Practice Areas
Practice Accolades
The American Lawyer Magazine's Litigation Department of the Year - Labor and Employment Law Finalist 2004, Winner 2006, and Finalist 2008
Listed in the highest tier for National Labor and Employment Practice in Chambers USA 2008
Ranked #1 for "Most Prestigious" Labor and Employment Practice, Vault 2008 Associate Survey
Honors + Affiliations
Recipient, The M.H. Goldstein Memorial Award for Excellence in the Field of Labor Law
Bar Admissions
- New York
- New Jersey
- New York
- 101 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10178-0060
Phone: 212.309.6824
Fax: 212.309.6001
David A. McManus is a partner in Morgan Lewis's Labor and Employment Practice. Mr. McManus counsels and represents employers in a wide array of industries in labor and employment law matters, arising under federal, state, and local statutes, including Title VII, ADEA, ADA, FLSA, and the FMLA. He regularly represents employers in employment disputes litigated in federal and state courts, as well as various arbitral forums.
Mr. McManus is co-chair of the Labor and Employment Workforce Change Subpractice Group. He regularly counsels clients in a broad range of workforce change matters in the United States and internationally, including corporate restructuring, reductions in force, corporate transactions, and outsourcing. Mr. McManus also has experience representing employers in connection with labor and employment issues arising in the context of leaves of absence, employment-related defamation, data privacy, trade secret and restrictive covenant enforcement actions, confidential workplace investigations, and other workplace related personnel issues. His experience also includes labor relations matters under the NLRA, including collective bargaining, grievance arbitrations, unfair labor practice charges, strikes, picketing, and union organizing campaigns.
Mr. McManus also frequently develops and conducts workforce sexual harassment prevention training and diversity awareness training.
Mr. McManus is admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey.
Education
- University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1992, J.D.
- University of Virginia, 1989, B.A.
