Attorney, specializing in representing employees/plaintiffs in employment law,employee benefits. creation of and advice to operation of tax-exempt organizations and general corporate law. I am currently Vice-President & General Counsel of the Dextra Baldwin McGonagle Foundation, including supervising California attorneys with regard to land use, environmental and municipal government issuesBioDavid is a solo practitioner who specializes in employment law and the operation and compliance of tax-exempt organizations, with an emphasis on representation of employees and claimants in regard to private and governmental employee benefits, including employment contracts and severance agreements. He has practiced with both private law firms and benefits consulting firms, including Curtis, Mallet, Prevost, Colt & Mosle, Greenberg Traurig, LLP and William M. Mercer, Inc. David provides employee benefit advice, representation and compliance under the federal pension and welfare benefit law (ERISA) and related pension and health provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. In addition, he has been approved by the United States Department of Veteran Affairs to represent claimants’ appeals of the denial of applications for veteran’s benefits. His experience also includes corporate, estates and trusts, real estate transactions and public service law as the Executive Director & Senior Attorney at the Legal Aid Society of Hartford County. He is also a Trustee of Premier Health Care/National Institute of People with Developmental Disabilities and serves as a Trustee and Secretary of The National Alliance on Mental Health—NYC Metro Chapter. David has been a frequent contributor to chapters and articles in Employee Benefits Law, Employee Benefits Handbook, Health Care Benefits Law and the Journal of Compensation and Benefits. He is a graduate of Oberlin College and Columbia University School of Law.Specialties: Fiduciary responsibility under tax law, retirement and health plans, employment contracts, mergers & acquisitions and litigation support