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Cleveland Lawrence III is a Partner at Mehri & Skalet, and is Co-Chair of the firm’s Whistleblower Rights practice group – which focuses on representing individual and corporate whistleblowers at all stages of litigation under federal and state False Claims Act laws, the IRS, SEC, and CFTC whistleblower programs, the Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower Act, and a variety of anti-retaliation laws and regulations.  Cleveland has been a thought leader on whistleblower, fraud, and compliance issues for more than a decade.  From 2008 to 2016, he led the Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund (TAFEF) and its sister organization, Taxpayers Against Fraud, and regularly met with whistleblowers, federal and state government officials, private attorneys, and the public to combat fraud against federal and state funds.  He also served as editor-in-chief of TAFEF’s law journal, the “False Claims Act & Qui Tam Quarterly Review.”  After leaving TAFEF, Cleveland returned to private practice, and joined Mehri & Skalet in 2018.  In 2020, he re-joined TAFEF’s leadership; he currently serves on its President’s Council, and Chairs its Diversity & Inclusion Standing Committee.