About The Chief Counsel
Shenandoah Titus, Esq., is the Founder and Chief Counsel of the Whistleblower Anti-Bullying Resource Network (WARN). One of America’s foremost authorities on whistleblower law, anti-bullying and police accountability, Attorney Titus served in leadership positions within municipal, state and federal government for over 21 years.
Attorney Titus is a member of the National Native American Bar Association. Diverse in his background, he is Native American (Cheyenne) and African American.
Attorney Titus was the first municipal Human Rights Director of Amherst, MA., where he authored the region’s first Human Rights Bylaw and served on the Attorney General’s Task Force on Hate Crimes. He later served as the Human Rights Director of the City of Somerville, MA., where he led efforts to earn Somerville the No Place for Hate certification by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). In his capacity as Human Rights Director, he led investigations into alleged police harassment.
He thereafter served as the first Director of Community Policing for the Transit Police Department, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), Boston Headquarters. As a member of the Command Staff, he led efforts to earn the Transit Police Department several national and international community policing awards, in recognition of the department’s success in building positive community relations across Boston.
Attorney Titus began his federal career as Senior Policy Advisor for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Headquarters, Pentagon City. Afterwards, as Program Manager, he established the first Headquarters Anti-Harassment Unit in the history of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Washington, DC. He received the DHS Secretary’s Award for Excellence, regarded as the Department’s most prestigious award.
Later becoming a federal whistleblower, Attorney Titus resigned from DHS on April 13, 2018 and founded WARN on Independence Day, July 4, 2018. He successfully took legal action against DHS for whistleblower retaliation and harassment, reaching an honorable settlement on July 27, 2018.
Attorney Titus holds six academic degrees. He is a graduate of Berkeley Law, and has completed official coursework at Harvard Law School. He earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Cornell University, receiving various honors. He is a graduate of Harvard Divinity School.
In his legal work, Attorney Titus is an advocate for police accountability and nationwide police reform. He is an Officer of the Court and is licensed to practice law in the Supreme Court of the United States, as well as the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. He is a national consultant, legal advocate, speaker and author. His most recent book is titled: The Whistleblower: Defeating Bullies, Harassers & Management Gang Retaliation (available on Amazon).
Attorney Titus is currently working on his second book involving workplace abuse. Publication is anticipated in April 2025.
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ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION
Where you see wrong or inequality or injustice, speak out, because this is your country. This is your democracy. Make it. Protect it. Pass it on. – Thurgood Marshall
WARN {Whistleblower Anti-Bullying Resource Network} was founded by Attorney Shenandoah Titus on Independence Day, July 4, 2018, following his resignation from the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on April 13, 2018.
Attorney Titus brought legal action against DHS for whistleblower retaliation, bullying and harassment – which he successfully settled with the United States Merit Systems Protection Board on July 27, 2018. Settlement funds were used to support the mission of WARN.
The mission of WARN is to help eradicate bullying, harassment and reprisal in the workplace.
We seek to strengthen legal protections for courageous whistleblowers in the public and private sector; advocate for tougher enforcement of existing laws designed to hold officials accountable for retaliation; provide a national support system for whistleblowers; and confront bullying, harassment and retaliation in all institutions, e.g., government, secondary and higher education, and private businesses.
WARN is a national office and we are happy to collaborate with our colleagues across the country, as well as internationally.
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