Women’s White Collar Defense Association to Honor Alice Fisher

The Women's White Collar Defense Association (WWCDA) has named Alice Fisher, General Counsel of Latham & Watkins and a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, a recipient of the 2026 WWCDA Champion Award.

The Champion Award honors individuals whose leadership and accomplishments have helped shape the white collar defense, investigations, compliance, and enforcement community.

Alice focuses on white collar criminal investigations and government enforcement matters. Throughout her career, she has advised corporations on managing legal risks in a global economy and represented individuals and corporations in international criminal matters, economic and export sanctions, national security matters, and healthcare, securities, and procurement fraud.

In addition to serving as General Counsel, Alice previously served on Latham’s Executive Committee and as Managing Partner of the firm's Washington, D.C. office and Global Chair of the White Collar Defense & Investigations Practice.

From 2005 to 2008, Alice served as Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Criminal Division of the DOJ, where she led and oversaw some of the nation’s most significant criminal enforcement matters. These included high-profile national security cases, healthcare fraud, anti-money laundering, domestic and international corruption, as well as crimes against children. During her tenure at the DOJ, Alice chaired the National Procurement Fraud Task Force, supervised the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, and served as a member of the President's Corporate Fraud Task Force.

Alice also served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the DOJ from 2001 to 2003. In that role, as a key official at DOJ on September 11, she oversaw terrorism cases, policy changes, and participated in our nation’s response to the terrorist attacks and the national security challenges that followed. Alice previously held other positions in government, including as deputy special counsel to a US Senate Special Committee.

Alice’s accomplishments have earned consistent recognition from Chambers USA, The Legal 500 US, Global Investigations Review, Law360, and Washingtonian. She is an elected member of The American Law Institute.

The award will be presented at the WWCDA Awards Gala on December 1, 2026.