How it works
From first note to filing
Five steps. At each one, you decide whether to go on.
- 01
Step 1: One lawyer reads your note
Not an intake team. I read it myself and answer your personal email.
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Step 2: A private call
We agree on a time and a number that is not tied to your employer. You tell it in your own order, and I ask the questions I need.
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Step 3: A written agreement
If I can take the matter, you receive a fee agreement in plain terms: what I am paid, what costs are, and who advances them.
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Step 4: Building the disclosure
We set out what you know and can properly share, in the form the program expects. Before you copy or send anything, ask me.
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Step 5: Filing, then waiting
A qui tam complaint is filed under seal and reviewed for a long time. An agency report follows its own pace. I tell you what to expect, and what to avoid meanwhile.
Meanwhile
Four things to hold off on
Most mistakes in these matters are made before anyone calls a lawyer.
Using a work phone, laptop, email or network to look into any of this
Copying files you are not authorized to hold
Confronting a manager, or hinting to a colleague
Waiting, if you have already been punished for speaking up
Start with one note.
A few lines from a personal device is enough. Everything after that is your decision.
Contingency fee: no fee unless there is a recovery. Case costs are explained in writing before you sign.