- Representing a major pharmacy benefit manager in ongoing multidistrict litigation.
- Defending a global health insurance company in ongoing qui tam litigation under the False Claims Act related to Medicare Advantage sales and marketing issues.
- Representing a major pharmaceutical manufacturer in an internal investigation related to data integrity issues.
- Representing various companies and individuals facing government subpoenas and enforcement actions.
- Received favorable decisions for a consulting firm in several arbitrations, trial court, and appellate court against a former client, former employee, and competing firm.
- Conducted an internal investigation for a Fortune 500 auto parts manufacturing company for potential FCPA violations resulting in no action by the DOJ or SEC after self-disclosure.
- Represented one of the largest mortgage banking firms in the U.S. in a government investigation and various litigation matters.
- Obtained favorable decisions in both trial and appellate courts for a citizen’s complaint brought against a key public figure involved in “Bridgegate.”
- Serving as guardian ad litem pro bono counsel in several appeals at the North Carolina Court of Appeals.
Senior Associate,
- Phone: +1 212 905 9040
- Email: debolina.das@alston.com
Combining her in-house experience with her years in private practice, Debolina provides practical, strategic litigation and compliance counsel and partners with clients to help them proactively identify and mitigate risk.
Debolina Das focuses her practice on all aspects of commercial litigation and white collar, government, and internal investigations. Debolina also frequently represents corporate and individual clients in criminal and civil investigations by the Department of Justice, as well as regulatory investigations and enforcement actions by other federal and state agencies.
Debolina leverages her in-house experience as Head of Litigation and Investigations at a multinational industrial public company to help companies align business goals with practical legal solutions while protecting financial realities.
Debolina partners with clients to counsel boards of directors and management teams on how to proactively identify risk, establish strategies or internal compliance programs to mitigate those risks, and to conduct self-assessments on the effectiveness of those solutions. Debolina helps companies create effective whistleblower programs, anti-corruption policies, and employment policies and manuals, and conducts litigation and compliance due diligence in M&A transactions.
After law school, Debolina served as a law clerk to the Hon. Robert H. Edmunds, Jr. of the Supreme Court of North Carolina.
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Press Release March 4, 2025Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Honors Jason Outlaw as a 2025 Fellow, Debolina Das and Dorian Simmons as 2025 PathfindersAlston & Bird is pleased to announce that Jason Outlaw, partner in the firm’s Securities Litigation Group, has been named a Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Fellow for 2025. The LCLD has also selected Debolina Das, senior associate in the firm’s Litigation & Trial Practice Group, and Dorian Simmons, senior associate on the firm’s Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team, as members of the 2025 class of Pathfinders.Press Release March 4, 2025Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Honors Jason Outlaw as a 2025 Fellow, Debolina Das and Dorian Simmons as 2025 PathfindersAlston & Bird is pleased to announce that Jason Outlaw, partner in the firm’s Securities Litigation Group, has been named a Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Fellow for 2025. The LCLD has also selected Debolina Das, senior associate in the firm’s Litigation & Trial Practice Group, and Dorian Simmons, senior associate on the firm’s Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team, as members of the 2025 class of Pathfinders.
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In the News January 20, 2021Law360 | Verizon Escapes Ga. Atty’s $28M COVID-19 Spread SuitDebolina Das, Scott Elder, and Thomas Grantham are noted for successfully representing Verizon in the dismissal of a $28 million class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.In the News January 20, 2021Law360 | Verizon Escapes Ga. Atty’s $28M COVID-19 Spread SuitDebolina Das, Scott Elder, and Thomas Grantham are noted for successfully representing Verizon in the dismissal of a $28 million class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
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Advisories July 20, 2020White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Advisory: DOJ and SEC Release the Second Edition of the FCPA Resource GuideOur White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Group highlights the most relevant additions and changes the Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission have made to respond to the many significant developments in case law affecting the agencies’ enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Advisories July 20, 2020White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Advisory: DOJ and SEC Release the Second Edition of the FCPA Resource GuideOur White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Group highlights the most relevant additions and changes the Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission have made to respond to the many significant developments in case law affecting the agencies’ enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
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Advisories June 8, 2020White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Advisory: DOJ Issues Third Iteration of Its Corporate Compliance GuidanceThe Department of Justice revised its corporate compliance guidance for the third time in three years. Our White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Team breaks down the key updates and offers insight to the DOJ’s thinking.Advisories June 8, 2020White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Advisory: DOJ Issues Third Iteration of Its Corporate Compliance GuidanceThe Department of Justice revised its corporate compliance guidance for the third time in three years. Our White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Team breaks down the key updates and offers insight to the DOJ’s thinking.
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Advisories December 10, 2019White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Advisory: Revisions to FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy Ease Self-Disclosure BurdenOur White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Team examines some pragmatic revisions to the Department of Justice’s FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy.Advisories December 10, 2019White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Advisory: Revisions to FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy Ease Self-Disclosure BurdenOur White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Team examines some pragmatic revisions to the Department of Justice’s FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy.
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Advisories October 17, 2019White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Advisory: DOJ Issues Guidance on Inability to Pay Corporate Criminal PenaltiesOur White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Team parses a new memorandum that will guide the Department of Justice Criminal Division’s assessment of a company’s claim that a criminal penalty exceeds the company’s ability to pay without dire consequences.Advisories October 17, 2019White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Advisory: DOJ Issues Guidance on Inability to Pay Corporate Criminal PenaltiesOur White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Team parses a new memorandum that will guide the Department of Justice Criminal Division’s assessment of a company’s claim that a criminal penalty exceeds the company’s ability to pay without dire consequences.
Languages
- Bengali
- French
- Hindi
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
- New York
- North Carolina (Inactive)
Education
- The University of North Carolina (J.D., 2014)
- New York University (B.A., 2010)