“I didn’t know if what I’d seen was reportable. Thalia asked a few questions, then told me what to do next and what not to touch.”
Rahim S.Billing analyst
Whistleblower attorney
Saw fraud? Tell me first.
I’m Thalia Wexford, a whistleblower attorney in Princeton, New Jersey. I take cases from people who saw fraud against the government, securities fraud or tax cheating, and from people punished for reporting it. We talk by video, wherever you are, and what you tell me stays between us.
- Private from the first callUse a personal phone and a personal email, never a work device or work account.
- No fee unless you recoverOne share, written down before you sign
- By video, in every stateNothing to travel for
Costs: the firm advances filing fees, experts and records. If there is no recovery you owe no fee and do not repay those costs; if there is, they are repaid from the recovery, never from your pocket. Details on the fees page.
Sample matters
Where speaking up has led
$318,000
Relator’s share, a billing case against a contractor
A billing analyst documented invoices for work that was never done. The government joined, the contractor settled, and her share followed.
2025 · Sample matter
Her share, before my fee and case costs.
Reinstated
Retaliation claim, a compliance officer
She was demoted a week after she raised a pricing concern with her own manager. The company restored her title and paid back pay before a hearing.
2024 · Sample matter
The terms stay private, so no figure is shown.
$92,000
Award, an SEC tip about revenue booked early
An accountant reported sales counted before they were earned. The agency acted on the tip and later made an award.
2025 · Sample matter
The award, before my fee.
Invented sample matters that show the kind of work; an owner replaces them with real ones. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Every case turns on its own facts and evidence, and no award is ever promised.
What I take
Four kinds of case
Each one is a law that pays or protects the person who reports. Pick the one that sounds like what you saw.
Fraud against the government
Bills, bids or reports that cheat a public program. The False Claims Act lets a private person bring the case for the government.
How qui tam worksSecurities fraud
Revenue booked early, losses hidden, investors told what isn’t true. The SEC runs a tip program that protects and can reward.
Tips to the SECTax cheating
A business or a wealthy filer hiding income from the IRS. The IRS has its own office for tips from people with inside knowledge.
Tips to the IRSRetaliation
You spoke up and were demoted, cut or fired. Federal and state laws can give you back the job or the pay.
If you were punished
Before you send anything
Leave the files where they are
The urge is to copy everything. Don’t, yet. Some documents you can lawfully keep, some belong to the company or to its clients, and taking the wrong ones can sink a good case.
On our first call I tell you which is which. Until then, write down what you saw, who was there and where the records live.
Use a personal phone and email
Write down dates, names and where records live
Don’t forward work files to yourself
In their words
People who rang the bell
“I had been making calls from my car in a parking lot. She moved everything to a private line and a video room, and I could finally think.”
Tavish M.Operations manager
“She told me my case was thin before I’d spent a dollar. I was disappointed for a day, and grateful from then on.”
Zenobia L.Accounts supervisor
Sample testimonials, written with details changed to protect each person. Each client’s case is different, and these words do not predict any other outcome.
Three lawyers
Who reads your file
A small firm on purpose. Thalia talks to you first; Folarin and Emrys join when your case needs them.
Thalia Wexford
Founder and lead attorney
Qui tam, SEC and IRS tips. She takes the first call and the case.
Folarin Adebayo
Attorney, retaliation claims
Demotions, firings and blacklisting after a report.
Emrys Varnadoe
Of counsel, tax and securities
Reads the accounts and the returns. He has done it for decades.
Before you call
What people ask me first
Can my employer find out I called you?
Not from me. I never contact your employer without your say, and what you tell me is confidential. Keep your side private too: use a personal phone and email, never a work device, work account or office network.
Do I have to prove the fraud before I call?
No. You bring what you saw and why it bothered you. I tell you whether it points to a claim, what you can lawfully gather and what to leave alone.
What does it cost?
Nothing up front. I’m paid a set share of what you recover, and only if you recover. The share and how case costs work are on the fees page.
Can I be fired for reporting?
Federal and state laws protect people who report fraud, and some let you recover if you’re punished for it. How much protection you have depends on who you told and how, which is a reason to talk to me before you tell anyone.
I live in another state. Does that matter?
No. I work with clients in every state by video, and the federal programs don’t depend on where you live.
Private from the first call
Tell me what you saw
A few lines are enough. I read every message myself and answer from a private line.