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About Avi Kumin
Avi Kumin is a founder and partner at Katz Banks Kumin. For over 20 years, Mr. Kumin has been successfully advising employees about their legal rights, resolving difficult situations with employers, and litigating employment claims in court.
Mr. Kumin’s practice focuses on whistleblower protection, sexual harassment and assault, executive negotiations, contractual disputes, discrimination, and retaliation, among other areas of employment law, often in highly complex and contentious situations. He litigates cases nationwide in federal and state courts, as well as in arbitration and administrative proceedings. He also represents employees in filing whistleblower reward tips with the federal government, such as qui tam cases and award tips submitted to the SEC.
For his outstanding legal work, he has been included in the annual rankings of top employee-side employment lawyers in the DC area by The Best Lawyers in America every year since 2012; by Super Lawyers every year since 2017; by Washingtonian magazine every year since 2017; and by Chambers and Partners every year since 2021.
Mr. Kumin is the President of the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association for 2025-2026 and serves on both the Executive Board and Board of Directors, and has previously served as Co-Chair of the D.C. Bar Association’s Labor and Employment section. He has lectured on a variety of employment law topics before the American Bar Association, the D.C. Bar Association, the National Employment Lawyers Association, the American Law Institute, the Anti-Fraud Coalition, and other bar and employee groups.
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Yale University
JD · 2000
Brandeis University
BA · 1996
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California, The Stat
ACTIVE
District of Columbia
ACTIVE
Maryland, U.S. Distr
ACTIVE
District of Columbia
ACTIVE
Pennsylvania, Pennsy
ACTIVE
District of Columbia
ACTIVE
District of Columbia
ACTIVE
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Best Lawyers in America — Civil Rights Law
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Employment Law - Individuals
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Litigation - Labor and Employment
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Additional Areas of Practice:
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Qui Tam Law
2026
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2026
Best Lawyers in America — Chambers and Partners, Tier 1 attorney in "Labor & Employment: Mainly Plaintiffs," 2021-present
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Washington, D.C. “Super Lawyers,” 2017-present
2026
Best Lawyers in America — "AV" Rating (highest rating for experience and ethics), Martindale-Hubbell, 2011-present
2026
Best Lawyers in America — "Superb" (10.0) Rating from Avvo.com
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Co-Chair and Steering Committee Member, D.C. Bar Labor & Employment Section
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Lawdragon's "500 Leading Plaintiff Employment Lawyers," 2018-present
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Washingtonian Magazine “Top Lawyer”, 2017–present
2026
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Avi Kumin focuses on Civil Rights, Employment, and Litigation.
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Avi Kumin primarily serves clients in Washington, District of Columbia, with an office at 11 Dupont Circle, NW.
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