Michael D. Kohn (born December 28, 1954, in Plainfield, New Jersey) is a founding partner of the

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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 report ...

, 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. 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 Stephen 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

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. Kohn serves as 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 March 2019, John Kostyack is th ...

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

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References

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