Ejaz Baluch Jr

Ejaz is a Senior Trial Attorney in the Employment Litigation Section of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, where he has worked since October 2019. He primarily represents the United States in federal district court in cases under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. His cases typically include allegations of employment discrimination based on race, sex, religion, sexual orientation, and gender identity by state and local government employers, including police departments, fire departments, and school districts. Ejaz also regularly facilitates Department of Justice trainings, including serving as a National Advocacy Center faculty member. He joined the Department through the Attorney General’s Honors Program.

While at the Department of Justice, Ejaz completed a detail with the White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders as an Advisor. He worked with federal government agencies to address incidents of Anti-Asian hate and discrimination and promote greater data disaggregation for AA and NHPI subgroups.

Prior to joining the Department, Ejaz was the 2018–2019 Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr. Appellate Advocacy Fellow at the Public Justice Center, where he appeared as lead counsel before state and federal appellate courts litigating cases that impact the development of civil rights and poverty law. Ejaz has also clerked for Chief Judge George L. Russell, III of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Before becoming an attorney, he taught middle school social studies with Baltimore City Public Schools.