Whistle Blowers

Of Counsel

Jeff serves as Of Counsel to PEER, where he specializes in civil service, scientific integrity, and whistleblower protection issues. Jeff was PEER’s Executive Director from 1997 to 2019 and its Pacific Director from 2019 to 2025. Previously, he was the Policy Director and a staff attorney at the Government Accountability Project, representing whistleblowers from both the public and private sectors. Before coming to DC, Jeff worked in California state government for 17 years, mostly in the State Legislature as counsel to various committees where he drafted hundreds of laws on topics ranging from energy conservation to the rights of employed inventors. Jeff served stints as a deputy district attorney and an appellate court clerk. He is a graduate of the California Correctional Officers Academy.

EPA Risk Assessments Doctored to Mask Hazards

by Susan Sargent | July 2, 2021
Managers Remove Elements of Risk without Analysts’ Knowledge or Consent ...

BLM Migratory Bird Whistleblower in More Hot Water   

by Susan Sargent | June 22, 2021
Vendetta against Veteran Environmental Analyst Takes Strange New Turn ...

Pawnee Coal Plant Causing Clean Air Act Violations 

by Susan Sargent | June 11, 2021
State Fails to Control Coal Plant Emissions Endangering Public Health ...

STATEMENT | Earth Day 2021: Celebrating Environmental Whistleblowers

by Tim Whitehouse | April 22, 2021
PEER recognizes whistleblowers as critical resources in environmental, public health, and public lands management. Earth Day 2021 ...

PEERMail | Something Extraordinary – A Whistleblower Wins

by Jeff Ruch | April 15, 2021
After years of legal wrangling with the USGS and the Merit Systems Protection Board, a career microbiologist turned whislteblower is reinstated ...
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