David H. Hill

Associate

David H. Hill is an associate in Morgan Lewis's Labor and Employment Practice. Mr. Hill represents clients in multiple jurisdictions throughout the country and focuses his practice on defending employers at the administrative, trial, and appellate levels. Mr. Hill’s practice covers the full spectrum of employment and labor litigation, including lawsuits alleging race, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, and religious discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in violation of federal law, state statutes, and local ordinances.

Mr. Hill has represented employers in whistleblower lawsuits, single-plaintiff lawsuits, class actions, wage and hour collective actions brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act, and complex multijurisdictional litigation, as well as in cases involving covenants not to compete, wrongful discharge, intentional infliction of emotional distress, unjust enrichment, breach of contract, and other employment-related torts. He also assists employers in responding to administrative complaints brought before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Florida Commission on Human Relations.

In addition, Mr. Hill assists employers with policy drafting, internal investigations of employee complaints, strategic restructuring, and separation agreements and releases. He regularly advises management regarding compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, and provides clients with day-to-day advice on a wide range of employment issues such as employee discipline and implementation of employment policies.

Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Mr. Hill worked as a prosecutor, where he tried a dozen cases to jury verdict and several more to verdict before judges.

Mr. Hill earned his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Miami School of Law in 2006, where he was awarded the Miami Scholar Scholarship. While in law school, he worked as the supervisor of the law school writing center and as a teaching assistant for advanced criminal procedure. He also was the executive editor for the Psychology, Public Policy and Law Journal. Mr. Hill earned his B.A. in psychology, with a minor in German, from the University of Texas at Austin in 2003.

Mr. Hill is admitted to practice in Florida and before the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Florida.