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David K. Colapinto
David K. Colapinto, is a nationally recognized whistleblower advocate, with an expertise in government fraud and qui tam cases and use of the Privacy Act in defending whistleblowers. The co-author of Whistleblower Law: A Guide to Legal Protections for Corporate Employees (Praeger, 2004), Mr. Colapinto is a highly experienced and highly successful litigator who has represented numerous whistleblowers in state and federal courts and before numerous administrative agencies. Mr. Colapinto also played an integral role in obtaining whistleblower protection for FBI employees. As co-counsel to Dr. Frederic Whitehurst, Mr. Colapinto was responsible for the lawsuit that forced President Clinton to issue a historic directive ordering the Attorney General to implement regulations protecting FBI employee whistleblowers. Mr. Colapinto successfully represented Linda Tripp in her Privacy Act lawsuit against the Department of Defense. He is an Attorney Trustee for the National Whistleblower Center and General Counsel of the Center’s Forensic Justice Project. Mr. Colapinto received a J.D. degree from Antioch School of Law and a B.A. degree in History from Boston University. David K. Colapinto is licensed to practice law in the District if Columbia.
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