Uber Lawyer Brings Investigations Experience

When Uber Technologies Inc. decided to shore up its legal team, the ride-hailing company chose a lawyer who knew it well after investigating sexual harassment in its ranks, and also is equipped to fight the company’s outside legal battles.

Tammy Albarran, a partner from Covington & Burling, was named earlier this week as Uber’s new deputy legal counsel, not long after she spent months investigating employee misbehavior, and co-authoring a report whose recommendations put curbs on Uber’s famously freewheeling culture.

She worked with former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on a three-and-a-half month deep dive into workplace sexual harassment. They ...