Overview
David is a business litigator based in the firm’s Detroit office and a member of our Labor and Employment Department and Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Litigation Team. He represents clients in all manner of complex civil litigation, with an emphasis on employment defense, class actions, and data privacy litigation. David concentrates his labor and employment practice on representing employers in state, federal, and administrative matters involving all aspects of labor and employment law, including, discrimination, retaliation, harassment, disability, whistleblower, employee discipline, wage and hour, medical leave, temporary workers, independent contractors.
David also specializes in trade secret, non-competition, and non-solicitation litigation, as well as counseling employers regarding a wide-range of employment matters and risk mitigation. As a data privacy litigator, he defends class action and individual lawsuits, including for alleged privacy violations following data breaches and cybersecurity incidents. During his law career, David has handled cases in nearly every industry and across the country, with successful results for his clients at both the trial court and appellate court levels. Before he became a lawyer, David worked as a design engineer for an original equipment manufacturer automotive company.
Credentials
Education
Wayne State University Law School, J.D., 2012
- Senior Note and Comment Editor of the Wayne Law Review
- Judicial intern for the Hon., Bernard Friedman, U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan
Purdue University, Mechanical Engineering, 2005
Admissions – Court
- All Michigan State Courts
- All Ohio State Courts
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
Admissions – State
- Michigan
- Ohio
Professional & Civic
Professional Activities
State Bar of Michigan
Federal Bar Association (E.D. Michigan Chapter)
Oakland County Bar Association
American Bar Association
News & Insights
External News & Publications
“Admissibility of Agency Determination of Employment Discrimination” – Michigan Defense Quarterly, Vol. 29 No. 2, October 2012