Michael D. Kohn (born December 28, 1954, in

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, law firm

Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto is a Washington, D.C.–based international whistleblower rights law firm specializing in anti-corruption and whistleblower law, representing whistleblowers who seek rewards, or who are facing employer retaliation, for repo ...

, where he specializes in

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protection law.

Biography

A graduate of

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(B.S. in biology), he received his

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degree from the

Antioch School of Law Antioch School of Law was a law school in Washington, D.C. which specialized in public advocacy. The school now operates as the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law (UDC-DCSL). The school was located in the hist ...

. After graduating from Antioch, he served as Director of Legal Ethics for the Government Accountability Project. Kohn co-founded the law firm now known as Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto with his brother

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in 1988. The original focus of the law firm was defending nuclear power industry whistleblowers, although the firm serves whistleblowers in other areas. KKC's most notable client was

Linda Tripp Linda Rose Tripp (née Carotenuto; November 24, 1949 – April 8, 2020) was an American civil servant who played a prominent role in the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal of 1998. Tripp's action in illegally and secretly recording Monica Lewinsky's co ...

. Kohn is president and general counsel for the

National Whistleblower Center The National Whistleblower Center (NWC) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, tax exempt, educational and advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1988 by the lawyers Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto, LLP. As of June 2021, Siri Nelson is the ...

and is an attorney-trustee for the National Whistleblower Legal Defense and Education Fund.

Publications

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References

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