Firm News
June 1, 2014
Partners Avi Kumin and Lisa Banks were recently featured in the June 2014 issue of Washington Lawyer for their participation in D.C. Bar Continuing Legal Education Program courses. On June 3, 2014, Mr. Kumin led a course titled “Nuts and Bolts of Employment Discrimination Law,” which taught attendees how to prove and defend...
May 28, 2014
Katz, Marshall & Banks client Christine Ferrigan resolved her lawsuit with the City of Boca Raton, Florida, the day before trial was set to begin. As was reported in the Palm Beach Post, Boca Raton will pay Ms. Ferrigan a total of $537,500 in exchange for Ms. Ferrigan’s release of her claims against the City....
May 21, 2014
The Project on Government Oversight (“POGO”), a nonpartisan independent watchdog that advocates for government reform, has issued a letter asking the Department of Defense – Office of the Inspector General (“DoD IG”) to reconsider a recent ruling in a case involving KMB client, John Edwards. In January 2014, the DoD IG ruled...
April 28, 2014
Katz, Marshall & Banks partner Lisa J. Banks presented at a panel discussion on April 28, 2014, for the DC Bar entitled “Summary Judgment Motions in the District of Columbia 2014.” Ms. Banks was joined on the panel by Hon. James Robertson, a retired judge formerly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia,...
April 25, 2014
Katz, Marshall & Banks is pleased to announce that six of the firm’s attorneys have been selected for the 2014 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 Of...
April 16, 2014
On April 16, 2014, Debra S. Katz participated in a panel entitled “Anti-Retaliation: Coming to an Investigation Near You” held under the auspices of the American Bar Association's Antitrust, Civil Practice & Procedure Committee. The panel focused on the Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act ("CAARA"), which was passed...
April 9, 2014
David J. Marshall, a partner at Katz, Marshall & Banks, LLP, presented at a webinar on “Reporting Fraud and Fighting Retaliation: Whistleblowers Playing Offense and Defense.” At the one-hour webinar, broadcast nationally by Public Justice Foundation as part of its monthly speaker series, Marshall and Rob Vogel, a partner...
April 4, 2014
Katz, Marshall & Banks partner Lisa J. Banks moderated a panel discussion on April 4, 2014, at the MWELA 2014 Annual Conference entitled "Proving Emotional Damages." Ms. Banks was joined on the panel by Paulette Chapman of Koonz, McKenney, Johnson, DePaolis & Lightfoot, LLP, and John Davidson of Davidson & Kitzman...
April 3, 2014
Gibson Dunn invited Katz, Marshall & Banks partner David J. Marshall to provide the whistleblower-side perspective at a webcast on “Whistleblower Protections Extended in Lawson v. FMR LLC – What Should Employers Expect Next?” In Lawson, decided March 4, 2014, the Supreme Court greatly expanded the reach of the Sarbanes-...
March 27, 2014
Katz, Marshall & Banks partner Lisa J. Banks served as a panelist for a discussion on retaliation and whistleblowing on March 27, 2014, at the American Bar Association’s 2014 National Conference on Equal Employment Opportunity Law in Rancho Mirage, California. Ms. Banks was joined on the panel by Karen Buesing of Akerman...
