Overview
David Durham concentrates his practice on representation and advice to businesses in all matters involving labor unions. He works in many sectors, including technology, real estate, retail, higher education, construction, marine terminal operations, rideshare, health care, alcoholic beverage producers, food service, hotel, newspapers, radio, television and live entertainment.
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David regularly advises companies on labor issues related to mergers, acquisitions and dispositions of real estate and businesses and provides counsel to employers on other strategic matters involving labor unions, such as union organizing drives and decertifications, outsourcing, automation, strike preparation, strike management, lockouts and permanent replacement situations. He has negotiated hundreds of collective bargaining agreements and has handled large, nationwide corporate campaigns including defense of employers in National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) proceedings and collateral litigation. David defends clients in unfair labor practice cases before the NLRB, and in the Federal Court of Appeals regarding labor matters.
In addition to his labor union related advocacy, David counsels clients in all facets of employment law, including discipline and discharge, outsourcing, preservation of management prerogatives, and change resulting from industry disruption such as international competition and automation.
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Results
- Represented American Baptist Homes of the West in litigation before the NLRB addressing the preservation of the right of employers to utilize permanent replacement of workers as a legitimate weapon in strike situations*
- Represented a majority of the private universities with NCAA Division 1 FBS football programs as amici in the Northwestern University NLRB case involving the attempted unionization of student members of the football team*
*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott.
Recognitions
Community
- Bar Association of San Francisco, member
- State Bar of California, member
Credentials
Education
University of California – Berkeley School of Law, JD, Order of the Coif, 1977
Cornell University, BS, 1974
Admissions
California
Courts / Agencies
Supreme Court of the United States
US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
