About
Stephen M. Kohn, alongside together with his companions are America s main whistleblower attorneys. He correctly represented the maximum important tax whistleblower in U.S. records (Bradley Birkenfeld) and received the largest whistleblower praise ever paid to an man or woman whistleblower ($104 million). Since 1984 his exercise has focused exclusively on advocating for whistleblowers, expanding laws that guard and reward whistleblowers and litigating many cutting-edge cases. He has successfully represented whistleblowers beneath severa kingdom and federal laws, along with the False Claims Act/qui tam laws, and hooked up essential precedent shielding whistleblowers under the First Amendment. Since 2009 his practice has elevated to helping global whistleblowers report claims inside the United States for securities fraud, tax fraud and violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Mr. Kohn has served as lead suggest and prevailed in major precedent placing whistleblower instances each at trial and in appeals court docket rulings. Mr. Kohn worked with Congressional staff in proposing language integrated into essential whistleblower laws, including the Dodd-Frank Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Whistleblower Protection Act. Many of his proposals had been followed through the Securities and Exchange Commission during their historical whistleblower-rulemaking complaints. Additionally, Mr. Kohn volunteers as the pro bono Executive Director of the National Whistleblower, where he has filed numerous amicus briefs on behalf of whistleblowers in key Supreme Court instances. Mr. Kohn wrote the first criminal treatise on whistleblower law in 1985. His 7th e book on whistleblowing, The Whistleblower’s Handbook turned into praised via the Wall Street Journal as critical analyzing for whistleblowers. In 2014 Mr. Kohn and his company were diagnosed by the National Law Journal as some of the top 50 plaintiffs regulation places of work within the United States. › ›
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- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Tax Law
- Business Taxes, Criminal Tax Litigation, Estate Tax Planning, Income Taxes, International Taxes, Payroll Taxes, Property Taxes, Sales Taxes, Tax Appeals, Tax Audits, Tax Planning
- Securities Law
- International Law
- Human Rights, Imports & Exports
- Gov & Administrative Law
- Administrative Law, Election Law, Government Contracts, Government Finance, Legislative & Government Affairs
- Whistleblower Protections and Rewards beneath the False Claims Act
- Whistleblower Protections and Rewards below the Dodd-Frank Act
- Whistleblower Protections and Rewards below the Internal Revenue Code
- Whistleblower Protections and Rewards under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
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Experience
- Partner
Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto
1988 - Director of Corporate Litigation
Government Accountability Project
1984 - Supervisor of Whistleblower Advocacy Clinic
Antioch School of Law
1984 - Judicial Intern, Hon. A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. Circuit Judge
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
1982
Educations
Graduation year: 1984
Graduation year: 1981
Graduation year: 1979
