Overview

David is senior counsel with the firm. He has for many years represented businesses in a full range of labor, employment and transportation matters. He has experience in both counseling and litigation, with particular emphasis on traditional labor matters, wage and hour matters, representation of employers in administrative proceedings and alternative dispute resolution proceedings, and representation of motor carriers and shippers of property in transportation matters. David also relies on substantial, complex litigation experience in a variety of cybersecurity defense matters affecting businesses, including defending against data breach and theft, data privacy violations, and cybersecurity incident litigation matters.

  • “Our goal is solving client problems in creative, cost-effective ways to produce positive outcomes.”
  • David Phippen, Litigator

Practice Emphasis

  • Labor law
  • Employment law
  • Litigation, including class action defense
  • Wage and hour compliance and litigation
  • Covenants not to compete
  • Transportation law, agreements and regulation

Education

Washington and Lee University School of Law

  • J.D., cum laude, 1983
  • Washington and Lee Law Review, 1981-1982
  • American Jurisprudence Award in Professional Responsibility, 1983

University of Virginia

  • B. A., Economics, with distinction, 1980

Bar & Court Admissions

  • District of Columbia, 1985
  • Virginia, 1983
  • Georgia, 1984
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
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