David Terry Email & Phone Number

David provides counsel and legal representation to employers on a wide range of employment and labor-management areas. His practice is primarily litigation involving employee issues which expand into areas of tort law actions against employers. David represents Fortune 500 companies and employers in the trucking, retail, healthcare, manufacturing and other industries. He is a frequent speaker to various human resource and employer/employee groups. David was a Captain in the United States Army and served as the Chief Trial Counsel, JAGC, for the 3rd Infantry Division.Representative Experience: • Employer defense trial counsel and providing management advice on all areas of employment law including race, sex, religion, color, age, disability and handicap discrimination, retaliation and harassment cases, Family and Medical Leave Act cases, worker’s compensation retaliation claims, "whistleblower" claims, wrongful death cases, and various tort cases. Successfully defended several class actions. • Defends employers before all state and local human rights agencies, The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, The U.S. and State Departments of Labor, and all Federal and State courts • Provides timely advice on all aspects of employment law with respect to employer actions and decisions, reductions in force, handbooks and policies • Frequently provides management and employee training on all areas of employment law and union avoidance • Frequently speaks to human resources organizations, EAP associations, local and state employers associations and other local groups on topics of particular interest or significance in the employment arena • Specific experience in the trucking, retail grocery, food distribution, manufacturing and health care industries

Listed skills include Class Actions, Torts, and Wrongful Death.

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  Partner, Employment Law

  Poyner Spruill Llp