David P. Pierce
Business Litigation
Employment Law
General Litigation
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David Pierce is a Shareholder at Coolidge Wall and chairs the Litigation Department, where he successfully works with clients to resolve a variety of business and employment related disputes in federal and state courts and before various administrative agencies and in arbitrations. He is also a member of the firm’s executive committee. During more than 30 years as an attorney, he has served as counsel for parties in complex litigation; age, gender, race, disability, and national origin discrimination and harassment claims brought in the courts and before various administrative agencies; non-competition and trade secret litigation; professional malpractice litigation; securities litigation; construction litigation; defamation and tort litigation; and a variety of other disputes arising from business operations and transactions.
David has tried cases in State and Federal Court and represented clients in arbitration before the American Arbitration Association, the National Association of Securities Dealers/Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (NASD/FINRA), and other tribunals. In addition, he has served as an arbitrator, as a mediator, and lectured to professional and business organizations on a wide variety of litigation topics. David served a term as President of the Dayton Bar Association and regularly serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Dayton School of Law where he has taught Evidence, Trial Practice, or Employment Law for a number of years.
David is a Senior Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America (LCA), a designation earned by achieving the status of Fellow for seven consecutive years. The LCA is an invitation-only, trial lawyer, honorary society limited to 3,500 Fellows, or less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers. He has been recognized in Best Lawyers in America® every year since 2012 and was named "Best Lawyers Dayton Litigation - Labor and Employment Lawyer of the Year" for 2018 and 2014, a designation is given annually to a single lawyer in each practice area in each community. David has been named an Ohio Super Lawyer (2009-present) and received recognition in Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel edition on the topics of Business and Employment Litigation. He also was recognized as a Top 100 2020 Ohio Super Lawyer and a Top 50 2020 Cincinnati Super Lawyer. He is certified as a Specialist in Labor and Employment Law by the Ohio State Bar Association. David also holds an AV®Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
Bar Admissions
- Ohio, 1993
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1993
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio, 1993
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education
- University of Cincinnati College of Law, Cincinnati, Ohio
J.D. - 1993 - Vanderbilt University
B.A. - 1990
Honors: cum laude
Awards
- Named Litigation Counsel of America Senior Fellow for achieving Fellow status for seven consecutive years
- Elected Dayton Business Journal Best of the Bar
- Received AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell
- Selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America©
- Recognized in Ohio Super Lawyers and listed in Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition
- Received 2007 Allan L. Wasserman Young Leadership Award
- Received 2004 Dayton Business Journal 40 Under 40 Award
Community Leadership Activities
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Dayton Bar Association, Past President
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Dayton Bar Foundation, Past President
-
The Lawyers Club of Dayton, Treasurer
- Dayton Bar Association, President
- University of Dayton School of Law, Adjunct Professor (2004 to present)
- Greater Dayton Jewish Federation, Past President, Board of Trustees
- Montgomery County Bench Bar Conference, Co-Chair
- United Way of Greater Dayton, Leaders' Circle, Member
- Leadership Dayton, Graduate, Class of 2005
- Human Race Theatre Company, Board of Trustees, Past President
Publications
- "Electronically Stored Information- Ohio:" Emerging Issues Analysis, 2012 Emerging Issues 6655
- "Termination of Employee/Owners in Closely Held Corporations," Dayton Bar Briefs, December 2002
