David Durham > McDermott Will & Emery LLP > Chicago, United States > Lawyer Profile
McDermott Will & Emery LLP Offices
444 WEST LAKE STREET
CHICAGO, IL 60606-0029
ILLINOIS
United States
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David Durham
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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.
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.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
McDermott Will & Emery LLP covers matters concerning union relations, collective bargaining and NLRB negotiations on behalf of major clients operating out of the technology, transportation, alcoholic beverages, airline and arts sectors. Advice and representation around the National Labor Relations Act is another core pillar of the group’s practice. The labor management team is led by Chicago’s Michael Sheehan, while San Francisco’s David Durham provides representation and advice to businesses in all matters involving labor unions. Fellow San Francisco-based attorney Christopher Foster is another key name, leading the firm’s labor subgroup. October 2022 saw the departures of Ron Holland and Ellen Bronchetti.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Tax > Financial products
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Tax > International tax
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- International Trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Government > Government contracts
- Finance > Fintech