Dave practices labor and employment law and is engaged in complex and general civil litigation. He serves as counsel to a variety of labor unions in arbitration, before the National Labor Relations Board, and in state and federal court. Dave also represents individuals in employment disputes involving discrimination claims, breach of employment contracts, prevailing wage litigation, and wrongful termination.

Dave’s complex litigation practice is focused primarily on wage and hour litigation. Currently, Dave represents workers around the country in collective actions brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Those cases involve claims by employees who have been improperly denied overtime, forced to work off-the-clock, or have been improperly designated as "exempt" from overtime laws by their employer.

In addition to practicing law, David is active in Democratic politics. Dave served as Project Coordinator at The Brookings Institution for President Bill Clinton's National Economic Advisor, Gene Sperling. In 2000, he served as Assistant Policy Coordinator the Gore-Lieberman presidential campaign, where he worked with Vice President Gore's senior policy advisors in the development and communication of the campaign's policy agenda. Most recently, Dave was elected to serve as an alternate At-Large Barack Obama Delegate to the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

Dave received his Bachelor of Arts degree from DePauw University, received his Juris Doctor from Valparaiso University School of Law, where he served in the Moot Court Honor Society. During his third-year of law school, Dave attended Vanderbilt Law School. Dave is a member of the American, Tennessee, and Nashville Bar Associations and the American and Tennessee Associations for Justice. He is an associate member of the Harry Phillips Chapter of the American Inn of Court and is a member of the AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee. From 2001 – 2004, Dave served on the DePauw University Board of Trustees. He resides with his wife and fellow bar member, Erica, in the Sylvan Park neighborhood of Nashville.