Practices
David Baron is a partner in Seward & Kissel’s Employment Group. David represents and advises clients across a broad range of labor and employment matters. His approach is to provide practical guidance by balancing legal risks with each client’s unique business goals and culture, and to find creative solutions to complex problems.
David’s experience is extensive and well-rounded. As a counselor, he guides clients through complicated, sensitive, and delicate employee-related matters, including those involving restrictive covenants, executive separations, layoffs and internal employee complaints. David also advises on business transactions, conducts and oversees workplace investigations, drafts and negotiates executive and other employment agreements, and drafts and implements workplace policies.
As a litigator, David represents clients in threatened and filed lawsuits involving employment discrimination, whistleblower retaliation, wage and hour disputes, and restrictive covenants and trade secrets. He also represents management in traditional labor disputes and collective bargaining matters. He has appeared in state and federal courts, arbitration hearings and administrative agencies around the country.
David is a member of the American Employment Law Council and devotes substantial time to pro bono matters.
Publications
- Co-authored, “Employment Litigation Roundup: February 2024,” Seward & Kissel (February 29, 2024)
- Co-authored, “FDIC Adopts Enhanced Disclosure Requirements for the Offering of Deposit Products,” Seward & Kissel (February 1, 2024)
- Co-authored, “Employment Litigation Roundup: January 2024,” Seward & Kissel (January 31, 2024)
- Co-authored, “U.S. Department of Labor Finalizes Independent Contractor Rule,” Seward & Kissel (January 9, 2024)
- Co-authored, “Employment Litigation Roundup: December 2023,” Seward & Kissel (January 2, 2024)
- Co-authored, “Governor Hochul Vetoes NY Non-compete Bill,” Seward & Kissel (December 26, 2023)
- Co-authored, “Employment Litigation Roundup: November 2023,” Seward & Kissel (December 1, 2023)
- Co-authored, “Employment Litigation Roundup: October 2023,” Seward & Kissel (October 31, 2023)
- Co-authored, “Employment Law Alert: Recent SEC Fines for Failure to Provide Whistleblower Protections,” Seward & Kissel (October 2, 2023)
- Co-authored, “Employment Litigation Roundup: September 2023,” Seward & Kissel (September 18, 2023)
- Co-authored, “’An Ounce of Prevention’…How to Reduce the Risk of Litigation and Enforcement Proceedings,” Seward & Kissel (July 26, 2023)
- Co-authored, “NYS Senate Passes Bill Banning Non-competes; On to NYS Assembly,” Seward & Kissel (June 13, 2023)
- Co-authored, “The NLRB’s General Counsel is After Your Non-competes,” Seward & Kissel (June 1, 2023)