Lisa Banks Works With Ford’s Other Attorney Debra Katz. Ms. Banks has significant experience in federal and state courts, including courts in D.C., Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, Illinois, Colorado, and Tennessee, and has achieved success at all levels, including appeals in the Fourth, Sixth, Tenth, Eleventh, and D.C. Circuits.
Lisa Banks, an attorney, is the woman sitting behind Christine Blasey Ford during Dr. Ford's Senate Judiciary Committee testimony.
Attorneys Debra Katz and Michael Bromwich are sitting with her at the table. Behind her is attorney Lisa Banks and Blasey's friend Keith Koegler who submitted an affadavit that Blasey Ford told him about the attack prior to Kavanaugh's nomination.
Ms. Banks has significant experience in federal and state courts, including courts in D.C., Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, Illinois, Colorado, and Tennessee, and has achieved success at all levels, including appeals in the Fourth, Sixth, Tenth, Eleventh, and D.C. Circuits.
Founding partner of Katz, Marshall & Banks, LLP; practice focused on employment discrimination, sexual harassment, whistleblower and Sarbanes-Oxley law, disability law and contractual employment disputes.
The CFTC Whistleblower Practice Guide provides an in-depth explanation of the rules and procedures concerning the CFTC Whistleblower Program, offers valuable practice tips for whistleblowers and their counsel, and outlines the legal protections that whistleblowers have against retaliation for reporting violations to the CFTC.
The paper discusses the Federal Arbitration Act of 1925; application of the Act to the states and employment contracts; the scope of judicial review of arbitration awards; the scope of discovery in arbitration proceedings; the retroactive effect of the Dodd-Frank Act’s ban on predispute arbitration agreements; and practical considerations in arbitration..
Recognized by “The Best Lawyers in America” in the practice areas of Civil Rights Law, Employment Law - Individuals, and Litigation - Labor and Employment.
"The Best Lawyers in America" 2017 Lawyer of the Year for Employment Law - Individuals in Washington, D.C.
Before joining SEO Advantage in 2004, she served as the marketing strategist and senior copywriter at a busy Florida advertising agency and subsequently as a freelance copywriting consultant. Lisa’s portfolio ranges from global CPG companies like Sunbeam Products, Inc. and leading international manufacturers like SPX Dollinger, to local small businesses throughout the U.S. and Eastern Canada.
A native of Canada, Lisa found her way to her current station in Gainesville, Florida, via Tokyo, where she spent several years consulting on communications materials for telecom giant NTT and its wireless subsidiary DoCoMo.