At Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto, our commitment to justice is matched by our dedication to pro bono work. We believe that knowledge should be shared, especially when it can serve to uplift communities, empower whistleblowers, and promote accountability and transparency. As champions of whistleblower protection, our team has been at the forefront of presenting, educating, and advocating for the rights and protections of those brave souls who stand against wrongdoing.

We are proud to have been involved in various notable presentations and events, both domestically and internationally, where our expertise has been sought to guide regulatory bodies, state departments, and grassroots initiatives. Here is a look at some of the significant engagements that reflect our unwavering commitment to whistleblowing and justice:

2024

  • January, 2024: IVLP State Department, “Regional project for Africa: Transparency and Accountability in Government.” (Stephen Kohn, KKC Founding Partner and NWC Chairman); Benin, Cabo Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea, Haiti, Mali, Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Togo, Tunisia, Zimbabwe.
  • February, 2024: Constitutional and Unity Conference, “A roundtable workshop on Whistleblower Protection.” (Kate Reeves, Public Interest Law Clerk); India.
  • March, 2024: IVLP State Department, “Transparency and Accountability.” (Stephen Kohn, KKC Founding Partner and NWC Chairman); Albania.
  • June, 2024: Transparency International, “International Anticorruption Conference.” (Kate Reeves, Public Interest Law Clerk; Stephen Kohn, KKC Founding Partner and NWC Chairman); Lithuania.

  • March, 2023: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, “Global Anti-Corruption & Integrity Forum.” (Stephen Kohn, KKC Founding Partner and NWC Chairman; Melissa Revuelta, KKC Senior Law Clerk; Kayla Svihovec, KKC Associate); France.
  • March, 2023: Whistleblowers UK, “Whistleblowers Awareness Week.” (Stephen Kohn, KKC Founding Partner and NWC Chairman); United Kingdom.
  • March, 2023: Govnet, “5th Annual Romanian White Collar Crime & Corporate Fraud Conference.” (Stephen Kohn, KKC Founding Partner and NWC Chairman); Romania.
  • June, 2023: IVLP State Department, “Transparency and Accountability in State and Local Government.” (Michael Kohn, KKC Founding Partner and NWC President); Venezuela.
  • June, 2023: Tecnologico de Monterrey, “Iniciativa de Transparecia, Anticorrupción y Digitalización ITAC.” (Stephen Kohn, KKC Founding Partner and NWC Chairman; Melissa Revuelta, KKC Senior Law Clerk); Mexico.
  • August, 2023: IVLP State Department, “Combating Government Corruption.” (Stephen Kohn, KKC Founding Partner and NWC Chairman); Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, The Netherlands, Serbia, Ukraine.
  • August, 2023: IVLP State Department, “Transparency and Accountability.” (Stephen Kohn, KKC Founding Partner and NWC Chairman); Peru.
  • September, 2023: IVLP State Department, “Transparency and Accountability.” (Stephen Kohn, KKC Founding Partner and NWC Chairman); Kyrgyz Republic.
  • September, 2023: IVLP State Department, “Best Practices in the Fight Against Corruption.” (Stephen Kohn, KKC Founding Partner and NWC Chairman); Uzbekistan.
  • October, 2023: Rotman School of Management, “Whistleblower 2.0 Roundtable.” (Stephen Kohn, KKC Founding Partner and NWC Chairman); Canada.
  • October, 2023: IVLP State Department, “Supporting Increase in Domestic Resources Mobilization by Improving Tax Collection.” (Stephen Kohn, KKC Founding Partner and NWC Chairman); Pakistan.
  • October, 2023: IVLP State Department, “Promoting Electoral Integrity.” (Stephen Kohn, KKC Founding Partner and NWC Chairman); Jordan.
  • November, 2023: WhistleblowersUK, “Whistleblower Awareness Week.” (Stephen Kohn, KKC Founding Partner and NWC Chairman; Kate Reeves, Public Interest Law Clerk); United Kingdom.
  • November, 2023: GovRisk, “Discussion with Sarajevo Anti-Corruption Office on Whistleblower Law.” (Stephen Kohn, KKC Founding Partner and NWC Chairman); Bosnia.
  • November, 2023: IVLP State Department, “21st Century Changemakers: Youth and Civic Engagement for Tomorrow’s Leaders, a Project for Azerbaijan.” (Michael Kohn, KKC Founding Partner and NWC President); Azerbaijan.
  • December, 2023: The UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC), “10th Conference of States Parties (CoSP10).” (Kate Reeves, Public Interest Law Clerk); United States of America.
  • December, 2023: Consejo Privato Anticorrupción, “Keynote Speech at Semana de la Integridad.” (Stephen Kohn, KKC Founding Partner and NWC Chairman); Peru.
  • December, 2023: IVLP State Department, “International Anticorruption Champions Initiative.” (Benjamin Calitri, KKC Associate; Melissa Revuelta, KKC Law Clerk; Kate Reeves, KKC Law Clerk); Belarus, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, India, Kyrgyz Republic, Liberia, Moldova, Montenegro, Panama, Seychelles, Timor-Leste.

