David A. Yudelson

David handles litigation and trials in federal and state courts and arbitrations around the country for clients across a broad range of industries and economic sectors. David has a deep focus on employee benefits and ERISA litigation, and is Co-Chair of Constangy’s ERISA Litigation Practice Group. He has wide ranging experience in the field, having represented publicly traded and private employer clients, owners, boards of directors, and plan fiduciaries and trustees across the country in cases involving 401(k) plans, pension plans, ESOPS, health and welfare plans, Taft-Hartley multi-employer pension and welfare benefit plan claims, “Top-Hat” Plans and other forms of executive compensation, deferred compensation, and severance arrangements.

David brings these collective experiences and a unique perspective to his other specialty, class action litigation, and has defended class actions involving ERISA, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, deceptive trade practices, publicly traded and private securities, and claims under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. David also defends class and collective action claims under the FLSA and California state wage and hour laws and has represented several employers guarding against trade secret misappropriation and non-competition issues, including protecting against raiding and other unfair competition claims, also in courts around the country.

• Best Lawyers in America^® (2019), ERISA Litigation

• American Employment Law Council, Member 

Outside of the office, David enjoys spending time outdoors and elsewhere with his wife, Stephanie, their three children, Sydney, Leo, and Elliot, and the family’s two Jack Russell terriers, Huxley and Olive.

• “Fair Credit Reporting Act Class Actions: Standing and Class Certification in the Wake of Pitre v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc,” ABA Section of Litigation, Spring 2019