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

November 5, 2026

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

Firm Announced 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 2027, Linda Severin joined Erica Blachman Hitchings and Suzanne Durrell in earning this distinction. The peer review process identifies leaders in the profession.

Linda Severin joined WLC in 2018. Before joining the firm full-time, she had been a solo practitioner working on False Claims Act matters with Bob Thomas and Suzanne Durrell, most notably on the record-breaking Amgen case. Some of her other whistleblower successes include the $234 million Mallinckrodt settlement and a $13 million settlement with BioTel and LifeWatch. Earlier in her career, Linda was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York, was in private practice in Seattle doing white collar defense work, and worked in-house at a Fortune 100 corporation. She is recognized by Best Lawyers® for Litigation – Health Care.
Suzanne Durrell is a co-founder of Whistleblower Law Collaborative. Prior to WLC, Suzanne 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 AmerisourceBergen Corporation, and Mylan. Suzanne is recognized by Best Lawyers® for Health Care Law and Litigation – Health Care.
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. She simultaneously ran two cutting-edge Medicare Advantage fraud investigations. One of these cases resulted in a $90 million recovery. In the other, the government intervened and alleged over a billion dollars in false claims. Since joining WLC, Erica has represented clients in numerous successful matters, including the incentive-based compensation case against Study Across the Pond and being on the legal team representing the whistleblower in a $70 million municipal bond fraud settlement. She is recognized by Best Lawyers® for Employment Law – Individuals.

Many Years Serving Whistleblowers

In its twenty-three 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, Chambers and Partners for Whistleblower Representation, 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.