Davina Pujari

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Davina Pujari is an accomplished trial lawyer who assists clients with complex environmental litigation, environmental criminal defense, toxic torts and mass actions, and crisis response. She leverages more than 25 years of experience in public and private practice, including as a federal and state prosecutor and an EPA enforcement attorney.

In private practice, Davina represents companies and individuals in complex, high stakes matters involving environmental and business litigation, environmental and white collar crimes, investigations, False Claims Act matters, and regulatory compliance and defense. When representing clients in government investigations and enforcement actions, Davina offers an understanding of governmental priorities, procedures, and tactics founded on her years of public service investigating and prosecuting environmental and white collar cases. She also applies her breadth of experience to conducting internal investigations and representing clients before arbitrators, administrative judges, regulatory agencies, and mediators.

Davina’s government experience includes serving as an assistant US attorney in the White Collar Crimes and Major Crimes Sections of the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California, a senior assistant district attorney in the Special Prosecutions Division of the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, and an EPA enforcement attorney. In these roles, she investigated and prosecuted environmental cases under the Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, Lacey Act, and other federal and state environmental statutes. Davina has also prosecuted and tried white collar cases involving bribery, false statements, fraud, identity theft, and use of the internet for criminal purposes.

Personal

JD, Lewis and Clark Law School, 1992

BA, North Carolina State University, 1988