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. U.S. News & World Report’s Best Law Firms rankings places Katz, Marshall & Banks among the “First-Tier” employment law firms in the Washington, D.C. area.
We are dedicated to working for social justice by providing high-quality legal representation to individuals, groups and causes that are under-served in our legal system. We are dedicated to using our legal expertise and skills to support the civil rights, increase access to legal services, and obtain equitable and just treatment for employees and consumers. When other avenues of redress have been exhausted, we take whatever legal action is appropriate to challenge governmental, corporate and individual wrongdoing, and to win compensation and vindication for those who have been harmed.
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
Our attorneys have advised thousands of employees from across the country about workplace discrimination issues, and have successfully represented them in pre-litigation settlement negotiations, mediation, and when necessary, through formal legal action. We pursue administrative claims before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the District of Columbia Office of Human Rights, and litigate employment discrimination claims in federal, state, and local courts in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, and other jurisdictions in which our litigation skills are required. We tailor our legal approach to meet the needs and objectives of each individual client, and work closely with each client to craft a winning strategy.
As Martin Luther King Jr. told the world from his Birmingham Jail cell, “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” For us, it is both an honor and a duty to work with our clients to oppose injustice and to use the legal system effectively to create a more just and equitable world.