California Whistleblower Attorneys

Dolan Law Firm - Whistleblower Lawyers

1438 Market Street
San Francisco, California 94102
USA

(415) 421-2800 or(888) 424-5352

(415) 421-2830

www.california-whistleblower.com

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Law Firm Overview FREE CONSULTATION

The Dolan Law Firm is an experienced, dedicated law firm serving California and the U.S.

Our firm handles corporate fraud — over billing for materials or services not delivered, putting unsafe products in the marketplace, workplace safety violations, tax fraud, or investor fraud — we can help you bring that information to the attention of government, and environmental safety violations.

Our founder and lead attorney Mr. Dolan is a champion for ethical business practice — and we live up to those ideals in our own firm. He was selected Consumer Attorney of the Year for California and named Outstanding Trial Lawyer of the Year for the state of California by the Statewide Trial Bar, among many other awards and recognitions.

Our attorneys are prepared to protect your interests when you are ready to bring wrongdoing to light. We have won millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements for the victims of unethical business practices.

Languages: Spanish; English.

Areas of Law

Additional Areas of Law: Health Care Fraud; Military/Defense Contractor Fraud; Construction Contracts/Public Works; Mortgage and Loan Fraud; Tax Fraud; Unsafe Foods and Consumer Products; Investor/Financial Fraud; Workplace Safety Violations.

Areas of Law Description

At The Dolan Law Firm, we provide legal representation in whistle blower, fraud and qui tam law matters.

- Health Care Fraud

Examples of health care fraud include: False billing for medical services or drugs not provided; Fraudulently billing insurers for appointments that were not made or were cancelled in advance; Inflating the charges for services or drugs; Charging brand name price for generic drugs and medical products, and, Diluting drugs so the patient does not receive what was ordered.

- Insurance Provider Fraud

We hear in the news about people defrauding insurance companies with false claims and fake injuries. We seldom hear about fraud that insurance companies or their agents commit against the public — but it happens. The federal False Claims Act and California Qui Tam laws cover whistleblowers who are uncovering fraud against the government, but individuals can be defrauded too. In the case of insurance company wrongdoing, its fraud committed against policy holders by the insurance company when they wrongfully deny valid claims.

- Military / Defense Contractor Fraud

California is home to 27 active military installations, as well as hundreds of military / defense contractors and suppliers. The Coast Guard, Marines, Navy, Army, Air Force, and Reserves maintain facilities in or near San Diego, Barstow, Oceanside, El Centro, Lemoore, Monterey, Oxnard, Marysville, Lancaster, Fairfield, Lompoc, Los Angeles, Herlong, Alameda, San Francisco, and Petaluma. Defense Contractor Fraud includes: Charging for goods and services not delivered; Payroll Fraud; False billing of hours worked; Over charging for goods & services provided; Substandard, unsafe vehicles; Substandard supplies and food products; Inferior tools, inferior clothing, inferior safety gear; and, Poor performance of support duties.

- Construction Contracts / Public Works

Public works fraud can include: Improper or unsafe construction techniques (such as the improper mixture of concrete, failing to use the right kind of rebar or reinforcing steel) can lead to building failure, bridge collapse, or accelerated decay; Failure to vibrate concrete can result in air bubbles that weaken a structure; Falsifying the data of a core sample that shows whether materials are properly hardened can hide structural problems; and, Faulty electrical work or plumbing, or improper installation of fire safety systems can result in damage to the building, to workers, and to the public.

- Mortgage & Loan Fraud

In the area of mortgage and loan fraud, there are three types of problems. One affects the government, and the other two are forms of consumer fraud: 1. Falsifying loan documents in order to obtain money: this is a fraud committed against lenders, including government backers of loans; 2. Loan fraud committed by lenders who unlawfully refuse to provide loans in certain parts of the community (redlining of minority communities) or to certain types of lenders based on unlawful characteristics (such as race, sexual orientation or marital status); and, 3. Reverse mortgages scams that offer rates or terms that are grossly unfair to the person who took out the reverse mortgage.

- Tax Fraud

Tax fraud can be against the federal, state or local government. Some examples include: Falsification of capital improvements; Failing to correctly report capital gains; Claiming excessive depreciation; Writing off private expenses as if they are company expenses; Falsely reporting of food and entertainment expenses for business purposes (client development expenses) rather than personal purposes; Underreporting of income and over-reporting of deductible expenses on Schedule Cs; and, Failure to pay sales taxes.

- Unsafe Foods & Consumer Products

Our attorneys can handle a wide range of consumer safety cases, including: Mislabeling a food product as nut or allergen free when it is processed in a plant where nuts are present; Mislabeling a food product with a false expiration dates; Improperly identifying contents on a product, stating something is U.S.DA grade A when it is not; Falsifying information about whether a product is suitable for diabetics or contains sugar; and, False labeling of a product as kosher, vegan or organic when they fail to meet certification requirements for that kind of labeling.

- Investor / Financial Fraud

The economy has been rocked by one financial scandal after another. Stockholders and investors have lost millions. Retirement plans and pension funds have been devastated. Large scale financial fraud has caused the collapse of the American real estate market and the banks. Greed and corporate wrongdoing has reached massive proportions. In this environment, blowing the whistle on financial fraud is not only patriotic — it's critical to saving our country.

- Workplace Safety Violations

Both the federal and state government have laws in place to safeguard employees in the workplace. The Federal Government department that oversees workplace safety is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). In California, this falls under the Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH).