This Whistle Blower Lawyer article discusses the value of selecting the right whistle blower lawyer to file your whistleblower reward application.
The False Claims Act is the main whistle blower reward program and it pays whistle blowers rewards of fifteen to twenty-five percent of the money the government collects against a company cheating the government based upon your whistle blower lawyer filing a qui tam whistle blower lawsuit. There are several important reasons why it is vital that you carefully select an experienced whistle blower lawyer.
One reason to carefully choose your whistle blower lawyer is that the amount at stake is so large; with the average reward paid to whistle blowers topping $1 million. Some rewards have topped $100 million.
Another reason for being highly selective of your whistle blower lawyer is that the whistle blower reward program is complex and the government turns away 80% of whistle blower reward applications. Therefore, the choice of a whistle blower lawyer is critical.
To get a whistle blower reward, your whistle blower lawyer must do far more than fill out an application.
First your whistle blower lawyer must develop a convincing application and statement of material evidence in support of the fraud allegations. Again, the government turns away most whistle blower reward applications.
Second, your whistle blower lawyer must comply with strict formal and informal requirements in the whistle blower reward application process. Your whistle blower lawyer needs avoid numerous pitfalls and landmines that could hurt your whistle blower reward application. Thus, it is a good idea to select a whistle blower lawyer that has already successfully handled many False Claims Act whistle blower reward cases.
Ideally, your whistle blower lawyer would have years of experience working as an attorney for the Civil Fraud Section of the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Washington, D.C. because that is the office with nationwide oversight of the whistle blower reward program. If you select a whistle blower attorney that did not work in that office or a local U.S. Attorney’s Office that often handles these cases jointly with DOJ, your whistle blower lawyer should at least have experience with whistle blower reward applications and possess a good relationship with the attorneys from these government offices that will handle your reward application. Your whistle blower lawyer will not only need to convince DOJ to take your case, but will also need to negotiate with DOJ the amount of any whistle blower award.
Finally, selecting your whistle blower lawyer also consists of a matter of personal preference. There is much work for your whistle blower lawyer to do in helping you earn a whistle blower reward, and you will be communicating often with your whistle blower lawyer. Thus, you may want a whistle blower attorney that shares your values. You should also not be made to feel bad about contacting your whistle blower attorney with questions. Your whistle blower lawyer’s role should not simply be providing legal advice, but should also address all of the human aspects of representing a whistleblower.
Mr. Hesch is pleased to review your potential whistle blower reward. This website contains his extensive experience as an attorney working for the Civil Fraud Section of DOJ in the reward office and more recently acting as a whistle blower lawyer helping whistle blowers collect rewards.
Find out if Mr. Hesch is the right whistle blower lawyer for you.
See the link at the bottom of the page “Do I have a case” to have Mr. Hesch review your potential whistleblower reward case and become your whistle blower lawyer. See the link at the bottom of the page “Report Fraud” to learn more about the government’s whistleblower reward program and selecting your whistle blower lawyer.
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