There is no shortage of whistleblower law firms and whistleblower attorneys to select from. Whistleblowers seeking representation should carefully evaluate their options to ensure that they're securing a skilled and effective team because of their whistleblower reward or whistleblower retaliation claim to increase their recovery. Here certainly are a few ideas to consider when choosing a whistleblower law firm.
Whether we're fighting for whistleblowers in court, at federal agency whistleblower reward programs, or advocating for stronger whistleblower laws in Congress, we consider ourselves privileged to represent courageous whistleblowers that put so much on the line to accomplish the best thing. In most matter we handle, we strive everyday to get the best result easy for the client while protecting their career and reputation.
Above all, whistleblowers should review what the law states firm's background of success. We are one of many few firms that have obtained multi-million dollar awards for whistleblowers at the SEC. Additionally, our attorneys have done successful qui tam False Claims Act cases and achieved substantial recoveries for whistleblowers in retaliation cases.
Together with our courageous clients, we have helped the SEC halt multi-million dollar investment schemes, expose violations at large publicly traded companies, and return funds to defrauded investors. Our clients'SEC whistleblower tips have helped the SEC halt significantly more than $1 billion in fraudulent investment schemes. In matters by which we obtained SEC whistleblower awards for the clients, the public orders announcing the awards note the “significant assistance” provided to SEC staff that enabled the SEC to perform investigations more quickly.
Our success representing whistleblowers at the SEC has enabled us to concentrate on a small quantity of claims that will likely end up in enforcement actions and result in the payment of awards. In 2020, we filed 9 TCRs, that resulted in the SEC investigating the claims and 4 that led to enforcement actions within one year of filing the claims.
Described by the National Law Journal as a “leading whistleblower attorney ,” founding Principal Jason Zuckerman has established precedent under a wide variety of whistleblower protection laws and obtained substantial compensation for his clients and recoveries for the federal government in whistleblower rewards and whistleblower retaliation cases. Three of the cases he labored on are featured in Tom Mueller's seminal book about whistleblowing Crisis of Conscience: Whistleblowing within an Age of Fraud and Dan Maldea's Corruption in U.S. Higher Education: The Stories of Whistleblowers. The False Claims Act qui tam cases that Zuckerman has worked on in conjunction with other attorneys have led to recoveries in excess of $100 million, and he has secured settlements above $1 million in ten SOX whistleblower retaliation matters.