Civil Rights Movement Influenced Whistle-Blower Lawyer

Vince McKnight, the managing partner for Sanford Heisler Sharp in Washington, works in an office suite decorated with a photograph of civil rights activists Rosa Parks and Coretta Scott King.

“I was greatly impressed by the civil rights movement and Thurgood Marshall,” McKnight told Bloomberg BNA May 25. He became a lawyer because he “observed how civil rights were affecting the lives of Americans.”

Sanford Heisler Sharp, which describes its specialty as litigating public interest and social justice cases, handles many employment law cases for workers and financial services cases for consumers. McKnight co-chairs the firm’s whistle-blower practice, which involves ...