ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What does Whistleblower Aid do, and what do they charge?
Mark S. Zaid is an American attorney, based in Washington, D.C., with a practice focused on national security law, freedom of speech constitutional claims, and government accountability.
He is the founding Partner of Mark S. Zaid, P.C., and often represents former or current federal employees, intelligence and military officers, whistleblowers and others who have grievances or have been wronged by agencies of the United States Government or foreign governments. He has worked on a number of high-profile cases and he also regularly represents members of the media.
Mr. Zaid is also the Executive Director and founder of the James Madison Project, a Washington, D.C.-based organization with the primary purpose of educating the public on issues relating to intelligence gathering and operations, secrecy policies, national security and government wrongdoing.
He has been named as a Washington, D.C. Super Lawyer every year since he was profiled in 2009, as well as a “Best Lawyer” by Washingtonian Magazine for his national security work.
This week we are speaking with Zaid about the various aspects of his fascinating and very important work, and some of his most interesting cases.
