In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turner
speaks with Army Corps of Engineers whistleblower Dr. Toni Savage and her
attorney Michael Kohn about Dr. Savage’s landmark whistleblower retaliation
case.
A former Supervisory Contracting Officer with the Army Corps of Engineers, Dr.
Savage blew the whistle on millions of dollars in fraudulent contracts and faced
severe retaliation for speaking out. Kohn, a founding partner of Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto, represented Dr. Savage in her retaliation case before the Merit
Systems Protection Board (MSPB).
In a landmark win for federal employee whistleblowers, the MSPB ruled in Dr.
Savage’s favor, establishing that federal whistleblowers can raise hostile work
environment claims.
Turner, Savage, and Kohn discuss Savage’s whistleblowing journey, her decade
long retaliation case, and the impact her case has for other federal employee
whistleblowers.

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In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turner
speaks with Kate Reeves about efforts to strengthen whistleblower rights in the
United Kingdom. Reeves is the International Liaison for the U.S. whistleblower firm Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto. Currently based in London, Reeves works alongside advocates in the UK, including WhistleblowersUK, to further efforts to reform the country’s whistleblower laws. Turner and Reeves discuss the differences between the U.S. and UK whistleblower systems and highlight the issues with the UK system. Reeves details the current legislative efforts to reform the UK whistleblower laws and the path for these reforms to become law.

Reeves recently coauthored an article for the Oxford University Business Law Blog entitled “UK Whistleblower Reform is Crucial for Global Anti-Corruption Enforcement” which further outlines the need for reform of the UK’s whistleblower laws and how advancing whistleblower rights in the UK would further anti-corruption efforts across the globe.

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In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turner speaks with whistleblower attorney and former SEC official Andrew Feller. Feller is currently Senior Special Counsel at the leading whistleblower firm Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto, where as co-Chair of the firm’s Securities and Commodities Whistleblower Group, he represents whistleblowers who seek to report fraud and other legal violations to financial regulators including the SEC, CFTC, DOJ, IRS, and FinCEN. Prior to joining Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto, Feller investigated and litigated securities fraud matters as Senior Counsel in the SEC’s Division of Enforcement.
Turner and Feller discuss his career and why he decided to represent
whistleblowers. Drawing on Feller’s firsthand experience as both an attorney for SEC whistleblowers and an SEC official, they discuss the successes and importance of the SEC Whistleblower Program and the key role whistleblowers play in fighting fraud.
Feller explains why the bipartisan SEC Whistleblower Reform Act of 2025 is a critical bill which would strengthen the SEC Whistleblower Program. The National Whistleblower Center is calling for the passage of the SEC Whistleblower Reform Act and has created an Action Alert allowing individuals to write to members of Congress calling for the bill’s passage.

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