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Whistleblower

Oakland/Bay Area Attorneys - Representation of Whistleblowers

An employee who reports instances of their company’s unlawful behavior, such as corporate fraud or misstatements in financial documents are often termed “whistleblowers”. Other examples of whistleblower actions may include the discovery of health and safety violations in the workplace, or noncompliance with payroll regulations.

It takes courage to report these kinds of actions and there can be employer retaliation for “blowing the whistle”. At Gwilliam, Ivary, Chiosso, Cavalli & Brewer we fully understand the plight of a whistleblower. Our attorneys have been successfully representing them for many years.

Some of the firm’s results have been high profile cases and some have not. All of them have been important cases to our firm. So to ensure outstanding client service, our lawyers accept only those cases we strongly believe in. It is important to us that we feel our experience and resources can make a real difference.

For each case we accept, a team is assigned that includes one of the firm’s partners (someone with anywhere from 25 to 40 years of trial experience), an associate attorney, a paralegal and a secretary. This approach enables us to devote the necessary time and attention to case preparation and research, it also ensures that someone who is familiar with your case will almost always be available to respond to your needs and answer your questions along the way.

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Spotlight Case
Two software engineers were contracted to work at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in their nuclear test facility. They both observed serious violations of protocol and unsafe practices which they reported. They were immediately dismissed and escorted from the Lab. They filed a lawsuit under California Government Code § 8547, which is one of the strongest whistleblower statutes in the country.

Result: Their case was dismissed by a Judge in a ruling which virtually emasculated the reason for the statute. They appealed the matter all the way to the Supreme Court of California who, unfortunately, upheld the dismissal.