Overview
David represents employers in labor, employment, and transportation matters, with additional experience in cybersecurity-related litigation. He advises businesses on a wide range of issues, including traditional labor relations, wage and hour compliance, and regulatory matters affecting motor carriers and shippers.
David works closely with clients on both day-to-day employment concerns and in high-stakes litigation and administrative proceedings, bringing a steady, solutions-oriented approach to each matter.
With extensive experience in defending employers before administrative agencies and in arbitration, David frequently counsels on union-management relations, collective bargaining, and wage and hour disputes. He has also handled complex matters involving cybersecurity litigation, including claims arising from data breaches, data privacy violations, and related regulatory issues affecting business operations. His litigation background allows him to guide clients through both employment-related and cyber-adjacent disputes with confidence and clarity.
David’s practice includes advising transportation industry clients on regulatory compliance, contract disputes, and risk management involving freight and logistics operations. His deep understanding of the intersection between employment law, regulatory frameworks, and evolving cyber risks helps clients navigate today’s complex legal landscape.
Experience
Representative Matters
- Counsel for employer in over 100 arbitrations, ADR proceedings, and contract negotiations
- Defendants' counsel in class actions involving alleged minimum wage, FLSA overtime, and agricultural worker protection law violations
- Representation of employers with respect to labor and personnel matters, including problem terminations, strategic policy implementations and changes, reductions-in-force and WARN-covered plant closings, discrimination charges, alleged OSHA, transportation safety, and alleged wage and hour violations, and non-compete/non-disclosure agreements
- Litigation, counseling, and representation of shippers and motor carriers of property in transportation matters and matters under the Railway Labor Act
Credentials
Education
Washington and Lee University School of Law
- J.D., cum laude, 1983
- Washington and Lee Law Review, 1981-1982
- American Jurisprudence Award in Professional Responsibility, 1983
University of Virginia
- B. A., Economics, with distinction, 1980
Media
News
Events
Legal Analysis
Constangy Streaming
David P. Phippen, Senior Counsel - Washington D.C., D.C.Timothy A. Davis, Partner - St. Louis, MO
Services
Admissions
- District of Columbia, 1985
Virginia, 1983
Georgia, 1984
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
U.S. District Court - D.C.
U.S. District Court - GA - N.D.
U.S. District Court - VA - E.D.
“Our goal is solving client problems in creative, cost-effective ways to produce positive outcomes.”
David Phippen, Litigator
