Allison M. Booth
Associate
Allison focuses her practice on high-stakes government investigations and complex commercial litigation in state and federal court. She has successfully represented clients in a wide variety of enforcement proceedings and business disputes, and works with clients to find strategic legal solutions.
Allison has extensive litigation experience, advising clients in matters involving the False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback Statute, breach of contract claims, consumer protection investigations, consumer class actions, and bid protests. Her investigations practice entails conducting internal investigations to identify potential misconduct; counseling clients on best practices for compliance; managing responses to Civil Investigative Demands and subpoenas issued by the DOJ, CFPB, and state regulatory authorities; and engaging in litigation at all phases. She helps clients navigate complex litigation and regulatory challenges particular to the government contracting, financial services, and health care and life sciences industries. Allison maintains an active pro bono practice, assisting clients with tenants’ rights issues, asylum seekers acquiring permanent residential status, and individuals on death row seeking habeas relief.
Prior to law school, Allison worked with a non-profit repairing homes for low-income and disabled clients, and worked with a non-profit combatting child sexual exploitation in the Philippines.
Credentials
Education
Allison received her J.D., with honors, from the George Washington University Law School in 2020, where she was a member of the International Law in Domestic Courts Journal and wrote about litigation issues with an international component to them, including forum selection clauses, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, governmental and official immunities, cross-border discovery disputes, international art restitution cases, and international jurisdictional issues. She received her B.A., with honors, in history and sociology from Texas A&M University in 2015, where she was part of the Cornerstone Honors Program. During law school, Allison was a judicial extern for Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. She also worked as a legal intern for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division, where she helped prosecute hate crimes and color of law violations.
Admissions
- District of Columbia
Related Insights & News
- “Proposed FAR Rule Would Ban Federal-Government Procurement of Semiconductor Products and Services from Foreign Countries of Concern,” W&S Investigations, Enforcement, & Compliance Alerts, Co-author, May 8, 2024
- “E.D. Virginia Endorses Broad Interpretation of Anti-Kickback Statute,” Government Program Fraud, False Claims Act & Qui Tam Litigation Playbook, Co-author, April 17, 2024