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.

The co-author of Whistleblower Law: A Guide to Legal Protections for Corporate Employees, Mr. Colapinto is a highly experienced and highly successful litigator who has represented numerous whistleblowers in state and federal courts and before a variety of administrative agencies, such as the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

Mr. Colapinto also played an integral role in obtaining whistleblower protection for FBI employees. As co-counsel to Dr. Frederic Whitehurst, Mr. Colapinto is responsible for the lawsuit that forced President Clinton to issue a historic directive ordering the Attorney General to implement regulations protecting FBI employee whistleblowers. He serves as 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.  Mr. Colapinto is licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia and also serves as an Attorney-Trustee for the National Whistleblower Legal Defense and Education Fund.