About Kelsey Condon
Kelsey Condon specializes in representing whistleblowers under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the Dodd-Frank Act, the IRS whistleblower law, and the False Claims Act. She also focuses on cases impacting the environment and wildlife protection. Although most of her clients are anonymous and confidential, she has played a critical role in the Howard Wilkinson case (the largest money laundering case in world history) and one of the largest Foreign Corrupt Practices Act cases filed in Greece against the pharmaceutical giant Novartis. She also assisted in the federal court litigation of the Westrick False Claims Act case.
Kelsey was the recipient of the highly prestigious and competitive Estelle S. Kohn Memorial Fellowship awarded by Northeastern University School of Law. She graduated from Northeastern University School of law in May 2017, and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science from Northeastern University.
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Pro Bono Public Service
Dedicated to protecting whistleblowers, the National Whistleblower Center (NWC) and the National Whistleblower Legal Defense and Education Fund were founded by three experienced whistleblower-rights attorneys, Stephen M. Kohn, Michael D. Kohn and David K. Colapinto. All of the attorneys at Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto are dedicated to the mission of the NWC and the Fund and provide pro bono services through the law firm on behalf of whistleblowers.
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Congress Set to Approve Rewards for Wildlife Crime Whistleblowers
Last week, the Senate passed the bipartisan Rescuing Animals With Rewards (“RAWR”) Act. The companion bill previously passed in the House this July. “ ...
Whistleblower Dr. Aaron Westrick Continues Commitment to Ethics After Settlement in Bulletproof Vest Case
Five months after the final settlement was reached in his qui tam suit, whistleblower Dr. Aaron Westrick spoke to students in Oakland University’s Pol ...
Qui Tam Whistleblower Receives $1.1 Million Reward in FCA Settlement with Lance Armstrong
On April 19, 2018, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and Lance Armstrong, a former professional cyclist, entered into a settlement agreement just week ...
SEC Investigating Over 700 Cases from Whistleblower Tips
Although whistleblower tips continue to increase seven years into the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) successful whistleblower progr ...
International Whistleblowers: U.S. Tax Laws & the FCPA
On February 28, the National Whistleblower Center (“NWC”) requested that the Prime Minister of the Republic of Malta and the Group of States Against C ...
Senator Grassley Asks Attorney General to Revise Memo on “Communications with Congress” that May Not Comply with Existing Law
On January 29, 2018, Attorney General Jeff Sessions wrote a memo instructing Justice Department heads not to communicate with Congress “without advanc ...
Why Whistleblower Provisions and Detection of Customs Fraud Could Effectively Combat Wildlife Trafficking
Photo credit: San Diego Zoo Safari Park Two recent settlements under the False Claims Act (“FCA”) – which imposes liability on those that defraud the ...
Wholesaler to Pay $1 Million in Settlement Under the False Claims Act for Scheme to Avoid Paying Customs Duties
Photo credit: Leslie Rose Photography On October 3, 2017, the Acting Manhattan U.S. Attorney announced that it settled claims under the False Claims A ...
IRS Paid Over $33.9 Million to Whistleblowers in 2017
Washington, D.C., January 5, 2018. Today the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Office of the Whistleblower released its Annual Report to Congress ...
Over $3.4 Billion Recovered from False Claims Act Whistleblower Cases in 2017
Whistleblowers were the largest source of fraud detection for False Claims Act (“FCA”) cases in 2017. In the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, th ...
Digital Realty Trust Supreme Court Oral Argument Audio and Transcript Now Available
The Supreme Court of the United States heard arguments in Digital Realty Trust v. Somers (No. 16-1276) on November 28, 2017. The case will decide whet ...
SEC Awards Over $16 Million to Two Whistleblowers
On November 30, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced two whistleblower awards of more than $8 million each for providing original in ...
Amicus Filed in Major Dodd-Frank Act Case, Digital Realty Trust v. Somers
On Tuesday, October 17, 2017, the National Whistleblower Center filed an amicus brief before the Supreme Court of the United States in Digital Realty ...
Sarbanes-Oxley Anti-Retaliation Provisions Apply Extraterritorially
On August 29, 2017, the Department of Labor’s Administrative Review Board (ARB) issued a significant decision Blanchard v. Exelis Systems Corp./Vectru ...
- Northeastern University School of Law
- B.S. Northeastern University
- District of Columbia
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