David Sanford

Ranked in 2 Practice Areas

Band 1

Labor & Employment: Mainly Plaintiffs

California

2 Years Ranked

Band 1

Labor & Employment: Mainly Plaintiffs

New York

8 Years Ranked

About

Provided by David Sanford

USA

Practice Areas

David Sanford represents attorneys, executives, and employees throughout the United States. He practices in all aspects of civil rights and employment law, including gender, age, and race discrimination, qui tam/whistleblower claims, and wage and hour violations. The firm also represents victims of financial fraud and abuse.

Professional Memberships

David sits on the Board of the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem; the Board of Corps Africa; and the Board of the Center for WorkLife Law.

Career

Receiving his J.D. from Stanford Law School in 1995, David served as a law clerk for the Honorable Gladys Kessler of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and as a law clerk in the White House Counsel’s Office under President Clinton. He was the managing partner of the Washington, D.C. office of a civil rights firm from 1998 through 2003 and opened his own law firm in 2004. He has represented a class of female attorneys in several gender discrimination matter against Norton Rose Fulbright and Chadbourne & Parke; against Sedgwick; against Proskauer Rose; against Ogletree Deakins; and against Greenberg Traurig. He was also lead counsel in a Title IX sexual harassment case against Columbia University and one of its professors. He served as lead counsel representing approximately 7,000 female employees in Velez v. Novartis. After a seven-week trial in the SDNY, he secured the largest gender discrimination employment verdict ($253 million) in United States history. He served as lead counsel in a wage and hour case against Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation. The case settled for $99 million on behalf of sales representatives who were not paid overtime wages. He was lead counsel in a race discrimination class action against the Cracker Barrel restaurant chain, which was the only race discrimination case intervened in by the George W. Bush administration. He represented the NAACP as well as Cracker Barrel employees and customers. The case was settled for more than $8 million.

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Labor & Employment: Mainly Plaintiffs - California

Band 1

Individual Editorial

David Sanford is a co-founder and the chair of the firm. He garners praise for his extensive expertise in acting for plaintiffs on various employment matters, including whistle-blower claims.

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Labor & Employment: Mainly Plaintiffs - New York

Band 1

Individual Editorial

David Sanford represents employees and executives in a wide range of employment matters. He is regularly called upon to handle complex cases involving allegations of sexual harassment, discrimination and retaliation.

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