David B. Chidlaw is a partner in the firm's San Diego office where he specializes in labor and employment matters on behalf of management, employers and high net worth individuals.
Areas of Practice
Mr. Chidlaw has broad experience counseling and defending employers on a wide variety of employment issues, including immigration. He has substantial experience representing employers in representative and class actions under Federal and California wage and hour law, including prevailing wage matters. He has defended employers in wrongful termination and employment discrimination litigation, including sexual harassment, race, age, national origin, gender, and disability discrimination. He also represents employers in unfair competition and trade secret litigation.
Mr. Chidlaw has substantial administrative litigation and counseling experience before State and Federal Agencies, including the NLRB, Cal/OSHA, the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (the Labor Commissioner), the California Apprenticeship Council and Division of Apprenticeship Standards, the U.S. Department of Labor, BCIS, the California Department of Fair Employment & Housing, the OFCCP, and the EEOC.
Mr. Chidlaw has advised both organized and merit shop employers for the length of his career. He has advised and represented employers in collective bargaining negotiations, organizing drives, decertification efforts and grievance arbitration matters. He regularly defends employers before the NLRB. He also provides guidance and training on union avoidance. Mr. Chidlaw provides daily advice to management clients on a wide variety of labor issues including wage and hour, reductions in force, personnel policies and employee handbooks, affirmative action compliance, employment-based immigration, protection of proprietary information, and discipline and termination matters.
Honors
· San Diego Super Lawyer, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Memberships
· Member, San Diego County Bar Association
· Member, American Subcontractors Association
· Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association
Articles
Hispanic/Latino Newsletter
· Enfoque Latino - Spring 2008
· Enfoque Latino - Spring 2007
· Enfoque Latino - Summer 2005
Speeches
· Frequent speaker before employer and human resources groups on topics ranging from wage and hour to employment discrimination
Events
· Labor and Employment Law Update & Happy Hour Spring 2012 - San Diego, April 26, 2012
· Breakfast With Your Labor Lawyer - San Diego, September 14, 2011, Labor & Employment Law Update Fall 2011
· Labor & Employment Law Update & Happy Hour - San Diego, March 24, 2011
· Labor & Employment Law Update & Happy Hour - San Diego, September 16, 2010, Our New, Improved, and FREE Breakfast With Your Labor Lawyer (in the Evening!)
· Labor and Employment Law: Mid-Year Update 2009 - San Diego, September 17, 2009, Breakfast With Your Labor Lawyer
· ACC San Diego Chapter JULY MCLE: Employment Law Trends and Predictions, July 23, 2009
· New Labor & Employment Laws for 2009 - La Jolla, February 24, 2009, Breakfast With Your Labor Lawyer
· The Employee Free Choice Act: No Choice At All - San Francisco, January 23, 2009
· The Employee Free Choice Act: No Choice At All - San Diego Area, January 8, 2009
· Labor and Employment Law: Mid-Year Update 2008 - La Jolla, October 8, 2008, Breakfast With Your Labor Lawyer
· Breakfast With Your Labor Lawyer - La Jolla, January 22, 2008