Jason M. Zuckerman

Recognized twice by Washingtonian Magazine as a "Top Whistleblower Lawyer" and selected by his peers to be included in The Best Lawyers in America® in the category of employment law, Jason Zuckerman has substantial experience litigating whistleblower retaliation, qui tam, wrongful discharge, discrimination, non-compete, and unpaid overtime actions in federal and state courts, including a qui tam action under the False Claims Act that settled for $57 million with a relator share of 29 percent.  He has lectured extensively on whistleblower law and employment law, especially on Dodd-Frank, Sarbanes-Oxley and False Claims Act actions, and has written several articles on whistleblower protections. Mr. Zuckerman co-authored a chapter on litigating whistleblower cases for Whistleblowing: The Law of Retaliatory Discharge (BNA Books), drafted a chapter on the D.C. Whistleblower Protection Act for the D.C. Practice Manual and is co-editor of the Whistleblower Law Blog.  Mr. Zuckerman is rated 10 out of 10 by Avvo.  Mr. Zuckerman serves as Co-Chair of the Whistleblower Subcommittee of the ABA Labor and Employment Section’s Employee Rights and Responsibilities Committee, Co-Chair of the Sarbanes-Oxley Subcommittee of the Fair Labor Standards Legislation Committee of the American Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Section, Co-Chair of the Whistleblower Committee of the District of Columbia Bar's Labor and Employment Section, and has served as Co-Chair of the National Employment Lawyers Association's Whistleblower Committee and on Law360 Employment’s editorial advisory board. In addition, Mr. Zuckerman serves on the Government Accountability Project’s Advisory Committee.

Mr. Zuckerman has helped draft whistleblower protection laws on the federal and state level and testified on whistleblower legislation and works with various public interest organizations to strengthen and expand whistleblower protection laws. Mr. Zuckerman helped draft and lobby for passage of the 2009 amendments to the D.C. Whistleblower Protection Act, which is now the strongest public sector whistleblower protection statute at the state level.  Several cases that Mr. Zuckerman litigated have set important precedent concerning the scope of whistleblower protection laws, and Mr. Zuckerman has drafted numerous aimcus curiae briefs on behalf of whistleblower advocacy organizations in several landmark whistleblower cases, including Johnson v. Siemens, ARB No. 08-032 (Mar. 31, 2011).

Mr. Zuckerman has appeared on radio broadcasts and has been quoted in various newspaper articles and legal periodicals, including Wall Street Journal  Financial Times, The National Law Journal, BNA's Daily Labor Report, Investment Adviser Week, Human Resources Executive Online, HR Magazine, TaxAnalysts, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Houston Chronicle, HR News, New Jersey Law Journal, cyberFEDS, HR Executive, Workforce Management, CCH’s Labor and Employment Law, Law360 and other print and electronic media.

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.