When The Whistle Blows: What You Need To Know About Dodd-Frank and Sarbanes Oxley

Jason Pickholz has been representing individuals and companies in connection with white collar and securities investigations since 1995.  Among his notable white collar and securities defense cases, Mr. Pickholz has represented a former U.S. Senator in connection with an investigation into a public pension fund; a public company and its CEO in an SEC investigation related to the federal multi-agency COVID-19 taskforce; a company in a CFTC case involving digital assets and binary options; a senior executive officer of a billion dollar mutual fund family in the SEC’s market timing investigations; and a leading specialist in the NYSE Floor Specialist cases.  He was counsel in the first disciplinary case brought by FINRA; two cases that Crain’s referred to as among the largest stock fraud cases of the early 21^st century involving New York-based companies; and the first anti-money laundering case brought by FinCen and the NYSE together against an NYSE member firm.

Since the SEC whistleblower program was created in 2010, Mr. Pickholz has also been representing SEC whistleblowers.  He was the first lawyer ever to win an SEC whistleblower award for a client on appeal to the Commission.  Inside Counsel magazine named this as one of the “Five milestones in the Dodd-Frank whistleblower reward program”. It is still one of only three times that the Commission has overruled an award denial by its Claims Review Staff in the ten-year history of the SEC whistleblower program.

Mr. Pickholz is a co-author of the two-volume book Securities Crimes, published by Thomson Reuters. He is also the creator of www.secwhistleblowerinformation.com, a free on-line encyclopedia for SEC whistleblowers and SEC whistleblower lawyers.

Mr. Pickholz has appeared on Fox Business News, BBC News, and Bloomberg Radio. He has been quoted by the print media numerous times, spoken on many panels and programs, and written several articles for the New York Law Journal, Securities Regulation Law Journal, Journal of Financial Crime (Cambridge University, England), Law 360, and various other publications.

Prior to starting his own law firm, Mr. Pickholz was a partner at one national law firm, and served as an Advisory Member on the Board of Directors of another national law firm.  He began his career as a federal law clerk to a U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of New York.

In recognition of Mr. Pickholz’s achievements, he was elected by his peers to be a Fellow of The New York Bar Foundation, an honor that is granted to just 1% of the 70,000+ lawyers in the New York State Bar Association.

JOHN F. FULLERTON III is a Member of the Firm in the Labor and Employment practice, in the New York office of Epstein Becker Green. He has substantial experience serving clients in the financial, health care, sports, real estate, and building service industries.

Mr. Fullerton:

• Represents employers in Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank whistleblower compliance and litigation defense
• Represents employers in litigation, arbitration, and mediation matters concerning discrimination, wage and hour, restrictive covenant/non-compete, and wrongful termination claims
• Counsels employers on workplace issues, including hiring and promotion, firing and discipline, wage and hour, and the implementation of employment policies, to ensure compliance with federal and state laws
• Counsels clients on drafting all types of employment, consulting, and separation agreements
• Represents clients in labor relations and collective bargaining
• Provides corporate transactional advice on labor and employment issues
• Mr. Fullerton has represented all four major sports leagues over the course of his career. In February 2014, he successfully represented the Cleveland Indians in salary arbitration with relief pitcher Vinnie Pestano. 

Since 2004, Mr. Fullerton has been an adjunct professor of law at Pace University School of Law, where he has taught classes in labor law and advanced appellate advocacy and served for nine years as the faculty advisor to the law school's National Moot Court team. A frequent lecturer, Mr. Fullerton has authored numerous articles on labor and employment topics for various publications, including The National Law Journal, The New York Law Journal, The Labor Lawyer, Employment Law360, Real Estate Weekly, Corporate Counsel, and Dispute Resolution Journal. He has also authored the book Employment Separation Agreements Line by Line: A Detailed Look at Employment Separation Agreements and How to Change Them to Meet Your Clients' Needs, published by Thomson West in 2011. He edits and contributes to the Financial Services Employment Law Blog and serves as coeditor of the firm's Act Now Advisories.

Mr. Fullerton is a graduate of Brown University and New York University School of Law, where he was editor-in-chief of the Moot Court Casebook and a recipient of the New York Council of Defense Lawyers' Norman Ostrow Scholarship. Following graduation, he clerked for the Hon. Allyne R. Ross of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

 Mr. Fullerton has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America (2007 to 2014) and New York Super Lawyers - Metro Edition (2007 to 2013). He is described as an "expert in labor union law" in the 2006 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business.

MEMBERSHIPS

• American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section
• New York State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section
• SIFMA Compliance & Legal Society
• Society for Human Resource Management

BAR ADMISSIONS

Massachusetts

New York

COURT ADMISSIONS

Supreme Court of the United States

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York

U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

EDUCATION

J.D., New York University School of Law, 1994

B.A., Brown University, magna cum laude, 1988