David Sanford

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Chairman of Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP

Experience: 27 years

District of Columbia, Maryland, New York and 5 others

Labor & Employment Star, Recognized for work in the field of “Employment Law - Individuals” and 18 others

Awards 20

Experience 27y

Videos 2

Online & Web 9

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David Sanford is the Chairman and Co-Founder of Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP, a national law firm with offices in the District of Columbia, New York, California, Tennessee, and Maryland. He received his J.D. from Stanford Law School, M.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and B.A. from Vassar College. David has recovered more than one billion dollars for individual clients and the United States government since 2004.

David represents C-suite executives and non-managerial hourly employees throughout the US. He has served as lead counsel in more than 50 class actions and numerous qui tam cases around the country and represented more than 100 general counsel and attorneys (in-house and outside counsel) in contract disputes, employment matters, and severance packages.

David was inducted into the National Law Journal’s “Elite Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame” and named among the top 100 trial lawyers in America by the National Trial Lawyers. He is recognized as a “Top Employment Lawyer” by American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel and the National Law Journal; and rated “Band One” by Chambers. Recognized by Law360 as an “Employment Lawyer MVP” and as a “Titan of the Plaintiffs’ Bar,” David has also been selected as a “Super Lawyer” in both Washington, DC and New York. Since 2006, he has been AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating given to an attorney by judges and attorneys nationwide.

He sits on the Board of the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem and on the Board of Corps Africa. David is a member of the advisory board of the Foundation for Advocacy, Inclusion, and Resources, a non-profit focused on increasing diversity in the plaintiffs’ employment bar and raising public consciousness about workers’ rights; is on the advisory board of Aernos; and is an advisory forum member of the Stanford University Center on the Legal Profession.

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

District of Columbia

District of Columbia Bar
Since 1998

Maryland

Maryland Court of Appeals
Since 1997

New York

New York State Office of Court Administration

1st Circuit

2nd Circuit

7th Circuit

D.C. Circuit

U.S. Supreme Court

Professional Experience

Current

Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem

Board of Directors Member

Current

Board of Corps Africa

Member

Current

The Center for WorkLife Law

Board of Directors Member

Current

Foundation for Advocacy, Inclusion and Resources

Advisory Board Member

Education

Stanford University

J.D. (1995)

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

A.B.D. (1985)

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

M.A. (1984)

Vassar College

B.A. (1980)

Awards

year - David Sanford

Labor & Employment Star

Benchmark Litigation

Recognized for work in the field of “Employment Law - Individuals”

Best Lawyers in America

year - David Sanford

Titan of the Plaintiffs Bar

Law360

Attorney of the Year Finalist

The American Lawyer

Labor & Employment Attorney of the Year

Benchmark Litigation

Labor & Employment Star

Benchmark Litigation

Employment MVP

Law360

year - David Sanford

DC Super Lawyer

Super Lawyers

year - David Sanford

2015 Inductee

Elite Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame

Employment MVP

Law360

DC Super Lawyer

Super Lawyers

NY Metro Super Lawyer

Super Lawyers

year - David Sanford

Employment MVP

Law360

Titan of the Plaintiffs Bar

Law360

year - David Sanford

AV Rating

Martindale-Hubbell

David Sanford

Top 10 Wage & Hour Trial Lawyers

National Trial Lawyers

Top Rated Employment Lawyer

American Lawyer

Top Rated Employment Lawyer

Corporate Counsel

Employment Advisory Board

Law360

Top Rated Employment Lawyer

National Law Journal

Contacts

Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP 1350 Avenue of the Americas 31st Floor New York NY 10019 Telephone: (646) 402-5650 Fax: (646) 402-5651

Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP 700 Pennsylvania Avenue SE Suite 300 Washington DC 20003 Telephone: (202) 499-5200 Fax: (202) 499-5199

Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP 111 S. Calvert Street Suite 1950 Baltimore MD 21202 Telephone: (410) 834-7420 Fax: (410) 834-7425

Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP 611 Commerce Street Suite 3100 Nashville TN 37203 Telephone: (615) 434-7000 Fax: (615) 434-7020

Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP 111 Sutter Street Suite 975 San Francisco CA 94104 Telephone: (415) 795-2020 Fax: (415) 795-2021

Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP 655 West Broadway Suite 1700 San Diego CA 92101 Telephone: (619) 577-4253 Fax: (619) 577-4250

Videos

David Sanford, Chairman at Sanford Heisler Sharp

Sanford Heisler Sharp’s Chairman David Sanford discusses his passion for representing employees and for the law and civil rights.

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