- "What is the Scott-Pontzer Decision and Why is it Costing Some Companies Thousands of Dollars," The Navigator, October 2002
- "Arbitration Settlements May Cost More than Trial," The Dayton Business Journal, July 2001
- "The Federal Arbitration Act: Conflicting Interpretations of its Scope," 61 U.C. Law Rev. 623 (1992)
Presentations
- "Temporary Restraining Orders and Preliminary Injunctions in Federal Court," Dayton Bar Association Federal Practice Committee
- Evidence and Expert Testimony Best Practices: National Business Institute
- Labor and Employment Update, Dayton Bar Association
- "Under the Obama Administration: Emerging Issues in Labor & Employment Law," Presentation to Dayton Bar Association
- "Keeping Secrets, Identification & Protection of Trade Secrets," 16th Annual Bench Bar Conference
- "Expert Witnesses, Daubert Challenges, and Other Hot Issues," Montgomery County Common Pleas Court
- "Trade Secrets & Covenants Not to Compete Under Ohio Law," Dayton Intellectual Property Law Association
- "Covenants Not to Compete in Ohio," Lorman Education Services
- "Achieving Favorable Settlements in Ohio," National Business Institute
- "Complaint to Verdict, Trial of a Civil Case," Dayton Bar Association
- "Document Gathering, Production and Management for Litigation Paralegals in Ohio," Institute for Paralegal Education
- "What You Need to Know About Public Records and Open Meeting in Ohio," Lorman Educational Services
- Sixteen Coolidge Wall Attorneys Selected for The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 Edition (8/17/2023)
- Litigator David Pierce Gives Jury Selection Lecture (3/4/2022)
- Sixteen Coolidge Wall Attorneys Selected for The Best Lawyers in America® 2022 Edition (8/23/2021)
- Ohio Passes Employment Law Uniformity Act Shortening Statutes of Limitation (2/17/2021)
- Lunch and Learn Legal Update: The Latest on COVID-19 for Employers (1/7/2021)
- Eight Coolidge Wall Attorneys Named 2021 Ohio Super Lawyers (12/15/2020)
- New Ohio COVID-19 Law Provides Businesses with Broad Immunity (9/15/2020)
- Eighteen Coolidge Wall Attorneys Selected for The Best Lawyers in America® 2021 Edition (8/20/2020)
- David Pierce Named New Chair of Coolidge Wall’s Litigation Department (8/20/2020)
- Discrimination Law Protects Homosexual and Transgender Workers (6/17/2020)
Professional Associations
and Community Involvement
Professional
Past President, Dayton Bar Foundation
Past President, Dayton Bar Association
Dayton Bar Association , Past Chair, Labor and Employment Committee, Federal Practice and Professionalism Committees
Ohio State Bar Association
Senior Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys, Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee
Carl D. Kessler Inn of Court, Past President
Community
Board Member, Dayton Bar Foundation
Treasurer, The Lawyers Club of Dayton
David P. Pierce
Business Litigation
Employment Law
General Litigation
Phone:
(937) 449-5543
Fax:
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David Pierce is a Shareholder at Coolidge Wall and chairs the Litigation Department, where he successfully works with clients to resolve a variety of business and employment related disputes in federal and state courts and before various administrative agencies and in arbitrations. He is also a member of the firm’s executive committee. During more than 30 years as an attorney, he has served as counsel for parties in complex litigation; age, gender, race, disability, and national origin discrimination and harassment claims brought in the courts and before various administrative agencies; non-competition and trade secret litigation; professional malpractice litigation; securities litigation; construction litigation; defamation and tort litigation; and a variety of other disputes arising from business operations and transactions.
David has tried cases in State and Federal Court and represented clients in arbitration before the American Arbitration Association, the National Association of Securities Dealers/Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (NASD/FINRA), and other tribunals. In addition, he has served as an arbitrator, as a mediator, and lectured to professional and business organizations on a wide variety of litigation topics. David served a term as President of the Dayton Bar Association and regularly serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Dayton School of Law where he has taught Evidence, Trial Practice, or Employment Law for a number of years.
