David W. Long-Daniels > Greenberg Traurig LLP > Atlanta, United States > Lawyer Profile

David W. Long-Daniels

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Work Department

Labor & Employment

Position

Co-Chair of Complex Employment Litigation and Trials group

Career

Known for his creative approaches to difficult, high-stakes cases, David Long-Daniels is Co-Chair of the firm’s Global Labor & Employment Practice and Co-Chair of the Labor & Employment Practice’s Complex Employment Litigation & Trials group. He represents clients across the United States in complex labor and employment matters. David has tried more than 50 jury trials and approximately 20 bench trials and arbitrations. He is recognized as a leading defense trial attorney for bet-the-company cases and is frequently named among the very best trial attorneys in Georgia. David handles complex litigation matters of importance, often with sizable monetary values throughout the country.

Concentrations

• Trial lawyer
• Labor and employment
  • Class actions
  • Collective actions
  • Employment hiring criteria (validation litigation)
  • Constitutional litigation
  • Harassment litigation
  • Corporate governance litigation
• ERISA litigation
• Commercial litigation
  • Franchisee arbitrations
  • Breach of commercial contract and warranty actions
  • Wrongful death actions
  • Corporate espionage actions

Capabilities
Labor & Employment
Litigation
ERISA & Employee Benefits Litigation
Education
Trial Practice
Arbitration & Mediation
Trade Secrets

Admission to Practice
Georgia
Alabama
Supreme Court of Alabama
Supreme Court of Georgia
Supreme Court of the United States
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama
U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Languages

English

Education

• J.D., cum laude, Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law, 1990
  • Member, Law Review
  • Lewis F. Powell Award for Excellence in Oral Advocacy
  • Phi Alpha Delta Award – Most Outstanding Student (faculty selection)
  • Order of the Coif
• M.P.A., Valdosta State University, 1985
• B.S., Culverhouse College of Commerce & Business Administration, The University of Alabama, 1982