Alison A. Furtaw

Alison Furtaw, senior counsel in Dykemas Bloomfield Hills office, focuses her practice on complex criminal, regulatory, and civil matters. As a former Assistant United States Attorney and Michigan Assistant Attorney General, she has extensive experience handling matters at the federal, state, and local levels. Before her government service, Alison spent seven years in private practice running her own criminal defense practice law firm. During her tenure as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of Michigan, Alison extensively investigated and prosecuted several complex federal criminal violations. She first worked in the Flint office, where she successfully obtained a guilty verdict in a complex Computer Crimes case involving a high school football scout accused of soliciting his students for inappropriate pictures. She later transferred to the Healthcare Fraud Unit in Detroit where she obtained a guilty verdict against a Shelby Township doctor on all charges of a 20-count indictment related to his involvement in a $6.3 million illegal prescription opioid conspiracy. Alison regularly handles complex internal investigations including matters involving accusations of sex and race discrimination. She was also a part of the Larry Nassar investigation and the investigation into the Catholic church in her time at the Attorney Generals Office. She currently represents healthcare professionals who have licensing issues, issues with the State Attorney Generals Office, Issues with Consumer Protection investigations and responses to consumer protection complaints and law suits. Education Detroit College of Law, J. D. Oakland University. B. A. Bar and Court Admissions Bar Admissions Michigan Court Admissions U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan U. S. District Court, Western District of Michigan Affiliations State Bar of Michigan, Member State Bar of Michigan, Administrative & Regulatory Law Section, Chair-Elect Irish American Bar Association, Member Community St. Vincent De Paul, Volunteer Capuchin Soup Kitchen, Volunteer Languages French Spanish