David Eldridge Email & Phone Number

Springfield, IL, US

• Maintains a solo law practice
• Focuses on governmental relations (primarily lobbying), legal representation (primarily regarding elections, regulatory, ethics, and procurement matters), and political consulting (primarily opposition research)
• Serves as the Illinois State Bar Association's Legislative Counsel

Colorado Springs, CO, US

• Serves on the Board of Directors thereby assisting with the governance of USA Volleyball
• Pursuant to the USA Volleyball Bylaws, the Board "represent[s] theinterests of the volleyball community in the United States and its athletes andmembers by providing financial oversight, policy, guidance and strategic.
• Serves on the Executive Committee
• Serves on the Governance Committee
• Serves on the Audit, Finance and Budget Committee
• Served on the Strategic Planning Working Group for the USA Volleyball 2021-2024 Strategic Plan

• Served in the Governor’s Office of Legislative Affairs advising the Administration on a variety of legislative-related matters, including procurement, elections, and local government issues

• Advised regarding and handled legislative matters that affected the EEC—issues included ethics, procurement, and power

• Served on the Department’s Senior Management Team and advised the Director
• Managed Bureau of approximately 50 employees responsible for sourcing of over $1 billion of State contracts
• Provided management supervision and support for 4 direct report subordinates
• With the EEC, structured an end-of-fiscal year procurement schedule that led to an efficient and successful contracting period
• Worked and negotiated with the AFSCME bargaining unit
• Oversaw the Bureau’s multi-million dollar budget

• Appointed to provide perspectives on historic sites in the Springfield, Illinois, area

• Served on the Senior Management Team, helped administer 11,000 plus employee agency, and advised the Director
• Responsibilities included hiring of exempt personnel and overseeing labor relations, performance based standards for facilities (internal auditing), training, and screening and hiring of correctional officers
• Transformative change was necessary to move the agency forward--such change included working with employees and their labor representatives, strategic hiring, changing attitudes, working to ensure legal compliance, and.
• Provided management supervision and support for 6 direct report subordinates
• Involved in preparing 5-Year strategic plan with a focus on the area of succession planning
• Enforced background check requirements

• Led Intergovernmental Relations Team
• Provided management supervision and support for 4 direct report subordinates
• Advised the Director
• Was promoted to Chief of Staff

• Appointed an Ensign (O1) via the Direct Commissioning Officer Program and promoted to Lieutenant (O3)
• Served as Team Leader and Equal Opportunity Officer

• Advocated public policy of and educated public officials regarding matters of taxes, fiscal responsibility, and pensions
• Testified before various committees, including before a Senate committee in opposition to the gross receipts tax and before the House Committee of the Whole regarding a Lottery issue
• Organized coalitions to defeat regulatory initiatives at the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR)
• Authored publication distributed to Federation members, the media, and public officials

US

• Served as Parliamentarian and Chief Counsel to Executive, Elections, and Veterans Affairs Committees
• Drafted and negotiated several significant pieces of legislation involving such topics as predatory lending, payday lending, elections, CPA reform, and medical malpractice
• Answered ethics questions, handled administrative matters for Representatives, responded to FOIA requests, and handled special projects for House Leadership

• Practice focused on constitutional, governmental, and commercial issues for Mississippi-based law firm
• Represented clients in court cases and alternative dispute resolution matters
• Involved in drafting a winning brief in a Mississippi Supreme Court case: Bond v. Marion County Board of Supervisors, 807 So.2d 1208 (Miss. 2001)
• Served as a Special Counsel to the Mississippi Standing Joint Congressional Redistricting Committee
• Member of teams that brought Fair Labor Standards Act and Black Farmers discrimination cases

• Performed case research, analytical, and drafting duties for a Supreme Court Justice

Juris Doctor, Law

Bachelor Of Science, Business Administration

Education record