Farhana Choudhury

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New York

Tel: +1 212 909 6046

Overview

Farhana Choudhury is an associate in the Litigation Department and a member of the White Collar & Regulatory Defense Group. Ms. Choudhury joined Debevoise ... Read Full Biography

Experience

- A Special Committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Rochester in an independent investigation of all claims alleged in EEOC and federal complaints filed by eight current and former University faculty members and students.
- A global financial institution in government investigations into Russian money laundering activity.
- A large retail investment adviser in an investigation of the use of proprietary products in discretionary investment programs.
- An individual in an insider trading investigation.

Education

Georgetown University Law Center, 2016, J.D.
Baruch College, City University of New York, 2012, B.A.

Farhana Choudhury is an associate in the Litigation Department and a member of the White Collar & Regulatory Defense Group.Ms. Choudhury joined Debevoise in 2016. In 2018, she clerked for the Hon. William F. Kuntz of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. She received a J.D. cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center in 2016, where she served as a notes editor of the Georgetown Law Journal and was a Special Pro Bono Pledge Honoree. She received a B.A. magna cum laude from Baruch College, The City University of New York in 2012.Ms. Choudhury is a contributing author to “Key Considerations in US Government Investigations,” Global Investigations Review: The Americas Investigations Review 2022 (October, 2021) and the author of “The United Nations Immunity Regime: Seeking a Balance Between Unfettered Protection and Accountability,” 104 GEO L.J. 725 (2016).Ms. Choudhury is a member of the Bar of New York and is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. She is fluent in Bengali and Hindi.