David K. Colapinto

{{short description|American lawyer}}

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{{Infobox person
|name = David K. Colapinto
|birth_name = David Keith Colapinto
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|12|04}}
|birth_place = [[Springfield, Massachusetts]], U.S.
|occupation = Attorney
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|party =
|employer = Kohn, Kohn and Colapinto
National Whistleblower Center
|education = [[Boston University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
[[Antioch School of Law]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
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'''David Keith Colapinto'''[https://books.google.com/books?id=jmxaAAAAYAAJ&q=David+Keith+Colapinto Individual Employment Rights Cases, Volume 16 (2001), page 805] (born December 4, 1958, in [[Springfield, Massachusetts]]) is an attorney for [[Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto]], a Washington, D.C., US, law firm specializing in employment law.

He received his [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] degree from [[Antioch School of Law]] (Class of 1987) after graduating from [[Boston University]] with a B.A. in history.

While at Boston University, he was an investigative reporter for the ''b.u. exposure'', a student-run independent newspaper dedicated to exposing financial and ethical irregularities of the administration of B.U. President [[John Silber]].

Colapinto was successful in the first case in which a "[[hostile work environment]]" was found to exist for a whistleblower who worked at a [[nuclear power]] plant. He also helped obtain whistleblower protection for [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] employees and helped force the F.B.I. crime lab to obtain accreditation, the latter development involving him in the [[O. J. Simpson]] Trial. As co-counsel to Dr. [[Frederic Whitehurst]], Colapinto was behind the lawsuit that forced the [[United States Department of Justice|Department of Justice]] to implement regulations protecting F.B.I. employee whistleblowers. He also served as counsel in the law firm's successful defense of [[Linda Tripp]] in her [[Privacy Act of 1974|Privacy Act]] lawsuit against the [[United States Department of Justice|Departments of Justice]] and [[United States Department of Defense|Defense]] and in defending Marita Murphy in her lawsuit [[Murphy v. IRS]].

Colapinto is General Counsel for the Forensic Justice Project, and he also serves as general counsel for the [[National Whistleblower Center]]. He and his partners [[Stephen M. Kohn]] and [[Michael D. Kohn]], are the authors of the book ''Whistleblower Law: A Guide to Legal Protections for Corporate Employees'' (Praeger Publishers, 2004).

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==External links==
*[http://www.kkc.com/ Firm lawsite]
*[http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/federal/judicial/dc/opinions/98opinions/98-5437a.html Dr. Frederic Whitehurst case (United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit)]
*[http://www.taxanalysts.com/www/freefiles.nsf/Files/Murphy.pdf/$file/Murphy.pdf#search=%22murphy%20leveille%20appellees%22 Murphy v. IRS]

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[[Category:David A. Clarke School of Law alumni]]