David S. Mcfadden, Ll.M. Email & Phone Number

Washington, D.C.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

🔷 As Contract Attorney, conduct document review & quality control for privilege and responsiveness for Orrick, Herrington, and Sutcliffe LLP using Relativity and Everlaw.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

🔷 Intergovernmental Affairs: Drafted major sections of the preamble of a final rule on the calculation of prevailing wages of workers with H-1B nonimmigrant visas and revised other sections of the preamble. 🔷 Revised the text of a proposed rule and preamble concerning reporting obligations of labor organizations under the Labor-Management Reporting & Disclosure Act.🔷 Revised text of a draft final rule & preamble regarding obligations of labor organizations to report activities of intermediate bodies. Additionally Revised the Interpretive Manual of the Office of Labor-Management Standards.🔷 Researched & analyzed policy proposals from think tanks & Congress. Developed proposals for regulatory initiatives. Conducted research projects for the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy. Reported on departmental rulemaking.🔷 Office of Congressional & Intergovernmental Affairs, Senior Legislative Officer: Prepared weekly reports for the Secretary & senior mgmt. on proposed legislation, hearings, and the Office of Congressional & Intergovernmental Affairs.🔷 Responded to congressional inquiries involving the Wage & Hour Division, the Employee Benefits Security Administration, and the Veterans’ Employment & Training Service.🔷 Wage & Hour Division, Senior Policy Advisor: Drafted opinion letters interpreting FLSA and Consumer Credit Protection Act and regulations adopted pursuant to those statutes. Revised sub-regulatory guidance.

Washington, D.C.

🔷 Conducted legal research regarding the D.C. Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act, the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute, the NLRA, and other relevant authorities.🔷 Assigned 19 open cases and 117 closed cases.🔷 Drafted and issued 65 opinions since 2013, with 23 cases summarily dismissed by letter.🔷 Drafted opinions & rules revisions for the Public Employee Relations Board (PERB) regarding labor-management disputes between the District and public employee unions. 🔷 Drafted a complex rule revision with 35 sections, 2 megabytes of data.🔷 Prepared ~120 opinions to help eliminate backlog of pending cases.🔷 Edited opinions drafted by the board’s other attorney-advisors.🔷 Drafted opinion resolving police overtime claims, leading to a $9 million settlement of cases from 2007-2013.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

🔷 Counsel to LifeQual Pharmaceuticals for a variety of legal & regulatory matters.🔷 Reviewed & analyzed discovery documents on projects for the U.S. Department of Justice, Sabre Holdings, and White & Case LLP as contract attorney.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

🔷 Prepared monthly reports on the status of approximately 500 pending opinion letter requests.🔷 Proposed decisions and orders drafted requiring minor revision. 🔷 Drafted, edited, and obtained clearance for opinion letters issued by the Wage & Hour Division regarding the FLSA, the Portal to Portal Act, the FMLA, and other laws administered by the Wage & Hour Division.🔷 Established consistency and regularity in reporting to upper-level management on the status of the opinion letter program.🔷 Cleared for employment in a High Risk Public Trust Position.🔷 Played a key role in achieving departmental goals of reducing the backlog of requested opinion letters and issuing a large volume of opinion letters of policy significance.

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

🔷 Initially recruited by Gelpi & Associates prior to merger with Roedel.🔷 Represented the LA Dept. of Agriculture & Forestry in litigation and admin. hearings involving constitutional, employment & civil service law. Prepared briefs, pleadings, motions, regulations, and legislation.🔷 Presented oral arguments before state and federal district courts, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth & Eighth Circuits, and state appellate courts, including the Louisiana Supreme Court.🔷 Undefeated in all cases handled. Won dismissal of a challenge to state regulation of retail florists alleging violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.🔷 Successfully challenged constitutionality of civil service rules on discrimination, winning unanimous LA Supreme Court ruling allowing agencies more authority in managing personnel.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Public Affairs

Activities and Societies: Member & Officer, Phi Delta Theta

Ll.M., Constitutional Law

Activities and Societies: 🔷 Federalist Society: Tulane Chapter 🔷 Tulane University Campus Programming 🔷 Research Assistant to Prof..

J.D., American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence

Activities and Societies: 🔷 Akron Law Review 🔷 Law Review Intern 🔷 International Law Society 🔷 Jessup International Law Moot Court 🔷.

A.B.

A.B.