David K. Colapinto is a nationally recognized whistleblower advocate, with an expertise in government fraud and qui tam cases, and in the use of the Privacy Act in defending whistleblowers.

Michael D. Kohn is a nationally recognized litigator with a focus on whistleblower protection law and the co-author of The Labor Lawyers Guide to the Rights and Responsibilities of Employee Whistleblowers and Whistleblower Law: A Guide to Legal Protections for Corporate Employees.

Stephen M. Kohn serves as a supervising attorney for the legal work performed by attorneys associated with the National Whistleblower Legal Defense and Education Fund. He is the author of The Whistleblower's Handbook: A Step by Step Guide to Doing What's Right and Protecting Yourself (Lyons Press, 2011).

 
Ms. Edmonds worked as a language specialist for the FBI's Washington Field Office. During her work with the bureau, she discovered and reported serious acts of security breaches, cover-ups, and intentional blocking of intelligence that had national security implications.
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One of America’s top federal prosecutors, Richard Convertino lost his job after blowing the whistle on incompetence in the Bush Administration’s “war on terror.”  High ranking Justice Department officials leaked confidential information in an attempt to discredit Mr. Convertino.  This case is ongoing.

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As Senior Science Advisor at the EPA, William Marcus was fired when he documented that a policy approved by the Office of Drinking Water could lead to an increase in cancer.  His case set a national precedent when he became the first EPA employee to obtain protection under environmental whistleblower statutes.

Dr. Jonathan Fishbein is one of the highest-ranking drug whistleblowers in American history.  He was fired from his position as Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office for Policy in Clinical Research Operations after exposing misconduct in AIDS drug safety clinical trials.  Dr. Fishbein won his whistleblower case and was reinstated setting a national precedent protecting government doctors from retaliation.

Dr. Jeffrey Wigand exposed safety problems related to the tobacco industry.  A former vice president of Brown and Williamson, Dr. Wigand blew the whistle on the tabacco industry's manipulation of nicotine.  He is credited with being the key witness in successful tobacco reform law suits.  Dr. Wigand's case was portrayed in the film The Insider.                        

Ernie Fitzgerald blew the whistle on billions of dollars in cost overruns at the Department of Defense and was illegally fired by President Nixon.  Mr. Fitzgerald's  landmark federal whistleblower case resulted in his reinstatement and effectually led to the passage of amendments to the False Claims Act in 1986.                                                       

Psychologist Janet Chandler brought a successful False Claims Act lawsuit against Cook County Hospital for forging data and failing to comply with federal human research regulations in a federally funded drug abuse study.  As a young attorney President Obama worked on Dr. Chandler's case.  The Supreme Court upheld Dr. Chandler's lawsuit.