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David A. Copus

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
10 Madison Avenue, Suite 400
Morristown, New Jersey  07960
(Morris Co.)

Telephone: 973-656-1600
Telecopier: 973-656-1611
http://www.ogletreedeakins.com



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Practice AreasEmployment Law
 
UniversityNorthwestern University, B.A., with honors in Political Science, 1963
 
Law SchoolHarvard University, LL.B., cum laude, 1966
 
Admitted1966, Texas; 1969, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1970, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third, Fourth, Sixth and Seventh Circuits; 1971, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1977, District of Columbia, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia and U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; 1985, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1987, U.S. Supreme Court; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 2005, New Jersey
 
MembershipsAmerican Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Labor and Employment Law); American Employment Law Council.
 
BornPorterville, California
 
BiographyListed in: Who's Who in Executives and Professionals; International Who's Who of Management Labor and Employment Lawyers; Guide to the World's Leading Labour and Employment Lawyers; International Who's Who of Business Lawyers. Author, Executive Coordinator and Task Force Member, "The District of Columbia Bar Task Force Report on the Effect of the Americans with Disabilities Act on Employer-Sponsored Health Plans," Commerce Clearing House, Inc., 1993. Author: "Strangers in Paradise: Junk Science and Gender Stereotyping" (forthcoming); "Statistics Often Tell Much and Courts Listen," 28 Journal of Forensic Economics 3 (Winter 2005); "Avoiding Junk Science," Employment Discrimination Litigation, Landy, F. (Ed.), San Francisco, CA, Jossey-Bass (2005); "Lessons To Be Learned from the Wal-Mart Class Certification Decision," New Jersey Law Journal, August 2004; "Affirmative Action Programs: The Complete Guide to OFCCP's Revised Regulations," National Employment Law Institute, 2001; "A Critique of OFCCP's 'Comparable Work' Theory," Society for Human Resource Management, 2000; "The Complete Guide to Writing an Affirmative Action Plan," 2d ed., PRI Associates, Inc., 2000; "Employment Law 101," 2d ed., National Employment Law Institute, 1999; "Mandatory Arbitration as an Alternate Method of Resolving Workplace Disputes," National Employment Law Institute, June 1998; "Detour Ahead: Daubert Creates Significant Roadblocks for Some Social Science Testimony," National Employment Law Institute, May 1997; "Recent Legal Decisions of Significant Interest to Human Resources Professionals," Society for Human Resource Professionals, May 1997; "Recent OFCCP Developments," National Employment Law Institute, March 1997; "Current OFCCP Strategies for Investigating Issues of Compensation Discrimination," National Employment Law Institute, March 1996; "Employment Law 101," National Employment Law Institute, 1996; "Writing Affirmative Action Plans," National Employment Law Institute, April 1995; "Clinton Health Care Reform Plan Eliminates Many Disability Issues But Adds a Confusing Level of Regulations," National Law Journal, October 11, 1993; "A Healthy Limit on the Disability Act," Wall Street Journal, July 24, 1992; "Title I of the Americans With Disabilities Act," Association for Persons in Supported Employment, 1992; "Wrongful Discharge Lawsuits: Past Is Prologue," Proceedings of the 43rd National Conference, Society for Human Resource Management, 1991; "Model Human Resource Policies," American Society for Personnel Administration, 1989; "Alcohol and Drugs At Work: A Manual for Federal Contractors and Grantees," National Employment Law Institute, 1989. Co-Author: "The Complete Guide to Writing an Affirmative Action Plan," 2d ed., National Employment Law Institute, 1999; "Junk Science: Excluding Testimony of Psychologists and Psychiatrists in Employment Litigation," National Employment Law Institute, February 1998; "OFCCP's Compensation Analysis: A Critique of DuBray's Approach," Employee Relations Law Journal, Autumn 1997; "The Complete Guide to Writing an Affirmative Action Plan," National Employment Law Institute, 1995; "Benefit Plan Limitations After the Americans with Disabilities Act," Employee Relations Law Journal, Summer 1993; "Discrimination Against Mental Disorders?" Legal Times, August 31, 1992; "The Impact of the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 on Employee Benefit Plans," Prentice Hall Law & Business, 1992; "The Civil Rights Act of 1991: A Harbinger of More Litigation," Washington Legal Foundation, 1992; "New Rules For The Title VII Numbers Game," Prentice Hall Law & Business, 1989; Contributing Expert, "American With Disabilities Act: An Implementation Guidebook For Financial Institutions, American Bankers Association, 1991. Member, Editorial Board, "Corporate Counsel's Guide to the ADA." Member, Advisory Board, National Employment Law Institute.
 
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The Ledbetter Fair Pay Act - What Every Employer Needs To Know
David A. Copus, May 8, 2009
On January 29, 2009, President Barack Obama signed into law the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. The Act requires employers to redouble their efforts to ensure that their pay practices are non-discriminatory and to make certain that they keep the records needed to prove the fairness of pay decisions.


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