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February 8, 2019

Jordan Thomas Shortlisted for Plaintiff Attorney of the Year by Benchmark Litigation

Whistleblower Representation Practice Chair Jordan Thomas has been named finalist in Benchmark Litigation’s Plaintiff Attorney of the Year for representing the whistleblowers that were awarded $83 million from the SEC’s Whistleblower Program – the largest in the Program’s history. The whistleblowers provided information to the SEC that led to a landmark $415 million enforcement action...

January 18, 2019

Office of the Whistleblower 2018 Annual Report: Record-breaking Year for the Program

The SEC has released its 2018 Annual Report to Congress on the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program, detailing a record breaking year. The Whistleblower Representation Practice founded by Jordan A. Thomas contributed largely to this success by representing the whistleblowers that were awarded $83 million, the largest award in the history of the program, for providing information...

January 17, 2019

Law360 Securities Group of the Year

As part of Law360’s annual Practice Group of the Year awards, the publication recognized [Jordan Thomas][prior firm][‘s] including for “representing whistleblowers in a landmark U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement action.” Whistleblower Representation Chair Jordan Thomas said “what distinguishes us beyond the passion, the people and the commitment is specialization.”

December 18, 2018

Worth Magazine Q&A: Jordan Thomas

Worth magazine profiled Jordan Thomas, Chair of a prominent Whistleblower Representation Practice, about his journey from nonprofit work in Vermont which led to law school and eventually the Justice Department. Thomas’s next endeavor would lead him to the Securities and Exchange Commission where he was a principal architect of its whistleblower program. Visit Worth for the full...

December 8, 2018

Bernie Madoff’s Legacy: Whistleblower Inc.

The Wall Street Journal

A decade after the arrest of Bernie Madoff, The Wall Street Journal examined the scandal’s most tangible consequence, the development of an entire industry devoted to surfacing tips from company insiders and expert analysts who scrutinize corporate filings. This includes the creation of the SEC’s Whistleblower Program. According to the Journal, Jordan Thomas, one of the program’s principal...

November 26, 2018

Law360 Names Jordan Thomas 2018 MVP in Securities Law

Jordan A. Thomas, head of a prominent Whistleblower Representation Practice, has been named a 2018 Securities Law MVP by Law360. Law360’s MVPs of the Year recognizes attorneys who had extraordinary wins and contributed most to their practice area in the past year. Thomas, one of only six lawyers named as MVP by the publication in...

October 29, 2018

Top Plaintiffs Firm by Benchmark Litigation

Benchmark Litigation has once again named [Jordan Thomas][prior firm][‘s] as a Top 10 Plaintiffs Firm in the country in its 2019 edition. The Firm also earned top rankings in Securities Litigation and Corporate Governance and Shareholder Rights Litigation categories. In addition to firmwide and practice area recognitions, Benchmark recognized partners including Jordan Thomas as Litigation...

October 5, 2018

Jordan A. Thomas Named Whistleblower “Lawyer of the Year”

New York, NY – October 5, 2018 – [Jordan Thomas][prior firm][‘s] is pleased to announce that its leading SEC whistleblower attorney Jordan A. Thomas, a principal architect of the SEC Whistleblower Program who established the nation’s first law practice exclusively focused on SEC whistleblowers, has been named a 2018 “Lawyer of the Year” by the Taxpayers...

October 1, 2018

Jordan Thomas Talks SEC, Musk Settlement on CNBC’s Squawk Box

Jordan Thomas discussed the SEC’s recently announced settlement with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, calling the settlement “an appropriate resolution, one that [SEC] Chairman Clayton and the Enforcement Division will be happy with.” When asked by Squawk Box host Andrew Ross Sorkin about the strength of Musk’s case, Jordan responded “I think he had a fundamental...

September 29, 2018

Jordan Thomas Discusses SEC’s Settlement with Tesla

The Washington Post

Jordan Thomas, Chair of a prominent Whistleblower Representation Practice, spoke with The Washington Post about the SEC’s settlement with Tesla. As part of the settlement, Tesla CEO Elon Musk will step down as Chairman for three years and will pay a $20 million fine. Tesla will pay an additional $20 million fine, add two new independent...

September 27, 2018

Major False Claims Act Settlement in Philip Falcone Hedge Fund Tax Case

NEW YORK, September 27, 2018 – [Jordan Thomas][prior firm][‘s] and co-counsel Getnick & Getnick LLP have secured a major settlement in the second stage of the largest ever tax whistleblower recovery in New York state history. New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood announced the $30 million settlement today. It follows a related $40 million settlement...

September 27, 2018

Tesla Shares Fall After SEC Alleges Musk Lied to Investors

The Washington Post

Jordan Thomas spoke to The Washington Post about the SEC’s announcement last night that it was suing Tesla and seeking to ban Tesla’s Chief Executive, Elon Musk, from leading any public company. Jordan noted that SEC probes like this typically take years, not months, particularly in high-profile cases. “The speed in which this case was brought...

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February 10, 2020

Jordan Thomas Recognized as a 2020 Top Thought Leader in Trust

Whistleblower Representation Practice Chair Jordan Thomas has been named a Trust Across America 2020 Top Thought Leader in Trust. A multi-year award winner, Jordan joins corporate leaders, academics and researchers who transform the way organizations build and operate their businesses. Describing Jordan’s work, Trust Across America wrote “And what if the SEC could tap the...

February 1, 2018

A Conversation with Jordan Thomas: The Origins of the SEC Whistleblower Program

Labaton Sucharow LLP

How to avoid the next financial crisis? How to detect the next fraud and deter the next fraudster? These questions plagued regulators, law enforcement, legislators and the public at large following the collapse of the global economy in 2008. One idea that would prove to be prescient and, in its execution, extraordinarily successful, was the...

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Labaton Sucharow Wins National Law Journal Elite Trial Lawyers Award for Securities Litigation

— Firm’s immigration pro bono efforts also recognized as the best in 2019 The National Law Journal has recognized Labaton Sucharow’s securities litigation practice as one of the best in 2019, earning the publication’s most prestigious plaintiffs’ bar award of the year. The NLJ’s annual Elite Trial Lawyers award honors the law firms that have demonstrated repeated success in...

Named one of the top whistleblower practices/attorneys in the country by The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR and The New Yorker

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