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Super Lawyers® Recognizes Bryan Wood and Mark Pugsley

We are pleased to announce that Bryan Wood has been included in the 2023 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list, and Mark Pugsley has been included in the 2023 Mountain States Super Lawyers list.

Attorneys are named to Super Lawyers through a process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area. This is an honor reserved for the top 5% of lawyers in these regions and is given to lawyers who exhibit excellence in their legal practice.

Pugsley Wood LLP Announces New Partner John H. Sutter

BOSTON, Feb. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Pugsley Wood LLP is pleased to announce that John H. Sutter has been elected to the Firm’s partnership. Mr. Sutter has been Of Counsel with the firm since its founding in 2022.

Introducing Bad Bets Season 2: The Unraveling of Trevor Milton

Bad Bets, a podcast series from The Wall Street Journal that unravels big-business dramas that have had a big impact on our world, is back for Season 2. This season, we delve into the story of Nikola founder Trevor Milton. He took his company Nikola to dizzying heights on the promise of a zero-emissions semi truck.

Pugsley Wood Clients Receive $28.7 million SEC Whistleblower Award

BOSTON, January 24, 2023/PRNewswire/ – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced today that clients of Pugsley Wood LLP (“Pugsley Wood”) will collectively receive a whistleblower award totaling more than $28 million.

The law firm of Pugsley Wood is pleased to announce that our firm has been selected by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® to be included in its “Best Law Firms” listing. We are very pleased by this recognition in our first year of existence.

The law firm of Pugsley Wood is pleased to announce that partner Mark Pugsley has been recognized in the 29th edition of The Best Lawyers in America as one of the top lawyers in the country in the areas of Litigation – Securities and Securities Regulation. Mark has been listed in this publication since 2008.

Mark Pugsley Super Lawyers Badge 10 Years

We are pleased to announce that Mark Pugsley has once again been included in the 2022 Edition of Super Lawyers, Mountain States Region. He is one of only two lawyers recognized in the area of Securities Litigation in this region. Mark has been listed in Super Lawyers since 2010.

The law firm of Pugsley Wood LLP is pleased to announce that our founder and partner Bryan Wood has been selected to appear in the 16th edition of Benchmark Litigation 2023 as a “Benchmark Litigation Star.” This means that Bryan been identified as one of the preeminent litigation practitioners in the United States. Congratulations to Bryan on this significant accomplishment!

We are pleased to announce that Pugsley Wood partner Bryan Wood has been selected to the 2022 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list, an honor reserved for those lawyers who exhibit excellence in their legal practice. Only 5% of attorneys in Massachusetts receive this distinction.

American Greed

Pugsley Wood co-founder Mark Pugsley was interviewed extensively in this episode of American Greed about his role representing the whistleblowers in the Nikola Motors case.

Pugsley Wood LLP Announces $4.2 Million False Claims Act Settlement With Philips Healthcare

BOSTON, MA – Pugsley Wood LLP announces a $4.2 million settlement of a False Claims Act lawsuit against Philip North America LLC d/b/a Philips Healthcare, a subsidiary of Koninklijke Philips N.V. Relators had alleged that Philips Healthcare made false claims to the U.S. government related to the airworthiness of the IntelliVue MP2 Mobile Patient Monitor (“MP2”), a portable medical monitoring device used in military and other government aircraft.

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Pugsley Wood Announces Whistleblower Awards In Three Separate SEC Cases

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BOSTON, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Pugsley Wood LLP (“Pugsley Wood”), one of the nation’s foremost law firms dedicated to representing SEC whistleblowers, is pleased to announce that the SEC recently granted awards to its clients in connection with three separate enforcement actions.

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BOSTON, March 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Pugsley Wood LLP (“Pugsley Wood”) is pleased to announce that the Ontario Securities Commission (“OSC”) has presented three of its clients with a maximum award under the OSC’s whistleblower program.

Pugsley Wood, LLP, a boutique whistleblower law firm, is pleased to announce the addition of Lindsey Silver as a new associate attorney in the firm’s Boston office.

Lindsey obtained undergraduate degrees in Political Science and Philosophy from Wellesley College in 2007 and earned her Juris Doctorate from Northeastern School of Law in 2012. After graduation, Lindsey worked for two prominent Boston law firms, focusing her practice on whistleblower, securities, and other complex litigation matters. Lindsey also has significant experience representing individuals before the SEC and other federal/state securities and financial regulators. Lindsey will concentrate her practice at Pugsley Wood on whistleblower and securities arbitration matters.

We are thrilled to have Lindsey as part of our team!

Pugsley Wood Client Awarded $1.5 Million SEC Whistleblower Bounty

BOSTON, March 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) recently announced a whistleblower award to a client of Pugsley Wood LLP (“Pugsley Wood”) whose tip “shaped [the SEC’s] investigative strategy and significantly contributed to the [enforcement] action.” Represented by Pugsley Wood partner Bryan A. Wood, the whistleblower received a maximum award totaling $1.5 million.

FOX 13 Investigates: Under oath, Vivint Smart Home executives told how sales staff deceived the company

SALT LAKE CITY — In 2017, a manager in the account creation department at Vivint Smart Home gave a presentation showing just how prevalent deceptive tactics were at the company…

BOSTON, Feb. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Experienced whistleblower lawyers Mark Pugsley and Bryan Wood have joined forces to launch Pugsley Wood LLP, a boutique law firm focused solely on representing SEC, CFTC and IRS whistleblowers…Read More

Surge in SEC whistleblower awards sparks legal practice boomlet | Reuters

Feb 8 – A recent increase in awards from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s decade-old whistleblower program is spurring more lawyers to bet their careers on the niche practice area…

By Sarah Jarvis (February 8, 2022, 7:59 PM EST) — A pair of whistleblower attorneys who say they’ve helped tipsters collect more than $74 million in bounties have launched a firm focused solely on representing whistleblowers…