September 16, 2025 Washington D.C. — Stephen M. Kohn, the National Whistleblower Center’s (NWC) Founder and Chairman of the Board, was recognized as one of America’s Top Lawyers by Forbes. This marks the second year that Kohn has received such distinction.
Forbes’ annual list of America’s Top Lawyers “recognizes the nation’s attorneys who are leaders in their fields, have made the biggest impacts, and are most respected by their peers.” According to Forbes, “The selection process is based on a rigorous, multi-stage process of journalistic research and evaluation.”
Kohn was selected out of more than 2,000 candidates and was acknowledged as “a pioneer in whistleblower law.” As the founding partner of Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto and Chairman of the Board of NWC, he works to advance whistleblower protections worldwide.
Some of his notable achievements as recognized by Forbes in 2024 and 2025 include representing the Danske Bank whistleblower who exposed a $230 billion Russian money-laundering scandal. Kohn also “helped draft key whistleblower legislation and regulation, including those incorporated into the Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank acts.”
“Fearless, brilliant, relentless, Steve Kohn knows the law; knows right from wrong; and pursues justice as no other attorney I have known,” said FBI whistleblower member of NWC Board, Fred Whitehurst, whose lawsuit compelled President Clinton to issue the first presidential directive mandating whistleblower protections for all FBI whistleblowers.
To get in touch with Stephen Kohn please contact jeana.lee@whistleblowers.org
