Adam Herzog

Adam Herzog, a partner of Katz Banks Kumin, joined the Firm in December 2013.

Mr. Herzog has represented numerous clients pursuing whistleblower tips before the SEC, CFTC and FINCEN and has successfully assisted them in earning millions of dollars in award payments. Three of Mr. Herzog’s clients received SEC whistleblower awards in the second half of 2023 alone, some of whom participated in a $104 million total award that was the fourth largest in the SEC program’s history. Details regarding awards obtained on behalf of Mr. Herzog’s clients can be found here, here, and here.

Mr. Herzog regularly represents for-profit and non-profit executives in negotiating employment agreements. He also counsels employees from all levels of organizations negotiating separation and severance agreements.

A dedicated advocate, Mr. Herzog has successfully represented clients through various employment disputes, including the pursuit of claims for race, gender, disability, orientation, disability and age discrimination, as well as for protections offered under whistleblower, wage and hour laws, and breach of contract.

For instance, in EEOC v. WRS, he represented eleven construction workers, alongside the EEOC, in obtaining a $2.75 million settlement from a national corporation in an action involving allegations of hangman’s nooses and other invidious acts of discrimination. In another matter, Mr. Herzog served as first chair in successfully representing a banker against his former employer in a five-day FINRA arbitration focusing on whistleblowing and defamation issues.

Prior to joining Katz Banks Kumin, Mr. Herzog worked with the firms Robinson, Curley & Clayton P.C. and Latham & Watkins LLP in Chicago. He has taught continuing legal education courses on employment agreements, employment law and disability discrimination for the District of Columbia Bar and American Law Institute Continuing Legal Education. Prior to law school, Mr. Herzog served with the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps, a team-based national community service organization.

Mr. Herzog was recognized from 2019-2021 and 2023 as a top employment attorney in the D.C. area by Super Lawyers, after being honored as a “Super Lawyers Rising Star” in 2014, and from 2016-2018.

Adam earned his J.D. in 2004 from the University of Chicago Law School and his undergraduate degree in Finance in 2000 from the University of Pennsylvania – The Wharton School. Mr. Herzog served as law clerk for the Honorable Judge Philip Simon of the Northern District of Indiana.