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Labor Law

25 N. Lima Avenue, Sierra Madre, CA 91024

Area of Practice: ESOPs, Equity Compensation, and Litigation David assists clients in general corporate matters and in employee ownership, benefit, ERISA, and related business matters, with an emphasis on executive compensation, equity incentive plans, non-qualified deferred compensation, employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs), ESOP transactions, mergers and acquisitions (and related tax planning), and business succession and estate planning. David has served as outside general counsel to numerous corporate clients over the past 32 years. He also frequently appears on behalf of clients in business and employment-oriented defense litigation in state and federal courts throughout the country, before regulatory agencies (e.g., U.S. Department of Labor, California Labor Commissioner, and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission), in tax controversies before the Internal Revenue Service and comparable state regulatory agencies, against felony criminal indictments in U.S. Federal Court, and in dispute resolutions of various kinds. David represents corporations in shareholder and non-competition disputes. David has defended ERISA fiduciaries, plan sponsors, selling shareholders, and investment advisers in ERISA litigation matters involving ESOPs and business transactions in federal and state courts throughout the country in a wide range of controversies covering ERISA fiduciary responsibilities, ESOP valuation disputes, disclosure obligations, investment issues, and tax matters. He has extensive experience in negotiating ESOP, ERISA, and other issues with government regulatory agencies and in representing ERISA fiduciaries in litigation. Recognized nationally for his experience and expertise in the ESOP and executive compensation field, David is a past chair (1993-1995 and 2005-2007) of the legislative and regulatory advisory committee of The ESOP Association. He also is a past chair of The ESOP Association’s advisory committee chairs council and is a former member of its board of directors. David was honored at the 17th annual conference of The ESOP Association as the outstanding committee chair for 1993-94. He also served for more than ten years as General Counsel to The National Center for Employee Ownership and on its board of directors.

Labor Law

333 W Wacker Dr #19, Chicago, IL 60606, USA

David L. Miller represents various private and public employers in all aspects of labor relations and employment law. As a trusted counselor, Mr. Miller assists clients to develop creative, cost-effective solutions to workplace issues involving employees or unions. When litigation is necessary, Mr. Miller defends employers before administrative agencies and courts. He has obtained jury verdicts in favor of his clients in cases involving discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims. Recent issues addressed by Mr. Miller include drafting and enforcing non-compete agreements, shareholder disputes, discrimination claims, negotiating union contracts, overtime pay class actions, pension fund claims for contributions, withdrawal liability and OSHA investigations. An accomplished speaker and writer, Mr. Miller’s publications include: “New Challenges and Opportunities for Employer Leave of Absence Programs” (Illinois State Bar Journal March, 2009); “The Purchase, Sale, Relocation, or Shutdown of a Business,” The Labor Law Handbook, Illinois Institute of Continuing Education (Co-author); Reasonable Accommodation Under the Americans with Disabilities Act,” Gonzaga University Law Review, Vol. 28 No.2 (Co-author) (Spring 1993); “The Americans With Disabilities Act: A New Challenge for Employers,” The Tort and Insurance Law Journal, Vol. 27 No. 1 (Co-author) (Fall 1991). Mr. Miller has also been named an Illinois Super Lawyer in Labor & Employment Law by Law & Politics and Chicago Magazine (2008 – 2015, 2017 – 2022).

Labor Law

2650 Camino Del Rio North, Suite 302, San Diego, CA 92108

Area of Practice: Employment Law David Mara is the founding member and president of Mara Law Firm, PC. Mr. Mara has devoted his many years of practice to representing employees in all aspects of California wage and hour law, including, but not limited to, class representation of employees seeking unpaid wages, unpaid overtime, unfair business practices, and meal and rest period violations. California Employment Attorney David Mara also specializes in representing injured civilians working abroad pursuant to a U.S. defense contract. Over the course of his career, Mr. Mara has obtained tens of millions of dollars on behalf of California and Defense Base Act workers. A long-standing member of Consumer Attorneys of California, Mr. Mara is on the shortlist of lawyers the organization selects in California to author briefs in support of workers in California Courts of Appeal and the California Supreme Court. Mr. Mara was co-counsel in the seminal California Supreme Court decision, Brinker Restaurant Corp. v. Superior Court, in which the Court articulated the standards on employee entitlements to and employer obligations for providing meal and rest breaks in California and the availability of class action treatment for those claims. In addition to his trial and appellate work on behalf of California workers, Mr. Mara is also on the cutting edge of shaping California laws, as he is frequently asked to review and offer counter proposals to laws affecting California workers proposed in the California legislature and Congress.

Labor Law

655 West Morse Blvd., Suite 212, Winter Park, FL 32789

Employment Law Mr. Spalter graduated cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law in 1992, and received his undergraduate degree from Tufts University in 1989. Since graduating from law school, Mr. Spalter has concentrated his practice in the field of labor and employment law. Over the years, Mr. Spalter has represented a wide variety of clients, from Fortune 500 companies to individuals employed in numerous industries and professions within the private and public sectors. Mr. Spalter has litigated throughout the State of Florida, and is a member of the United States District Courts for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Spalter has been Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law since 2002, and was inducted into the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers in 2013.

Labor Law

169 Ramapo Valley Road, Upper Level Suite 105, Oakland, NJ 07436

Deena B. Rosendahl is a partner at Kaufman Semeraro & Leibman, LLP. Ms. Rosendahl specializes in counseling New York and New Jersey area companies on employment laws and regulations, conducting internal investigations and on site anti-harassment training programs, creating employee handbooks and defending and prosecuting labor and employment claims in both state and federal court. Ms. Rosendahl also negotiates and drafts collective bargaining agreements, employment agreements, restrictive covenant agreements and severance agreements.