Lawyer Overview

Monya Bunch is an associate in the Litigation Department at WilmerHale. She joined the firm in 2004. Ms. Bunch's practice focuses on litigation in federal court, and federal criminal and regulatory investigations.

Practice

Ms. Bunch has a general litigation practice, with an emphasis on both civil litigation and government investigations, as well as an active pro bono practice.

While in law school, Ms. Bunch interned with the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. Her work focused on white-collar matters with the Securities and Commodities Fraud and General Crimes units. She also held a summer position with a large international law firm in New York City, where she gained experience in trade practices, intellectual property and antitrust matters.

Prior to earning her law degree, Ms. Bunch dedicated her career to community activism and development, most recently as a planner for the organization Agenda for Children Tomorrow (A.C.T.), in New York City. While working for A.C.T., she supported a neighborhood-planning coalition by linking community projects related to child welfare, family planning and youth services.

Recent Highlights

Ms. Bunch was a member of the team of litigators that recently successfully represented the relator in a rare and complex False Claims Act trial in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, helping the United States to win a jury verdict of just over $103 million in damages against several defendants who had participated in a bid-rigging conspiracy. 

Honors and Awards

• Received the Burton Award for excellence in legal writing (2005)

Publications

• Comment, Juvenile Transfer Proceedings: A Place for Restorative Justice Values, 47 How. L.J. 909 (2004).

Areas of Practice

• Litigation

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• New York

Education

• Howard University School of Law, 2004
  J.D.
• University of Hartford, 1994
  M.P.A.
• Hampton University, 1991
  B.S.

Address

1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20006

Phones

+1 202 663 6409 (Business Phone)

Faxes

+1 202 663 6363 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.wilmerhale.com/