WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fenwick announced today that Anna Uhls has joined the firm in its growing Washington, D.C. office. Her arrival reflects Fenwick’s continued, client‑driven expansion in the D.C. region to support and bring solutions to technology and life sciences companies at moments of heightened scrutiny.
Uhls’ deep experience navigating congressional oversight and her bipartisan credentials and relationships will play a critical role in growing the firm’s congressional investigations practice alongside litigation partner Jon Lenzner, further strengthening the firm’s capabilities at the intersection of government investigations, congressional oversight, and enterprise‑wide risk. She will also play a key role in expanding Fenwick’s crisis management practice, advising clients facing simultaneous legal, regulatory, public, and congressional scrutiny.
Uhls brings a 360-degree perspective to risks facing companies and executives. Most recently, Uhls served in the FBI for five years as assistant general counsel overseeing congressional oversight, including responding to Hill investigations and preparing executives for hearings and depositions. During her time at FBI, Anna also worked in the National Security and Cyber Law Branch, counseling on national security operations, AI and hi-tech tools, and on investigations into cartels and financial crimes.
Before the FBI, Uhls served for more than four years as U.S. regulatory counsel at Uber, where she developed precedent-setting strategies in regulatory litigation and transformed adversarial regulatory relationships into collaborative partnerships at a time when the highly scrutinized company was launching in new jurisdictions. Earlier in her career, Uhls practiced in the crisis management group of an international law firm. She began her professional career covering politics and breaking news at The Washington Post.
“With her multifaceted background working at a tech company, in government, and in the news media, Anna is a lawyer who can bring valuable insight and judgment to the C-suite and board room,” said litigation partner Jon Lenzner, who formerly served as chief of staff to the FBI Director and U.S. Attorney for Maryland. “I had the pleasure of working with Anna at the FBI when it was coming under intense scrutiny from Congress, the Inspector General, the media, whistleblowers and civil litigants, and I saw firsthand her ability to calmly navigate the entire battlefield. I look forward to working with her again to help solve problems for Fenwick clients and to help them prevail.”
“When investigations, public scrutiny, and business decisions converge, the margin for error is small,” said Fenwick’s litigation chair Jedediah Wakefield. “Anna strengthens how we guide clients through those moments with the judgment and coordination they require.”
“What makes these practices so consequential to the firm’s clients is that decisions made in one forum ripple into every other,” said Uhls. “Congressional testimony becomes sworn evidence in securities litigation. Public statements made in a crisis shape regulatory outcomes. Media coverage moves stock prices that affect M&A valuations. I’m excited to bring that integrated perspective to Fenwick’s clients.”
