Jane Norberg

Jane represents public and private companies, financial institutions, Boards of Directors, senior executives, broker-dealers and investment advisors in internal and government investigations; SEC enforcement defense; sensitive whistleblower issues, including response to and defense of whistleblower allegations; whistleblower retaliation claims defense; sexual harassment allegations, and provides crisis management counseling to mitigate reputational risk. Jane has advised on a full range of issues including, cybersecurity, securities fraud, disclosures, financial misconduct, whistleblower retaliation and impeding and more. She also counsels clients on proactive assessment and structuring of internal compliance mechanisms, policies, procedures, and controls; as well as training boards of directors, management and workforces on internal reporting structures and retaliation. Jane also advises on emerging whistleblower programs such as the DOJ whistleblower program, the FinCEN Anti-Money Laundering Act whistleblower program, and NHTSA automotive whistleblower program. 

Jane has extensive experience and knowledge regarding whistleblower retaliation and is the leading expert on agreements that impede reporting in violation of Securities Exchange Act Rule 21F-17, having directly advised on all whistleblower protection cases brought by the SEC during her tenure. She advised senior SEC leadership on emerging whistleblower issues and policies, as well as reported to Congress regarding the program’s activities. She also advised other domestic and international regulators related to the development of new whistleblower programs. Jane is a subject matter expert on whistleblower issues and writes and speaks frequently on the topic.

Prior to joining the SEC, Jane was in private practice, where she focused on executive compensation structuring. She also previously served as a legal intern to Judge Joseph M. McLaughlin, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.