Ex-SEC Whistle-Blower Chief Joins Phillips & Cohen

Sept. 19, 2016, 4:00 AM UTC

Sean McKessy, who recently stepped down as inaugural chief of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Whistleblower (48 SRLR 1428, 7/18/16See previous story, 07/11/16, 132 SLD, 7/11/16, 132 CARE, 7/11/16), is joining whistle-blower law firm Phillips & Cohen LLP in its Washington office.

The office has awarded approximately $100 million—most of it under McKessy’s tenure—since the program’s inception in 201135 DER EE-1, 2/22/11, 35 Securities Law Daily, 2/22/11.

“No one knows or understands the SEC whistleblower program better than Sean McKessy,” Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton said in a Sept. 6 release.

McKessy “played a pivotal role in transforming the SEC’s ...

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