Phillips & Cohen is a highly acclaimed whistleblower law firm that has received national and international recognition for its unparalleled success representing whistleblowers.
Whistleblowers are our only clients. We are devoted full-time to their cases.
We represent whistleblowers in “qui tam” whistleblower cases under the False Claims Act and whistleblower claims under the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and IRS whistleblower reward programs.
For more than 30 years, Phillips & Cohen has worked with whistleblowers to expose fraud involving healthcare providers, pharmaceutical companies, defense contractors, government contractors, Wall Street firms, and other large organizations.
Phillips & Cohen is known for our whistleblower expertise, strong advocacy and record-setting results. Our whistleblower cases have helped governments and defrauded investors recover more than $13 billion.
Core whistleblower focus areas
- Healthcare and pharmaceutical fraud: Medicare, Medicaid, pharma, hospital, medical device, and provider fraud matters.
- Financial markets misconduct: SEC and CFTC whistleblower matters involving securities, commodities, and financial industry violations.
- Government contracting fraud: Defense contractor fraud, procurement fraud, and fraud involving government funds.
- Customs fraud: Import fraud, tariff evasion, false country-of-origin claims, customs underpayments, and other schemes involving goods imported into the US.
- Tax fraud: IRS whistleblower matters involving tax fraud, offshore accounts, abusive tax shelters, and other tax violations.
- International whistleblower matters: Cross-border whistleblower claims and international clients.
Phillips & Cohen’s roster of whistleblower attorneys includes:
- The public interest lawyer who helped Congress write and pass the modern-day False Claims Act.
- The founding chief of the SEC Office of the Whistleblower, who helped establish the policies and processes the SEC follows in whistleblower cases.
- The former federal “anti-fraud” czar who helped lead efforts at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to strengthen the fight against Medicare fraud.
- Former federal prosecutors.
- The author of a leading treatise on the False Claims Act, used as a reference by judges and attorneys.
- Lawyers with decades of experience working with whistleblowers on ground-breaking and record-setting cases.
Phillips & Cohen works to protect whistleblower clients and pursue the strongest possible outcome in each case. The firm has the experience and resources to take on hospitals, investment banks, multinational companies, government contractors, and other powerful organizations.
Phillips & Cohen is the only law firm that has won financial awards for whistleblower clients under the four primary government reward programs: the False Claims Act, the SEC whistleblower program (created by the Dodd-Frank Act), the CFTC whistleblower program, and the IRS whistleblower program. We have secured for our clients more than $1.1 billion in whistleblower rewards.
With offices in Washington, New York, San Francisco, Miami, and London, we represent whistleblowers throughout the US and around the world. Please contact us.