Kuntal V. Cholera

Kuntal Cholera rejoined the firm after serving in multiple roles at the U.S. Department of Justice. Most recently, Kuntal was a Senior Counsel for the Deputy Attorney General (DAG), helping the DAG monitor significant civil litigations across DOJ. In that capacity, Kuntal coordinated with multiple DOJ components—including the Civil Division, Antitrust Division, Environmental and Natural Resources Division, and Tax Division—over strategy in several significant litigations.

Additionally, Kuntal previously served as a Counsel in the Office of the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division where he helped oversee significant litigations in the Civil Division and counseled multiple agencies on impending regulations, including Department of Health and Human Services regulations implementing the Inflation Reduction Act.

Kuntal also spent several years as a Trial Attorney in the Federal Programs Branch at the DOJ. He was lead counsel in multiple civil cases involving Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”) and Constitutional claims against the Executive Office of the President and various executive agencies, including counsel in multiple First Amendment lawsuits involving social media companies such as Murthy v. Missouri (decided by the Supreme Court in 2023). Kuntal also counseled multiple agencies over proposed regulations, including, most recently, Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs regulations concerning their reproductive care benefits.