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Biography
Mr. Gold handles legal matters and litigation (including trial work) involving employment discrimination, commercial litigation, retaliation, job harassment, employment contracts, non-competition/restrictive covenants, whistle-blowing, unlawful discharge, False Claims Act/Qui Tam, securities/investment claims, fraud, contract and defamation claims – primarily in Wisconsin and the Chicago metropolitan/Northern Illinois area, and elsewhere too.
Education
- 2024 – $525
- 000.00 recovery for university professor subject to discrimination and retaliation. Michael Dubin v. Board of Madison Area Technical College
- et al. (W.D.WI. 2011) – federal Title VII jury verdict of $1.1 million for compensatory and career loss/reputational damages
- plus order of reinstatement with full back pay
- interest
- and record legal fee award of over $438
- 000 for unlawful termination of college professor by Dean after raising concerns of religious discrimination. United States ex rel. Schwiderski v. Northwestern University (N.D. Ill. 2000) – $5.75 million dollar recovery in federal False Claims Act qui tam lawsuit alleging that university violated federal NIH research grant requirements
- and related retaliation claims by employee – whistleblower. Dr. Vivian West v. East Carolina University (N.C. 2005) – $185
- 000 recovery for former Research Director unlawfully fired after complaints of fraud and abuse in connection with university’s federal research grant contract.