Alyssa DaCunha

Alyssa DaCunha leads the Strategic Response and Crisis Management group at WilmerHale and is co-chair of the firm's Congressional Investigations practice. Her practice focuses on government and internal investigations and crisis management assistance. She counsels companies, boards, and individuals facing complex regulatory, legal and policy issues, often in the glare of the media spotlight.

Alyssa’s clients include pharmaceutical, healthcare, energy, industrials, technology, and media companies, as well as banks, hedge funds, private equity firms, and professional sports leagues. She has prepared dozens of CEOs and corporate executives to testify before Congress, and has counseled many more on strategies for responding to congressional inquiries. She has represented major corporations and individuals in congressional, white collar, and civil matters, and has extensive experience representing companies facing parallel proceedings, including cross-border investigations, civil and criminal litigation, and state attorney general inquiries.

Alyssa’s work has earned her a reputation of being “responsive, knowledgeable, professional, and wired into the DC oversight community—the best in her field,” according to reviewers from Chambers, which ranks her as a leader in Government Relations: Congressional Investigations. She has been quoted in The New York Times, Law360, Reuters, Bloomberg, The Hill, and American Law Journal as an expert in the field.