Alston & Bird maintains one of the most experienced state attorneys general teams in the country. We have been representing clients in state, federal, and parallel enforcement actions for decades. We have also represented state AGs through our team members’ government service as public officials, special assistant attorneys general, or attorneys for the AGs themselves. We bring this experience to bear to represent you during state AG investigations and enforcement actions.
State attorneys general are bringing more enforcement actions on their own or in conjunction with other AGs or federal enforcers in multistate investigations and litigation. Across the country, state AGs use their investigative and prosecutorial powers under consumer, antitrust, environmental, health care, financial services, and cybersecurity and privacy laws. These actions have resulted in seven- to nine-figure recoveries against corporate entities across various industries, highlighting the need to retain outside counsel with direct experience dealing with authorities and in-depth knowledge of how the agencies operate.
We have long-term professional relationships with many attorneys general and their senior staff. We know how enforcement attorneys and prosecutors think and work; we use that knowledge to implement a strategy that gives you the best chance of reaching a favorable outcome. We have assisted clients responding to AG subpoenas involving consumer protection issues (such as unfair and deceptive trade practices), negotiated settlements with state financial services regulators, worked with attorney general offices on data breach notification issues, and convinced a state AG to end an investigation and decide not to intervene on a false claims action. We have prevailed at trial, and we have reached the best settlement to avoid the expense and publicity of a trial.
We bring a multidisciplinary approach to every engagement we handle, tapping into the breadth of experience throughout our firm from within our litigation, corporate, environmental, health care, insurance, financial services, and other practices. Our experience in state AG investigations and enforcement actions crosses industries and state boundaries.
Credentials and Recognition
Our team consists of individuals with experience as former U.S. attorneys; former senior leadership officials with the U.S. Department of Justice in the Criminal, National Security, Tax, and Antitrust Divisions and the offices of the deputy U.S. attorneys general and associate U.S. attorneys general; and former federal prosecutors, as well as senior staff from the Federal Trade Commission and New York Department of Financial Services. Our attorneys are regularly recognized in top-tier rankings by Chambers USA and The Best Lawyers in America® for the work we handle for our clients.