Biography
Mr. Banks is a partner in the Labor & Employment Department of Seyfarth Shaw LLP in the firm’s Washington, DC office. His practice focuses on counseling clients on labor and employment matters and litigating employment cases. He counsels clients on a broad range of employment matters, including hiring practices and procedures, compensation issues, discipline and termination of employees, and non-competition agreements. He litigates the full range of employment cases involving race, sex, age, disability, wrongful discharge, and compensation claims under Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and state equal employment laws. He has a broad range of litigation experience from employment litigation to commercial litigation to criminal prosecution, and has tried more than 500 bench trials and more than 50 jury trials in both state and federal courts.Education
J.D., University of Virginia (1987)
Virginia Tax Review
B.A., Gettysburg College, cum laude (1980)
Richmond Christian Center School of Ministry (1993)
Admissions
- Virginia
- District of Columbia
Courts
- Virginia Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third, Fourth and Eleventh Circuits
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia