Clayton Halunen, the founder of Halunen Law, represents employees, executives in severance negotiations, whistleblowers in individual and qui tam/False Claims Act cases, and other courageous clients pursuing justice.
Under his leadership, Halunen Law has achieved a national reputation as a fearless, tenacious, and successful plaintiffs’ law firm, bringing a laser focus on delivering results for its clients and creating meaningful social change.
Halunen’s passion for his work took root early while growing up in northern Minnesota, and each of his parents experienced the repercussions of discrimination. Those experiences fueled his passion to assure that all people are treated with decency and respect for their human rights and his determination to hold businesses accountable for illegal conduct.
In his more than 20 years of practice, Halunen has successfully tried to verdict employee discrimination, harassment, and whistleblower cases and has effectively negotiated c-suite executive severance packages against some of the nation’s largest corporations. He has litigated and won countless high-profile cases that have significantly altered corporate practices and garnered millions of dollars in awards and settlements for his clients.
His results include:
• $1.5 billion settlement in a pharmaceutical fraud FCA whistleblower lawsuit
• $645 million settlement in a defective product class action lawsuit
• $460 million settlement in a employee misclassification class action lawsuit
• $600 million settlement in a defective product class action lawsuit
• $50 million settlement in a defective product class action lawsuit
• $30 million settlement in a defective product class action lawsuit
• $7.5 million settlement in an employee misclassification class action lawsuit
• $7.5 million settlement in a whistleblower lawsuit
• $6.5 million settlement in a sexual harassment lawsuit
• $4.5 million settlement in a whistleblower lawsuit
• $4 million settlement in a sexual harassment lawsuit
• $2 million settlement in a whistleblower lawsuit
• $2 million settlement in a sexual harassment lawsuit