She has broad experience in complex litigation, white collar defense (including the False Claims Act), internal investigations, and regulatory and compliance counseling and risk assessment. 

Ms. Droubi assists clients with a wide range of regulatory and business concerns, including financial fraud and accounting irregularities, false statements and false claims, cross-border transactions and operations (e.g., export controls (EAR and ITAR), import controls (tariffs), OFAC sanctions, and supply chain hygiene), bribery and corruption, misuse of business assets and government funds, material disclosures, and retaliation and obstruction, as well as commercial disputes (breach of contract, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, unfair business practices, commercial lease disputes, trade secrets, defamation, discrimination, and retaliation). 

Ms. Droubi’s clients include individuals and U.S. and non-U.S. companies operating in the fields of aerospace and defense, engineering, aviation, cybersecurity, technology, banking, telecommunications, manufacturing, real estate, health care, life sciences and management services, as well as nonprofit organizations and professionals providing humanitarian and development aid. 

Complex Litigation

Ms. Droubi is an experienced litigator, representing clients in state and federal disputes at the trial and appellate levels. She routinely assists clients with responding to third-party subpoenas (document production and testimony), as well as with negotiations, mediations, and arbitrations. Ms. Droubi provides prelitigation advice to help clients avoid or mitigate litigation risks. When litigation is necessary to achieve the client’s best interests and goals, Ms. Droubi assists clients with all phases of litigation.

Government Enforcement Actions – White Collar Defense

Ms. Droubi handles white collar matters, assisting clients with parallel criminal and civil investigations and administrative actions. She helps clients respond to grand jury and civil subpoenas and other document demands and government inquires, litigate against allegations of misconduct, negotiate settlements and administrative agreements, and manage reputational damage. This includes engaging with government counsel and investigators, preparing witnesses for testimony, gathering evidence and interviewing witnesses, collaborating with subject matter experts, preparing and arguing legal briefs, and making presentations to boards of directors, audit committees, independent auditors, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Offices of the U.S. Attorneys and Inspectors General and state and federal agencies. 

False Claims Act

Ms. Droubi assists clients with False Claims Act (FCA) matters, whether initiated by whistleblowers (qui tam actions) or government regulators. This includes advising clients on the Reverse False Claims Act (allegations the wrongdoer “knowingly” withheld payment of money owed to the government). She represents clients in investigations and litigation, advising clients at every stage of a matter. 

Internal Investigations

Ms. Droubi routinely conducts internal investigations, preparing clients to defend against potential qui tam or government enforcement actions. This includes assisting clients with responding to whistleblowers, submitting voluntary or mandatory disclosures to the government, creating and updating corporate compliance programs, and engaging with civilian and defense government agencies.

Counseling and Risk Assessment

Providing clients with tailored guidance and training, Ms. Droubi works with gatekeepers to identify, assess, and manage companies’ regulatory and compliance risk profiles. She also assists clients in designing and revising corporate compliance and ethics programs, and with corporate due diligence during mergers and acquisitions.

Government Contracts, Grants, and Cooperative Agreements

Ms. Droubi assists clients operating in the federal procurement (government contracts) and nonprocurement (grants and cooperative agreements) with regulatory compliance and business concerns. Issues include small business size and socioeconomic regulations and pass-through limitations, kickbacks, misappropriation of government funds, domestic preference and country of origin requirements (e.g., Buy American Act/BAA and Trade Agreements Act/TAA), defective pricing (TINA), personal and organizational conflicts of interest (OCI), accounting irregularities and misuse of assets or funds, procurement integrity, product substitution and quality assurance, cybersecurity, data privacy and retention, and retaliation and obstruction.

In addition, Ms. Droubi assists government contractors with pre- and post-award bid protest litigation before the Government Accountability Office (GAO), U.S. Court of Federal Claims, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and state and federal agencies.

Pro Bono and Clerkship

In her pro bono practice, Ms. Droubi assists military veterans with discharge upgrade matters. She also worked as part of a collaborative pro bono effort to help members of the Afghan Female Tactical Platoon (FTP), who served alongside U.S. special operations forces and were forced to leave Afghanistan after the Taliban regained control in August 2021, seek asylum in the United States. Ms. Droubi has been recognized by Vedder Price’s Pro Bono Committee for her commitment to pro bono work.

Prior to joining Vedder Price, Ms. Droubi served as a law clerk to The Honorable Mary Ellen Coster Williams at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

Recognitions

Ms. Droubi has been recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for Government Relations Practice since 2021 and for Administrative/Regulatory Law since 2024.