Michael A. Filoromo III
Michael Filoromo joined Katz, Marshall & Banks in May 2008. Now a partner at the firm and the President of the Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the National Employment Lawyers Association, Mr. Filoromo has helped achieve successful outcomes under whistleblower laws, including a $2.4 million award for a client through the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) whistleblower program, one of the first 50 awards the SEC issued.
Mr. Filoromo has litigated whistleblower cases in federal and state courts and the U.S. Department of Labor. He regularly represents clients in claims brought under the Sarbanes-Oxley corporate whistleblower protections, the False Claims Act anti-retaliation provisions, and the anti-discrimination and retaliation protections of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and corresponding state laws. He also frequently represents whistleblowers in the aviation, nuclear, railroad, pharmaceutical, and healthcare industries. Mr. Filoromo has also litigated whistleblower cases in federal court under state wrongful termination claims and the Food Safety Modernization Act.
In acknowledgement of his achievements, Mr. Filoromo was recognized in the 2020 and 2021 editions of Best Lawyers in America for his work in the area of qui tam law, and as a Pennsylvania "Rising Star" by Super Lawyers from 2019-2021. Also in 2020, The Legal Intelligencer named Mr. Filoromo a “Pennsylvania Trailblazer,” an annual award honoring attorneys who are agents of change in their legal communities. Mr. Filoromo co-founded the firm’s Philadelphia office in 2015 after being elevated to partner. As president of the Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the National Employment Lawyers Association, Mr. Filoromo leads an organization of approximately 80 plaintiff-side employment attorneys, developing educational and networking events, coordinating amicus briefing on issues important to the rights of workers, and organizing policy outreach on key local and state legislation and judicial nominations. Additionally, Mr. Filoromo serves as the Employee Vice Chair of Outreach to New and Young Lawyers Committee of the ABA’s Labor and Employment Section, which promotes participation in courses aimed at young and new attorneys. He is also the Co-Chair of the Sarbanes-Oxley Subcommittee of the section’s Federal Labor Standards Legislation Committee.
Mr. Filoromo contributed to Whistleblower Law: A Practitioner’s Guide, a treatise published in 2016 by American Legal Media (ALM) that is updated twice per year. He also authored a chapter for the ALM book New York Employment Law, originally published in 2017 and updated annually. Mr. Filoromo has also been interviewed by Cafepharma and has authored numerous articles for legal and trade publications, including Law360, the National Law Journal, the Westlaw Journal Healthcare Fraud, and the CPA Journal, and has led panel discussions on whistleblower law for the American Bar Association and the Pennsylvania Bar Institute.
Mr. Filoromo is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the District of Columbia.
- “Pennsylvania Trailblazer,” The Legal Intelligencer, 2020
- Philadelphia, PA “Super Lawyers,” 2019-2020
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
