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Each federal judicial district has a U.S. Attorney's Office, which is the local office of the U.S. Department of Justice. The U.S. attorney, who runs the office, is nominated by the President and confirmed by the U.S. Senate for a four-year term. Assistant U.S. attorneys ordinarily serve as the government's lawyers in both criminal and civil cases. In criminal cases, they often are joined at the courtroom's counsel table by the lead law enforcement agent who investigated the case. Assistant U.S. attorneys are sometimes assisted by counsel from other federal agencies if the case involves an investigation that was begun by those agencies.

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