Attorneys

Jason Zuckerman 
Washington, District of Columbia
Principal
phone (202) 331-3911
(888) 603-0983 (Toll Free)
fax (202) 261-2835
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Recognized by Washingtonian magazine as a Top Whistleblower Lawyer, Jason Zuckerman litigates whistleblower retaliation, qui tam, civil rights, wrongful termination, discrimination, and non-compete actions in federal and state courts. He has lectured extensively on whistleblower law and employment law, especially on Sarbanes-Oxley and False Claims Act actions, and has written several articles on whistleblower protections and co-authored a chapter on litigating whistleblower cases for Whistleblowing: The Law of Retaliatory Discharge (BNA Books). 

 

Mr. Zuckerman has appeared on radio broadcasts and has been quoted in various newspaper articles and legal periodicals, including the Financial Times, the National Law Journal, BNA's Daily Labor Report, HR Magazine, TaxAnalysts, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Houston Chronicle, and other print and electronic media.  Recently, a federal judge cited an article by Mr. Zuckerman concerning the scope of protected conduct under the whistleblower provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.  Mr. Zuckerman has helped draft whistleblower protection laws and works with various advocacy organizations to strengthen and expand whistleblower protection laws. 

 

Mr. Zuckerman serves as Co-Chair of the National Employment Lawyers Association's Whistleblower Committee and Co-Chair of the Whistleblower Committee of the District of Columbia Bar's Labor and Employment Section.  In addition, Mr. Zuckerman was elected by his peers to serve on the Steering Committee of the District of Columbia Bar's Labor and Employment Section, and is active in the American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law's Subcommittee on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association, and the Prettyman-Leventhal American Inn of Court.

 

Mr. Zuckerman graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude from Georgetown University and received his law degree from the University of Virginia , where he served as Articles Editor of the Virginia Journal of Law and Technology.  In law school, he received the University of Virginia School of Law's Pro Bono Award for his advocacy on behalf of prison inmates and mentally disabled individuals.  He is admitted to practice before the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia bars, the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second and Fourth Circuits, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, and the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.

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