GUIDING WELL-INTENTIONED WHISTLEBLOWERS THROUGH THE LEGAL MINEFIELD OF CORPORATE INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS

For more than 35 years, Steve Kardell has protected corporate executives from misdirected internal investigations, while simultaneously pursuing damages through whistleblower laws. Attorney Kardell’s approach has secured major settlements for clients who were unnecessarily made the targets of difficult and draining internal investigations.

Whistleblower law provides protection against employer retaliation. The Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), Dodd-Frank and False Claims Acts are several of the most important and influential federal whistleblower statutes in the United States. Typically whistleblower legislation is supposed to protect employees who report systematic fraud or wrongdoing from:

* Termination

* Blacklisting

* Demotion

* Denying overtime or promotion

* Discipline

* Denial of benefits

* Failure to hire or rehire

* Intimidation

* Making threats

* Retaliatory reassignment

* Reduction of pay or hours

Publications

* Whistleblower and Bounty Law, 2012, 700 page study on Whistleblower Law, published by ALM

* Beyond Whistleblowing: The Available Tools at Hand For Employees as Shareholder Activists in Corporate Governance

* Navigating the Employment Issues Created by Sarbanes-Oxley and Advocating a New Cause of Action for the Era of Corporate Ethics

* The Post-Enron Corporate Compliance Program: History, Theory, Evolution and Deficiencies

* Thinking of Whistleblowing? Think Again

* Former co-editor in chief of the Texas Association of Business Employment Law Handbook

Cost/Rates

RATES

Hourly Rates

$300-$650/hour

* Special rates negotiated for school and law enforcement clients

RATES

Contingency A contingency fee is the percent of the final award a lawyer will receive as compensation. For some of these cases, lawyers will only be paid if there is a successful outcome.

25%-40%