Biography
Asha Muldro co-leads the Los Angeles office of Guidepost Solutions. As a senior managing director, Ms. Muldro directs an array of investigative, compliance, and monitoring matters for corporations and institutions. In addition, as a deputy general counsel, Ms. Muldro assists with legal and compliance matters for the firm’s worldwide offices.
Ms. Muldro leads the Guidepost Solutions team assisting One Brooklyn Hospital System with designing a new robust system-wide compliance program after receiving a $664 Million dollar grant from the Department of Health to merge three safety net hospitals into one unified system. She is also currently leading compliance program assessments for clients including Disney, Snap and Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation. She is also leading the resident engagement team for the federal monitorship of the New York City Housing Authority. Her monitorship work includes leading the community advisory committee comprised of leaders from HUD, NYPD, NYFD, City Council, Mayor’s Office, NYCHA residents and officials, and various other agencies.
Ms. Muldro recently led the team assisting the University of Michigan with implementing remediation efforts in the aftermath of sexual misconduct findings against a former Provost. She and the team worked collaboratively with the University’s stakeholders to create a more dynamic program and to promote a culture of safety and inclusion. She also recently led a climate assessment for UCLA. Ms. Muldro previously led the compliance program assessment for the federal monitorship of General Motors.
Ms. Muldro heads compliance and investigative matters for a range of sectors and frequently lectures and provides expert guidance on compliance, sexual harassment, race discrimination, DEI, data privacy, CCPA and GDPR regulations, international supply chain, export controls, cybersecurity, and investigative techniques. She is also a founding member and leader on the firm’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee and serves as a vice president on the Board of Directors for the Columbia Law School Association.
Previously, Ms. Muldro was a partner at an elite litigation boutique, Willenken Wilson Loh & Delgado LLP where she led white collar investigations, defense matters, and complex civil litigation cases. Her clients included Microsoft, GoPro, KeyBank, Staples, Southern California Gas & Electric and individuals under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Ms. Muldro returned to private practice after serving as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Central District of California for seven years. As a federal prosecutor in the criminal division, she directed federal law enforcement agencies in more than 100 criminal investigations, presented numerous cases to the grand jury, served as lead trial counsel on multiple bench and jury trials, and briefed and argued several appeals before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Ms. Muldro also assisted in the exchange of information with foreign countries through the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty. She prosecuted cases involving bank fraud, government fraud, public corruption, money laundering, violent and organized crime, cyber security, domestic security, and immigration crimes.
Prior to joining the U.S. Department of Justice, Ms. Muldro spent five years practicing law at Latham & Watkins LLP in its White Collar Defense and Investigations group. As the lead associate on a wide range of complex commercial litigation matters and internal investigations, she represented Fortune 500 companies in litigation and corporate officers and directors against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice.
Earlier in her career, Ms. Muldro worked for the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. and in the Wall Street headquarters of J.P. Morgan Chase. She also clerked for U.S. District Judge Robert P. Patterson, Jr. in the Southern District of New York. Ms. Muldro is a graduate of Columbia Law School and earned her B.A. at Yale University.