Tom Devine

      Tom Devine is the legal director of the Government Accountability Project, where he has championed whistleblower rights since 1979. Over his career, he has assisted more than 7,000 whistleblowers in exposing corruption and defending against retaliation, helping spark reforms in nuclear safety, food inspection, drug safety, and national security. He has won key victories in federal appeals courts and the U.S. Supreme Court. 

      Devine has been a driving force behind 34 national and international whistleblower laws, including nearly all major U.S. federal statutes in the past two decades, as well as groundbreaking policies at the United Nations, European Union, and World Bank. He has traveled to 36 countries as a global advocate and is known informally within the State Department as the “Ambassador of Whistleblowing.” 

      He is the co-author of The Corporate Whistleblower’s Survival Guide, which won the 2012 International Business Book of the Year Award, and Courage Without Martyrdom: The Whistleblower’s Survival Guide. A frequent media commentator, Tom has been recognized annually by Washingtonian magazine as one of D.C.’s top employment lawyers and serves on the board of the Whistleblowing International Network.

      Devine is a Phi Beta Kappa honors graduate of Georgetown University and earned his J.D. from the Antioch School of Law. He currently sits on the board of the Disaster Accountability Project, as well as Whistleblowers International Network, which he helped found.

(Updated April 2025)