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. He has particular experience litigating stock drop and other fiduciary claims, Taft-Hartley multiemployer pension and welfare benefit plan claims, withdrawal liability and control group issues, ESOP issues, plan interpretation issues, preemption issues, and service provider issues on behalf of Plan sponsors. He also has litigated a variety of deferred compensation and severance arrangements in courts across the country.

David also brings a unique perspective to his other specialty, class action litigation, by having led the defense of class actions involving ERISA, deceptive trade practices, publicly traded securities, and defending against class claims under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. David defends class and collective action claims under the FLSA and 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