Elizabeth Hecker
Areas of Focus
Overview
Elizabeth Hecker offers clients more than two decades of experience leading litigation in federal courts, with a focus on cases involving education, civil rights, and constitutional law. She has filed more than 50 briefs in federal and state courts of appeals, presented oral argument in over a dozen appellate matters, and worked closely with the U.S. Office of the Solicitor General in litigation in the U.S. Supreme Court.
Career & Education
- Department of Justice: Civil Rights Division
Appellate Section
Acting Deputy Chief, February 2025–April 2025
Special Litigation Counsel, June 2021–February 2025
Senior Attorney, January 2016–June 2021
Housing and Civil Enforcement Section
Trial Attorney, June 2008 – March 2013 - Department of Justice: Office of Legal Policy
Senior Counsel, August 2014–January 2016
- Department of Justice: Civil Rights Division
Adjunct Professor, George Washington University Law School, 2018–Present
- Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., cum laude, 2004
Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy: senior editor - Emory University, B.A., summa cum laude, political science, 2001
- Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., cum laude, 2004
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- New York
- *Admitted in New York Only. Practicing under the Supervision of D.C. Bar Members.
- Law Clerk, Honorable Marjorie O. Rendell, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, August 2013–August 2014
Elizabeth's Insights
Press Coverage | 05.08.25
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Firm News | 3 min read | 05.08.25
Senior DOJ Appellate Attorney Elizabeth Hecker Joins Crowell & Moring, Bolstering Education Practice
Press Coverage | 05.07.25
Exodus At DOJ Civil Rights Division Sends Attorneys On Job Hunt
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Elizabeth's Insights
Press Coverage | 05.08.25
Press Coverage | 05.08.25
Firm News | 3 min read | 05.08.25
Senior DOJ Appellate Attorney Elizabeth Hecker Joins Crowell & Moring, Bolstering Education Practice
Press Coverage | 05.07.25
Exodus At DOJ Civil Rights Division Sends Attorneys On Job Hunt