment across a range of substantive areas.

February 21, 2025 - The Justice Department has hired Jones Day attorneys Yaakov Roth and Harry Graver to serve in the civil division, expanding the Trump-aligned firm’s presence at an office responsible for protecting the president’s agenda in court.

February 22, 2025 - The lawyer, Yaakov Roth, will serve as principal deputy assistant attorney general in the DOJ's civil division, a person familiar with the move said. Sign up here. Roth will also temporarily lead the civil division while the U.S. Senate weighs the Trump administration’s nomination of Brett ...

1 week ago - The question now is what courts will do to hold the administration accountable for its lawless actions regarding the Alien Enemies Act and other immigration moves.

April 8, 2025 - Yaakov Roth, a Federalist Society member and former clerk for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, joined the Justice Department in February and has extensive appellate experience.

April 24, 2025 - Photo of Yaakov Roth, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Civil Division. WASHINGTON, April 24, 2025 – The Trump administration asked a federal court Wednesday to upend nearly a century of legal precedent shielding independent regulatory agencies from direct ...

The Department of Justice is reviewing the prosecution of a former Colorado clerk who was convicted in state court of helping President Donald Trump's supporters access confidential data about the 2020 election and is supporting her bid to get out of jail · Closed Captioning / Audio Description

March 18, 2025 - Trump DOJ’s Civil Division Recruits ... who’s argued high profile cases before the Supreme Court, is set to begin his role as the principal deputy assistant attorney general for the civil division next week […] Brett Shumate ended his five-year run at Jones Day in January ...

March 7, 2025 - Coloradans this week got a glimpse into how the Trump administration is dismantling the hard-won authority of the law.

1 month ago - Roth was a major donor to Eliot Spitzer's 2006 New York gubernatorial campaign. He served as one of the top economic advisers to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign in 2016 and was included in a March 2017 White House meeting on the Trump Administration infrastructure plan.

March 28, 2025 - Photo of Arielle Roth, nominee for NTIA Administrator, taken during Thursday's Senate Commerce Committee hearing, with two of her children on each side, and her husband Yaakov Roth on the right · WASHINGTON, March 27, 2025 – States racing to close the digital divide got little reassurance Thursday from NTIA nominee Arielle Roth that their broadband plans won’t be derailed. Roth, tapped by President Donald Trump ...

May 31, 2025 - In response to the trade court’s ruling, Acting Assistant Attorney General Yaakov Roth filed an emergency motion for a stay pending appeal and an immediate administrative stay.

April 11, 2025 - DOJ said it was "unable" to provide information about Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Judge Paula Xinis. UPDATE: She has ordered daily status reports and a hearing on Tuesday.

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Yaakov Moshe Roth is a partner in the Washington D.C. office of Jones Day. His goal is to strategically develop and effectively present the key legal arguments that will secure victory for clients through appellate advocacy and dispositive motions.