Whistleblower Law Collaborative Named a Best Law Firm by Best Lawyers®

November 6, 2025

Whistleblower Law Collaborative is pleased to announce that it has been rated a Best Law Firm by Best Lawyers®.

Firm Recognized as a Best Law Firm

To be appointed a Best Law Firm by Best Lawyers®, a firm must have at least one attorney recognized by Best Lawyer®. For 2026, both Erica Blachman Hitchings and Suzanne Durrell earned this recognition. The peer review process identifies leaders in the profession.

Suzanne Durrell is a co-founder and managing member of Whistleblower Law Collaborative. Prior to WLC, Ms. Durrell served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney and as Deputy Chief, and then Chief of the Civil Division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston. While there, she supervised and prosecuted cases within the office’s burgeoning qui tam and False Claims Act practice. Since 2003, she has represented whistleblower clients with WLC co-founder Bob Thomas. Amongst her successes are several record-breaking cases such as settlements with Amgen, AmerisourceBergen Corporation, and Mylan.
Erica Blachman Hitchings joined WLC after nearly nine years at the U.S. Department of Justice. At DOJ, Erica successfully investigated, litigated, and settled a wide range of False Claims Act cases. Erica simultaneously ran two cutting-edge Medicare Advantage fraud investigations. One of these cases resulted in a $90 million recovery. In the other, the government has intervened and alleged over a billion dollars in false claims. Since joining WLC, Erica has represented clients in numerous successful matters, including one against BioReference and being on the legal team representing the whistleblower in a $70 million municipal bond fraud settlement.

Twenty-Two Years Serving Whistleblowers

In its over twenty years of serving whistleblowers, WLC has helped the government recover over $6.8 billion related to fraud. WLC’s work has also had an impact in safeguarding public health and safety, reforming or changing industry practices, and protecting whistleblowers against retaliation. WLC and its attorneys and staff have been recognized with a range of awards including Law Dragon 500 Leading Global Cyber Lawyers, Law360 HealthCare Practice Group of the Year, Super Lawyers, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly’s Top Women of Law, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly’s Excellence in the Law (Paralegal/Administration), and Boston Magazine’s Top Lawyers.