Speaking Engagements

On February 9, 2011, Debra Katz served as faculty of the D.C. Bar CLE Essential Trial Skills Series teaching about Opening Statements and Closing Arguments. Click here to download more information from the presentation.

Katz, Marshall & Banks partner Lisa J. Banks served as moderator of a panel discussion during the 2012 Government Liaison Program, hosted by the American Bar Association’s Section of Labor and Employment Law. The Program took place from January 22-24 at the St. Regis Hotel in Washington, DC. On Monday, January 23, Banks co-moderated a [...]

KMB partner David J. Marshall presented on “Recent Improvements in Protections for Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblowers in the Workplace” as part of the D.C. Bar’s continuing legal education program on Changing Currents in Employment Law 2011:  Recent Trends and Developments.

David J. Marshall serves on a panel of two attorneys who represent whistleblowers and two who defend companies against whistleblower claims at OSHA’s national training conference in Orlando, Florida.  The conference, which is titled “Protecting and Preserving Voice in the Workplace:  Strengthening Whistleblower Protection,” is OSHA’s first national training conference for its 150 whistleblower investigators and 30 related [...]

KMB partner David J. Marshall presented a paper on “New Corporate Whistleblower Protections and Incentives” to the D.C. Bar. Marshall’s presentation focused on the whistleblower-incentive provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act, which direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to award 10 to 30 percent of its recovery for securities violation to whistleblowers who provide “original information” [...]

KMB partner Avi Kumin gave a presentation on “Drafting Severance Agreements and Related Issues” at the District of Columbia Bar Association in Washington, DC.

KMB partner David J. Marshall gave the presentation “Doing Well by Doing the Right Thing” for the panel “New Whistleblower Bounty Provisions Under Dodd-Frank” presented by the District of Columbia Bar Continuing Legal Education Program. Marshall presented the whistleblower perspective on a panel featuring representatives from the SEC and a corporate law firm that represents corporations in SEC [...]

KMB partner David J. Marshall presented on “Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower and Other Federal Retaliation Claims” as part of a panel of experts on “Rocking Retaliation Laws” at the National Employment Lawyers Association annual convention in New Orleans, LA.

KMB partner Avi Kumin presented on “Religious Accommodation & Discrimination in the Workplace” at the National Employment Lawyers Association annual convention in New Orleans, LA.

KMB partner Lisa J. Banks gave a presentation on “EEOC’s Final Regulations Implementing the ADA Amendments Act: Navigating New Territory” at the District of Columbia Bar Association in Washington, DC.