- Whistleblower Lawyer of the Year, Lawyer Monthly Magazine (2015 & 2016)
- Whistleblower Lawyer of the Year, Finance Monthly Magazine (2015 & 2016)
- Global Law Expert Whistleblower Lawyer of the Year (2014 & 2015)
- California Whistleblower Lawyer of the Year, Corporate INTL Magazine (2014-2017)
- Southern California “Super Lawyer,” (2009-2017)
- Best Lawyers in America (2015 & 2016)
- Commendation from Mayor of the City of Lancaster for Countrywide Securities Litigation (2011)
- On cover of Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine (October 2009)
- Awards and commendations from: U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno; multiple U.S. Attorneys; the FDIC; the FDIC’s Office of the Inspector General; the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Federal Reserve Board of Governors; the Immigration and Naturalization Service; the Small Business Administration
- Hervey M. Johnston Writing Prize, Duke University School of Law (awarded for best law school student law review article as one of a half dozen awards at graduation – previously last awarded eight years earlier and adopted to change the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure by the Judicial Conference and U.S. Supreme Court)
- Ford Foundation Grant Funding (to write series of human rights articles for foreign newspapers and magazines)
- Commendations of Mayor of District of Columbia and other city officials.