There are whistleblower lawyers.
But whistleblower lawyers who specialize in the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) – do they exist?
We didn’t think so until we ran into John Joy.
Joy spent seven years working as a corporate criminal defense attorney at Willkie Farr & Gallagher.
He always wanted to be a federal prosecutor. But he was born in Ireland and he’s not a U.S. citizen, so he’s precluded from working as a federal prosecutor in the United States, where he now lives.
Next best thing? Start a law firm to represent foreign whistleblowers who have the goods on companies engaged in foreign bribery.
The name of the firm? FTI Law – or for the individual.
After years of representing corporations, Joy now works exclusively for individuals.
“FTI stands for – for the individual,” Joy told Corporate Crime Reporter in an interview last month. “That’s the concept behind the firm. We would only be acting for the individual. We tell clients – we don’t take on work for corporations. We very much set out to do work on behalf of the individual – representing David versus the Goliath.”
What type of work do you do?
“We are a whistleblower law firm.”
“Whistleblower law firms are usually a jack of all trades and a master of one. Our subject mastery is the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). We specialize with FCPA whistleblowers. They make up the majority of our clients. But we also do SEC whistleblowers more generally and IRS and CFTC work.”
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