David C. Kurtz

David has represented clients with labor and employment issues throughout the United States and internationally, including matters in: Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Belgium, Canada, Great Britain, Israel, Japan and Mexico.  The following are a few highlights:

• David has represented multiple employers in defending against wage and hour class actions dealing with issues concerning tips, gratuities, service charges, overtime, employee classification, meal breaks and minimum wage. Developing an aggressive, targeted strategy from the onset of the case, David has successfully defeated class certification motions and has worked tirelessly to reach early, nominal settlements in an attempt to save the time, expense and risk of litigation.
• David has first-chaired numerous disciplinary and contract interpretation labor grievance arbitrations on behalf of several of the country’s most renowned telecommunications and hospitality employers.
• Amongst dozens of employment discrimination, harassment and retaliation matters litigated or negotiated to successful conclusions, David  led the defense of a Fortune 100 company in one of the most document intensive sexual harassment cases the client had ever witnessed, negotiating a nominal settlement on the eve of trial.
• David has quarterbacked more than 20 restrictive covenant and trade secret disputes, usually achieving early settlement, but, where necessary, litigating as long as necessary to achieve the desired outcome.
• David has advised numerous clients regarding labor and employment issues arising in transactional matters, such as mergers, acquisitions and sales of businesses/business units, having developed a particular expertise in connection with health care transactions.

• Massachusetts, 1998
• New York, 2001
• California, 2020
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Boston College Law School

• J.D., cum laude, 1998
• Editor, Boston College Law Review 

University of Virginia

• B.A., 1995

At Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, workplace law is all we do – but we’re not your typical national law firm. Our clients tell us there is “a soul to Constangy that is unique and refreshing, that’s not found with other firms.” For more than 75 years, our clients have appreciated our common-sense approach and our commitment to being a real partner in helping employers navigate the prickly legal and regulatory environments of the changing workplace.

Today we have over 200 attorneys across 21 states, offering services ranging from the defense of single and multi-plaintiff employment discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims to complex wage and hour litigation, workplace safety, and affirmative action compliance issues, as well as OSHA, to workers’ compensation, ERISA and employee benefits, immigration, and labor relations.

Constangy represents a wide range of Fortune 500 corporations, small companies, government agencies and nonprofit organizations across the country. Our attorneys are consistently rated among the best by sources including Chambers USA, Martindale-Hubbell, and Best Lawyers in America, and we are ranked as a Tier 1 firm by the U.S. News & World Report/Best Law Firms survey.