Publications

• Editor, Virginia Employment Law Letter, 2003 - 2006
• Columnist, Richmond Times-Dispatch's Metro Business Section Employment Law Column, 1986-1990

Honors

• Listed in Best Lawyers in America (Labor & Employment Law, & Appellate Law)
• Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business
• Listed in Virginia Super Lawyers
• Listed in Virginia Business, Legal Elite
• Listed in Richmond Magazine, Top Lawyers
• Martindale-Hubbell, AV Rating since 1986

Presentations, Teaching Engagements and Interviews

• Advanced Employment Issues Symposium (2003-Present)
• Virginia CLE Foundation's Annual Employment Law Update (1991-2006)
• Virginia Bar Association Annual Employment Law Conference (1988-2004)
• Guest instructor for VCU Schools of Business and Health Administration; University of Richmond Schools of Law and Business; Virginia Tech School of Business; Virginia Military Institute; Longwood College
• Approximately 300 presentations in 20+ states (and Ireland) to a variety of academic, professional, business, trade and civic audiences

Significant Cases

• Circuit City Stores v. Adams, 532 U.S. 105 (2001)

David Nagle is a Partner in the Richmond office of Jackson Lewis LLP.  He is frequently called upon to represent employers in all manner of litigation arising from the employment relationship, including claims based on allegations of employment discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful discharge, breach of contract, unpaid wages, defamation, invasion of privacy, and various other statutory, contract and tort claims.  In addition, Mr. Nagle has considerable experience in trial and appellate courts enforcing agreements to arbitrate workplace claims, including his successful argument on behalf of the employer in Circuit City Stores v. Adams, 532 U.S. 105 (2001).  He practices primarily in the federal courts throughout the country, and appears before state courts in Virginia.  He represents employers before administrative agencies, including the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Department of Labor, and his practice includes traditional labor law matters, where he assists employers with union avoidance and decertification.

Much of Mr. Nagle’s time is devoted to counseling employers with respect to personnel policies and practices, in an effort to ensure awareness of and compliance with applicable employment laws, in order to avoid the disruption, expense and uncertainty of litigation.  To that end, he assists employers in developing and implementing employee handbooks, employment contracts, restrictive covenants, and arbitration programs, and provides management training.  His clients include employers in both the private and public sectors, including one of the world’s largest airlines, a prominent national retail chain, financial institutions, publishers, manufacturers, local government and trade associations.

He has taught classes on employment law at the University of Richmond Management Institute and the Medical College of Virginia School of Health Administration, and has given approximately 300 presentations around the country to a wide range of professional, trade, civic and academic audiences.  He was the editor of the Virginia Employment Law Letter (2003-2006), has published several articles on employment topics, and authored a weekly column on employment law topics in the Richmond Times-Dispatch for several years.  He is on the American Arbitration Association’s Panel of Arbitrators for employment cases, has served on the Executive Council of the Labor Relations and Employment Law section of the Virginia Bar Association, and is active in the Equal Employment Opportunity and Employee Rights & Responsibilities Committees of the ABA’s Labor and Employment Law Section.

Mr. Nagle has received recognition from his peers.  He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America as well as in Chambers USA:  America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (www.chambersandpartners.com).  He has been selected as one of the “Legal Elite” for each of the eight years that Virginia Business has published such a list, and was first among employment lawyers in Richmond magazine’s “Top Lawyers” rankings.