Former Assistant U.S. Attorney and Michigan Assistant Attorney General Alison A. Furtaw Joins Dykema’s Bloomfield Hills Office

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Alison Furtaw as a Senior Counsel in its Government Investigations and Corporate Compliance Practice in the firm’s Bloomfield Hills office. Furtaw joins Dykema after serving as Assistant U.S. Attorney for the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of Michigan for three years. Prior to that, she spent more than a decade serving as Assistant Attorney General for the Michigan Department of Attorney General.

As a former Assistant U.S. Attorney and State Assistant Attorney General, Furtaw has extensive experience handling matters at the federal, state, and local levels. During her tenure as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of Michigan, she extensively investigated and prosecuted several complex federal criminal violations. Furtaw has experience serving the Healthcare Fraud Unit in Detroit. She also has extensive regulatory experience from her 12 years of experience working with the Michigan Attorney General’s Office. During her time with the Michigan AG, she prosecuted hundreds of white collar criminal cases and created a position as a Cybercrime Specialist—prosecuting complicated computer crimes, including a national computer-based Ponzi scheme.

Furtaw’s practice focuses on complex criminal, regulatory, and civil matters, including representing healthcare professionals with licensing issues, issues with the State Attorney General’s Office, or billing issues related to Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) investigations.

Before her government service, Furtaw spent seven years in private practice running her own criminal defense practice law firm.

“We’re thrilled Alison decided to join Dykema’s growing white collar practice,” said Mark Chutkow, Leader of Dykema’s Government Investigations and Corporate Compliance Practice. “Alison’s background handling matters relating to healthcare fraud, healthcare licensing, and cybercrime adds to Dykema’s depth in these areas. As the third former federal prosecutor to join the firm in Michigan in the last three years, Alison further establishes Dykema as a go-to firm in Michigan for companies and individuals addressing government enforcement matters.”

Furtaw earned a J.D. from the Detroit College of Law and a B.A. in Communications from Oakland University.