Professional Experience
Given her strong science background, Ms. Albala was tasked as an AUSA with investigating alleged healthcare fraud and opioid-related matters. She supervised large teams of agents from federal agencies including the FBI, HHS-OIG, DEA, NSF, OPM, DHA, and FDA. She has significant experience handling parallel civil, criminal, and administrative cases. Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Ms. Albala was a Trial Attorney at DOJ’s Civil Division, where she represented HHS in suits brought under the National Childhood Vaccine Act. She was the sole attorney responsible for handling over 80 active cases and had frequent first-chair appearances. Ms. Albala began her legal career at an international law firm, where she represented Fortune 500 companies in complex life sciences litigation and arbitration disputes.
Professional Activities
Ms. Albala is a member of the American Health Law Association (AHLA) and the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA). She previously served as an Adjunct Professor at the NYU School of Global Public Health where she taught courses on the intersection of law, bioethics, and public health policy. Ms. Albala is a member of the NYU Grossman School of Medicine’s working group exploring the ethics of big data and artificial intelligence (AI) in health research and healthcare.