David is a Senior Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America (LCA), a designation earned by achieving the status of Fellow for seven consecutive years. The LCA is an invitation-only, trial lawyer, honorary society limited to 3,500 Fellows, or less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers. He has been recognized in Best Lawyers in America® every year since 2012 and was named "Best Lawyers Dayton Litigation - Labor and Employment Lawyer of the Year" for 2018 and 2014, a designation is given annually to a single lawyer in each practice area in each community. David has been named an Ohio Super Lawyer (2009-present) and received recognition in Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel edition on the topics of Business and Employment Litigation. He also was recognized as a Top 100 2020 Ohio Super Lawyer and a Top 50 2020 Cincinnati Super Lawyer. He is certified as a Specialist in Labor and Employment Law by the Ohio State Bar Association. David also holds an AV®Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
Bar Admissions
- Ohio, 1993
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1993
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio, 1993
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education
- University of Cincinnati College of Law, Cincinnati, Ohio
J.D. - 1993 - Vanderbilt University
B.A. - 1990
Honors: cum laude
Awards
- Named Litigation Counsel of America Senior Fellow for achieving Fellow status for seven consecutive years
- Elected Dayton Business Journal Best of the Bar
- Received AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell
- Selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America©
- Recognized in Ohio Super Lawyers and listed in Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition
- Received 2007 Allan L. Wasserman Young Leadership Award
- Received 2004 Dayton Business Journal 40 Under 40 Award
Community Leadership Activities
-
Dayton Bar Association, Past President
-
Dayton Bar Foundation, Past President
-
The Lawyers Club of Dayton, Treasurer
- Dayton Bar Association, President
- University of Dayton School of Law, Adjunct Professor (2004 to present)
- Greater Dayton Jewish Federation, Past President, Board of Trustees
- Montgomery County Bench Bar Conference, Co-Chair
- United Way of Greater Dayton, Leaders' Circle, Member
- Leadership Dayton, Graduate, Class of 2005
- Human Race Theatre Company, Board of Trustees, Past President
Publications
- "Electronically Stored Information- Ohio:" Emerging Issues Analysis, 2012 Emerging Issues 6655
- "Termination of Employee/Owners in Closely Held Corporations," Dayton Bar Briefs, December 2002
- "What is the Scott-Pontzer Decision and Why is it Costing Some Companies Thousands of Dollars," The Navigator, October 2002
- "Arbitration Settlements May Cost More than Trial," The Dayton Business Journal, July 2001
- "The Federal Arbitration Act: Conflicting Interpretations of its Scope," 61 U.C. Law Rev. 623 (1992)
Presentations
- "Temporary Restraining Orders and Preliminary Injunctions in Federal Court," Dayton Bar Association Federal Practice Committee
- Evidence and Expert Testimony Best Practices: National Business Institute
- Labor and Employment Update, Dayton Bar Association
- "Under the Obama Administration: Emerging Issues in Labor & Employment Law," Presentation to Dayton Bar Association
- "Keeping Secrets, Identification & Protection of Trade Secrets," 16th Annual Bench Bar Conference
- "Expert Witnesses, Daubert Challenges, and Other Hot Issues," Montgomery County Common Pleas Court
- "Trade Secrets & Covenants Not to Compete Under Ohio Law," Dayton Intellectual Property Law Association
- "Covenants Not to Compete in Ohio," Lorman Education Services
- "Achieving Favorable Settlements in Ohio," National Business Institute
- "Complaint to Verdict, Trial of a Civil Case," Dayton Bar Association
- "Document Gathering, Production and Management for Litigation Paralegals in Ohio," Institute for Paralegal Education
- "What You Need to Know About Public Records and Open Meeting in Ohio," Lorman Educational Services
- Sixteen Coolidge Wall Attorneys Selected for The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 Edition (8/17/2023)
- Litigator David Pierce Gives Jury Selection Lecture (3/4/2022)
- Sixteen Coolidge Wall Attorneys Selected for The Best Lawyers in America® 2022 Edition (8/23/2021)
- Ohio Passes Employment Law Uniformity Act Shortening Statutes of Limitation (2/17/2021)
- Lunch and Learn Legal Update: The Latest on COVID-19 for Employers (1/7/2021)
- Eight Coolidge Wall Attorneys Named 2021 Ohio Super Lawyers (12/15/2020)
- New Ohio COVID-19 Law Provides Businesses with Broad Immunity (9/15/2020)
- Eighteen Coolidge Wall Attorneys Selected for The Best Lawyers in America® 2021 Edition (8/20/2020)
- David Pierce Named New Chair of Coolidge Wall’s Litigation Department (8/20/2020)
- Discrimination Law Protects Homosexual and Transgender Workers (6/17/2020)
Professional Associations
and Community Involvement
Professional
Past President, Dayton Bar Foundation
Past President, Dayton Bar Association
Dayton Bar Association , Past Chair, Labor and Employment Committee, Federal Practice and Professionalism Committees
Ohio State Bar Association
Senior Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys, Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee
Carl D. Kessler Inn of Court, Past President
Community
Board Member, Dayton Bar Foundation
Treasurer, The Lawyers Club of Dayton
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