Tara Ganapathy is counsel in the firm’s Public Policy and Law practice group. In this group, she guides clients through congressional and white collar investigations and government enforcement actions, and provides ongoing counseling to clients on a range of investigative, regulatory, and compliance issues. Tara joined the firm after serving as Senior Counsel in the General Counsel’s Office of the White House Office of Management and Budget and, prior to that, the United States Department of Health and Human Services, where she advised the agencies in connection with congressional and other investigations, and provided legal counseling on a variety of oversight, separation of powers, and regulatory matters. In this capacity, Tara shepherded the agencies through dozens of Congressional investigations including multiple high-stakes investigations by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability (now the Committee on Oversight and Reform), the House Judiciary Committee, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and the Senate Judiciary Committee. Prior to this, Tara served as investigative counsel with the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, a subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, led by Chairman James E. Clyburn. In her congressional role, Tara led multiple investigations into pandemic-related fraud, lobbying and disclosure issues, and private sector compliance with pandemic-related measures.
Tara joined Congress after working for over five years as an associate at two law firms, where she focused on white collar investigations, commercial litigation, and public interest litigation. During this time, Tara represented dozens of individual and corporate clients in connection with investigations by the United States Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and State Attorney General offices into a wide variety of alleged conduct, including wire fraud, insider trading, market manipulation, and criminal antitrust issues. She also cultivated an active pro bono practice, representing individual and non-profit clients in multiple statutory and constitutional challenges to government actions.
