Nola J Hitchcock Cross

Nola J Hitchcock Cross is the managing attorney with Cross Law Firm, S.C. She has built her career by standing up for those who stand up or stand out while trying to make a living. Ms. Hitchcock Cross navigates highly confidential career transitions for high profile C-suite executives, professionals and public officials. She litigates retaliation claims for those who exercise their rights or oppose illegal discrimination or fraud, and takes on issues of fraud, whistleblowing and retaliation through qui tam actions, False Claims Act and SEC "relator" statutes. Ms. Hitchcock Cross is skilled in the negotiation of non-compete agreements and partnership issues. She litigates employment discrimination, wage & hour, and wrongful and retaliatory discharge claims and works with community organizations, cooperatives, consultants and micro-businesses in start-up and on-going representation. In addition to litigation, Ms. Hitchcock Cross also focuses on counseling clients through pre-termination intervention, severance agreements, non-compete agreements and other restrictive covenants, employment contracts and key employee agreements, commission agreements and disputes, and job counseling, especially when "the handwriting is on the wall." Counseling and negotiation may include particular attention to reputation and career transition, restrictive covenants, deferred compensation, stock options and grants, special tax considerations for highly paid individuals, benefit transition, and consulting arrangements. She gives attention to issues of social media, press and internal announcements, and employment references. Ms. Hitchcock Cross has a concentration in whistleblower actions. She recently completed a Federal False Claims Act qui tam action that resolved for over $25 million, her third False Claims Act recovery in less than a year. Ms. Hitchcock Cross frequently pursues Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower actions and resolutions, either on a confidential settlement or a litigation basis. Federal contracts, as well as compliance with federal laws and regulations including FARs, DFARs, ITAR, FOCI, SEC, IRS, Medicare, and Dodd-Frank are primary areas of her legal practice. Ms. Hitchcock Cross has decades of experience representing labor unions in both the private and public sector, including in law enforcement, healthcare, construction trades, industrial employees, service employees, etc. She is a frequent speaker and writer. Ms. Hitchcock Cross earned her B.A. degree from Washington State University, Edward R. Murrow School of Journalism and her J.D. degree from University of Wisconsin Law School.