David is a trusted advisor on executive compensation matters, including related tax, SEC disclosure, and corporate governance issues.

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David typically represents corporations, the compensation committees of their boards of directors, and financial investors. In select instances, he represents management groups and individual senior executives. David’s wide-ranging practice includes the design, negotiation, and documentation of stock-based compensation arrangements; deferred compensation arrangements; and senior executive employment, change-in-control; and separation agreements. He also focuses on public company executive compensation disclosures, required and best practices regarding the grant of stock-based compensation, the design and operation of ERISA plans, and benefits and compensation aspects of corporate transactions.

  • Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2016-2025)
  • Best Lawyers in America®: “Lawyer of the Year” in Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (2023)
  • Best Lawyers in America®: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (2010-2026)
  • Legal 500 United States: Labor and Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Design (2025)

David typically represents corporations, the compensation committees of their boards of directors, and financial investors. In select instances, he represents management groups and individual senior executives. David’s wide-ranging practice includes the design, negotiation, and documentation of stock-based compensation arrangements; deferred compensation arrangements; and senior executive employment, change-in-control; and separation agreements. He also focuses on public company executive compensation disclosures, required and best practices regarding the grant of stock-based compensation, the design and operation of ERISA plans, and benefits and compensation aspects of corporate transactions.

  • Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2016-2025)
  • Best Lawyers in America®: “Lawyer of the Year” in Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (2023)
  • Best Lawyers in America®: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (2010-2026)
  • Legal 500 United States: Labor and Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Design (2025)
  • Member – Teach PA Commission, a project of the Orthodox Union
  • Member of the Endowment Committee, Caskey Torah Academy of Greater Philadelphia
  • Member of the Board of Directors, Foundation for Jewish Day Schools; FJDS provides financial support for need-based scholarships for Jewish Day School students in the Philadelphia area through the Pennsylvania state Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) and Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) programs

Education

  • The George Washington University Law School, J.D., 1994
  • University of Pennsylvania The Wharton School, B.S., 1991, economics

Bar Admissions

  • Pennsylvania