Firm News
June 9, 2015
Katz, Marshall & Banks partner Lisa J. Banks moderated a June 8, 2015 panel discussion for the D.C. Bar titled “ADA Employment Law and Litigation Update 2015.” The panel addressed recent issues and developments under the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA). Panelists included Daniel B. Kohrman of the AARP...
June 2, 2015
Katz, Marshall & Banks partners Avi Kumin and Alexis Ronickher participated in a June 2 panel presentation for the D.C. Bar Association titled “Nuts & Bolts of Employment Law”. The panel addressed tips for effective development and strategy about discrimination, retaliation, harassment, and disability cases. Mr. Kumin...
May 29, 2015
Lisa J. Banks participated in a D.C. Bar presentation on “Summary Judgment Motions in the District of Columbia,” along with co-panelist Sara E. Kropf, and the Honorable Judith N. Macaluso, associate judge for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. The panel discussed the effective use of summary judgment motions and...
May 19, 2015
Katz, Marshall & Banks is pleased to announce that four of the firm’s attorneys have been selected for the 2015 list of “Super Lawyers,” a peer-reviewed rating service that designates outstanding lawyers “who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.” Katz, Marshall & Banks Partners...
May 18, 2015
Michael A. Filoromo, III has been appointed Secretary of the Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA).
NELA is the country’s only professional organization comprised exclusively of lawyers who represent individual employees in cases involving whistleblower retaliation, employment...
May 14, 2015
Katz, Marshall & Banks partner Debra S. Katz was interviewed for a story published in National Journal entitled “Why Some Male Members of Congress Won’t Be Alone with Female Staffers.” The article discussed the blatantly discriminatory practice apparently taken by some members of Congress to disallow female staffers from...
May 7, 2015
Katz, Marshall & Banks partners Debra S. Katz and Lisa J. Banks filed a complaint with the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights on behalf of Feminists United on Campus, a student-run organization at the University of Mary Washington ("UMW") that is dedicated to educating the student body and fighting...
May 6, 2015
Katz, Marshall & Banks partner Debra S. Katz was interviewed for an article in CNET entitled “No easy wins for women in discrimination lawsuits.” The article discussed the result of Ellen Pao’s gender discrimination lawsuit against the venture capital firm of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. While Ms. Pao...
May 5, 2015
On May 5, 2015, Katz, Marshall & Banks partner Lisa J. Banks moderated a panel entitled “Title IX: Addressing Sex Discrimination at Colleges & Universities,” jointly presented by the American Bar Association’s Section of Labor & Employment Law, Equal Employment Opportunity Committee and the American Bar Association...
May 1, 2015
Inside Counsel quoted Katz, Marshall & Banks partner David J. Marshall for an article on the $600,000 whistleblower award recently issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to whistleblower James Nordgaard. Mr. Nordgaard had been subjected to a series of retaliatory actions following his decision to...
