Ari Yampolsky
Administrative & Regulatory, Business / Contracts, Cryptocurrency & Blockchain, Employment & Labor - Plaintiff, Health Care, Securities, Tax (Litigation)
San Francisco, California
Personal Introduction
I have a very niche practice that I love: I solely represent whistleblowers in corporate-fraud matters. Most often, my clients are people who have seen their employer do something unethical or unlawful. And unlike many people, they can't forget about it or put it aside. After exhausting their options to report their concerns internally (for which they are often retaliated against), they seek help from a lawyer. Some of my clients figure out the existence of whistleblower-reward laws on their own, but many of my cases come from employment and other lawyers who realize the client may have a whistleblower claim. I love my practice because I help my clients get justice, counsel them through one of the most difficult moments of their lives, and help the government protect the public from misconduct.
Practice Composition
Litigation
Education
Practice Summary
I solely represent whistleblowers under several whistleblower-reward laws. The mainstay of my practice is representing clients with claims under the False Claims Act. That law allows individuals who have information about government contractors defrauding the government to sue on the government's behalf and get a portion of the government's recovery. Cases involving healthcare providers and companies are the most common because so many public dollars flow to that industry. But I also represent False Claims Act whistleblowers who know about fraud in government procurement contracts, federal grants, and customs duty evasion. I also represent clients who submit tips to the whistleblower-reward programs run by several federal agencies, which generally pay tipsters for information about violations of the laws that the agencies enforce. These agencies include the Securities and Exchange Commission (for securities law violations), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (for misconduct in the commodities markets), the Internal Revenue Service (for underpayments of taxes), the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (for sanctions evasion and violations of the Bank Secrecy Act), and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (for vehicle safety violations).
Response Time
8 hours
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