Securities and Commodities Whistleblower Group
Former SEC officials lead the firm’s new group, representing whistleblowers who are reporting financial frauds and legal violations to the SEC, CFTC, DOJ, FinCEN, and the IRS.
Former SEC Commissioner Allison Herren Lee and former SEC Enforcement Attorney Andrew Feller lead the firm’s Securities and Commodities Whistleblower Group, representing whistleblowers who seek to report fraud and other legal violations to financial regulators including the SEC, CFTC, DOJ, IRS, and FinCEN.
Our firm has a long history of successfully representing whistleblowers, including an anonymous whistleblower who received $125 million in awards and whose disclosures have recovered over $1.5 billion in recouped funds for the government.
The firm has also been influential in the SEC and CFTC rulemaking processes, ensuring the success of those agencies’ programs. If you’re seeking top legal representation, there’s no group more experienced than this.
The Group
Our group is headed by leading securities and commodities experts, including the only former SEC Commissioner representing whistleblowers.
Of Counsel
Former SEC acting chair and commissioner committed to protecting securities and commodities fraud whistleblowers around the world.
Senior Special Counsel
Former SEC Senior Counsel with over 20 years experience representing clients in securities and commodities fraud, foreign corruption, and regulatory violations matters.
Founding Partner
Celebrated as a pioneer of today’s modern whistleblower laws, and recognized as Forbes’ America’s Top 200 Lawyers.
“In recent times, it seems that nearly every day has provided us with an opportunity to appreciate the contributions of whistleblowers. Often, they [whistleblowers] display extraordinary bravery to expose fraud and wrongdoing, and to shine light in some very dark places. In doing so, they reinforce our fundamental values – that the rule of law matters, and no one is, or should be, above the law. All too often, sometimes very publicly and sometimes in the shadows, those whistleblowers face retaliation from the powerful figures they expose. They help create transparency, and from transparency flows crucial accountability.”
Whistleblowers Fight Tremendous Odds and Deserve Better
Statement by Allison H. Lee as SEC Commissioner, September 23, 2020
Expertise
The group’s focus is on fighting financial fraud by offering top legal expertise to brave whistleblowers.
Securities and Commodities Enforcement Experience
Our co-chairs have decades of experience as securities and commodities lawyers, including over 30 years of combined SEC experience. This experience allows KKC to be uniquely helpful to whistleblowers who wish to expose financial misconduct and apply for awards.
Vast Legal Knowledge and Investigative Expertise
With firsthand experience of the government whistleblower program from their long tenure at the SEC, you can rest assured that we have intimate knowledge of the rules, regulations, and markets that matter to the SEC, CFTC, and other financial regulators.
Trusted Advocates with Deep Relationships and Exposure
Our group co-chairs are well-known authorities on financial regulation and securities and commodities fraud, and are well positioned to help navigate the process and obtain awards on behalf of clients.
Practice Areas
Our practice areas include securities and commodities laws violations, such as insider trading, market manipulation, broker-dealer misconduct, and issuer fraud, as well as money laundering and violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).
Pro Bono
The pro bono work that we dedicate our time to is unparalleled in the area of whistleblower law.
During the Dodd-Frank rulemaking process, Kohn, Kohn and Colapinto’s partners worked closely with the SEC to create an effective whistleblower program.
Our firm has worked directly with the Congressional offices responsible for oversight and funding of the CFTC’s Whistleblower Office to ensure that the program will continue to be an immense success.
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