The Firm
Firm Founders Debra S. Katz, David J. Marshall, Avi Kumin and Lisa J. Banks
Katz, Marshall & Banks, LLP is a boutique civil rights, whistleblower and employment law firm based in Washington, D.C. The founders of Katz, Marshall & Banks, LLP have established themselves as among the best employment lawyers nationally and in the Washington, D.C. area. Martindale-Hubbell has awarded the firm an “AV Preeminent” rating, its most prestigious peer review distinction.
We serve as faculty members for the prestigious American Law Institute – American Bar Association (“ALI-ABA”) and Georgetown CLE, and are regularly published in national legal publications on employment law, whistleblower and civil rights issues. Firm members have appeared regularly as commentators on national television and radio news shows, and in print media, about these issues. In our consumer law practice, we represent large numbers of consumers in court challenges against predatory lending schemes, retail sales scams and other unfair business practices.
The firm’s lawyers are nationally recognized for their expertise in numerous practice areas including:
- Discrimination on the basis of age, disability, family responsibilities, pregnancy, race and national origin, sex, and sexual orientation and transgender status
- Nuclear and other whistleblower claims
- Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower claims
- Qui tam claims
- Civil rights and civil liberties matters
- Sexual harassment
- Family and Medical Leave Act litigation
- Employment-related contracts
- Wrongful discharge
- ERISA retaliation
- Executive compensation and covenants not to compete
- Consumer class actions litigation
- Appellate litigation