Vedder Price

Tamara Droubi

Associate

Tamara Droubi is a Litigation Associate in the firm’s Government Contracts and Government Investigations & White Collar Defense groups, with broad experience in complex commercial litigation, federal procurement, compliance and risk assessment, and regulatory investigations.

Ms. Droubi’s clients include companies operating in the fields of aerospace and defense, engineering, aviation, cybersecurity, technology, telecommunications, manufacturing, real estate, health care, life sciences, and humanitarian and development aid.

Ms. Droubi has successfully assisted individuals, non-profit organizations and U.S. and non-U.S. companies with complex compliance, ethics, and regulatory issues and government enforcement actions (criminal, civil, regulatory, and administrative).  She has led internal investigation teams in matters relating to whistleblower allegations/qui tam actions, internal controls violations, cross-border transactions and operations, anti-bribery and anti-corruption, and procurement fraud, including issues arising under the False Claims Act (FCA), Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), Small Business Act and implementing regulations, Anti-Kickback Statute (ASS), Stark Law and common law fraud.  Ms. Droubi has also assisted clients in responding to subpoenas and document requests, engaging with state and federal government counsel and investigators, preparing witnesses for testimony, interviewing witnesses, making presentations to boards of directors, audit committees, independent auditors, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and state and federal agencies, negotiating settlements and administrative agreements, and managing reputational damage. 

Ms. Droubi has counseled clients on a wide-range of federal procurement, non-procurement (grants and cooperative agreements), and business issues, including risk assessment, voluntary disclosures, suspension and debarment, developing and improving compliance and due diligence programs, cybersecurity and privacy, data rights, organizational conflicts of interest (OCI), procurement integrity, small business and prime-subcontractor matters, mergers and acquisitions, and economic sanctions.  In doing so, she has engaged with civilian and Department of Defense (DoD) agencies, including U.S. Aid for International Development (USAID), General Services Administration (GSA), NASA, the Army, and the Air Force.  In addition, she has assisted 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.

Ms. Droubi is an experienced commercial litigator.  She has appeared on behalf of clients in U.S. federal and state courts at the trial and appellate levels, and has represented clients in private negotiations, mediations and arbitrations.  Ms. Droubi is experienced in handling all phases of litigation, as well as in providing prelitigation advice to help avoid or mitigate litigation risks, or to pursue litigation when necessary to achieve the client’s best interests and goals.

In her pro bono practice, Ms. Droubi assists military veterans with discharge upgrade matters.    She is also a 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 from 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.

Ms. Droubi was recognized by The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch in 2021, 2022, and 2023 for Government Relations Practice.

Tamara Droubi

Associate

Education

  • Catholic School of America, Columbus School of Law, J.D., 2006
  • University of California, San Diego, B.A., 1996

Tamara Droubi

Associate

Bar Admissions

  • California, 2006
  • District of Columbia, 2015

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Federal Claims
  • U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, District of Columbia

Affiliations

  • Member, American Bar Association
  • Member, California Women Lawyers
  • Member, Women's White Collar Defense Association

Tamara Droubi

Associate