  • May, 2022: World Justice Project, “World Justice Forum.” (Stephen Kohn, KKC Founding Partner and NWC Chairman; Siri Nelson, NWC Executive Director; David Colapinto, KKC Founding Partner and NWC co-founder); The Netherlands.
  • June, 2022: IVLP State Department, “Transparency and Accountability.” (Stephen Kohn, KKC Founding Partner and NWC Chairman); Nepal, Israel, Bangladesh, Estonia, Guyana, Brazil, Hungary, Vietnam, Slovakia, Kenya, Philippines, Zimbabwe, Italy, and Rwanda.
  • August, 2022: IVLP State Department, “Transparency and Accountability in the Quad.” (Stephen Kohn, KKC Founding Partner and NWC Chairman); Australia, India.
  • August, 2022: IVLP State Department, “Transparency and Accountability in Government.” (Stephen Kohn, KKC Founding Partner and NWC Chairman); Egypt, Finland, Ghana, Guyana, Jamaica, Kosovo (Republic of), Lebanon, Moldova, Nigeria, Philippines, Korea (Republic of), Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, Zimbabwe.
  • August, 2022: IVLP State Department, “Transparency and Accountability.” (Stephen Kohn, KKC Founding Partner and NWC Chairman); Angola, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe.
  • December, 2022: IVLP State Department, “International Anti-Corruption Champions Initiative.” (Siri Nelson, NWC Executive Director); Bangladesh, Colombia, Iraq, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Serbia, and Zimbabwe.
  • December, 2022: IVLP State Department, “Advancing Labor rights through Effective Labor Inspection.” (Stephen Kohn, KKC Founding Partner and NWC Chairman); Georgia.
  • December, 2022: IVLP State Department, “Anti-Corruption and Accountability within Governmental Institutions.” (Michael Kohn, KKC Founding Partner and NWC President); Libya.

October, 2016: Pištaljkaa, “For Every Truth There Is a Source: Protecting Whistleblowers and Journalistic Sources.” (Stephen Kohn, KKC Founding Partner and NWC Chairman); Serbia.

  • Journalism and Whistleblowers: Threats and Opportunities (Panelist)
  • Whistleblowing, Justice, and Journalism: The Way Forward (Panelist)

  • February, 2014: IVLP State Department, “Accountability in Government.” (Stephen Kohn, KKC Founding Partner and NWC Chairman); Belize, Botswana, Brazil, Cambodia, Croatia, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Ghana, India, Iraq, Jordan, Latvia, Lesotho, Macedonia, Nigeria, Slovakia, Tanzania, and Venezuela.

Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (May 26, 2015): Presentation sponsored by Luna-Centre for Responsible Democracy and the American Chamber of Commerce in Bosnia-Herzegovina with the support of the U.S. Embassy International Speakers Program.

  • Conducted seminar as part of Sarajevo Whistleblower Week: “Breakthrough in Protecting International Whistleblowers: Non-United States Citizens Now Entitled to Whistleblower Protections and Rewards.”

March, 2012: U.S. Embassy, “Various Meetings.” (Stephen Kohn, KKC Founding Partner and NWC Chairman); Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

  • Public Presentation: “The Fight Against Corruption and the Role of the Citizen, the Role of the Whistleblower”
  • Participation in the Founding Assembly of “Uzbunjivaci protiv korupcije,” a Bosnian anti-corruption and whistleblower advocacy organization
  • Presentation and meeting with the Chairwoman of the House of Parliament for the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Presentation and meeting with Assistant Minster of Justice
  • Public Lecture, Faculty of Criminal Justice
  • Presentation and meeting with President of State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Presentation and meeting with the Director of the Agency for Prevention of Corruption
  • Round Table private discussion and presentation with U.S. Ambassador, Members of Parliament and leadership of anti-corruption organizations
  • Presentation to Staff of U.S. Embassy
  • Presentation and meeting with head of anti-corruption committee for the Republika Srpska Parliament

July, 2011: U.S. Embassy, “Various Meetings.” (Stephen Kohn, KKC Founding Partner and NWC Chairman); Serbia.

  • Presentation and Meeting with Commission for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Projection
  • Presentation and meeting with President of Anti-Corruption Council
  • Presentation and meeting with Association of Serbian Judges
  • Presentation and meeting with Anticorruption Agency
  • Presentation and meeting with Prosecutor General’s Office
  • Presentation before journalist and NGO workshop
  • Presentation before Round Table sponsored by “The Whistle” newspaper

Republic of Hungary (2008): Presentations sponsored by U.S. Embassy:

  • October, 2008: U.S. Department of State, “Various Meetings.” (Stephen Kohn, KKC Founding Partner and NWC Chairman); Hungary.
    • Private meeting and presentation with Minister of Justice
    • Private meeting and presentation with Minister for European Integration
    • Formal Presentation to inter-cabinet Anti-Corruption Commission
    • Private meeting and presentation to Members of Parliament from four major political parties
    • Private meeting and presentation to leading newspaper editors and publishers
    • Public presentation before leading representatives of anti-corruption NGOs
    • Public presentation before the American Chamber of Commerce in Hungary