Fortney & Scott, LLC

1909 K Street NW
Suite 330 Washington D.C. 20006 U.S.A.

David S. Fortney

Employment Law for Management, Labor & Employment Law

  • Pennsylvania State University, B.A.
  • Duquesne University School of Law, J.D.
  • Associate Editor, Duquesne University School of Law Review
  • Acting Solicitor, 1991-1992, Deputy Solicitor, 1990-1991, and Associate Deputy Solicitor, 1989-1990 (U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor)
  • Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers; Member, National Advisory Committee for Labor Provisions of U.S. Free Trade Agreements
  • Member, Committee on the Future of the Workplace, President’s Council on the 21st Century Workforce, 2002-2004
  • Co-Editor of the Federal Employment Law Insider monthly newsletter; Co-Author of Military Leave Compliance Kit, “An Employer’s Guide to Understanding and Managing USERRA,” M. Lee Smith Publishers, 2001; Lead author of Guide to Employee Leave, by Warren, Gorham & Lamont, 1996; Chapter Author of Family and Medical Leave Act Treatise, by ABA/BNA, 2002; Chapter Editor of The Family and Medical Leave Act, BNA Books, 2006
  • Member, American Bar Association (Member, Labor and Employment Section, Equal Employment Opportunity Committee; Chair, National Program, 2001-2002; Government Liaison, 2002-present); Federalist Society (Chair, Labor & Employment Committee, 2002-2004); Member, Society for Human Resource Management; recognized by the CHAMBERS USA survey of America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in 2007, 2006, and 2005 as a leading employment lawyer in Washington, D.C.; recognized as a Washington D.C. Area Best Lawyer in labor and employment law in the 2008 edition of the Best Lawyers in America
  • Assigned Martindale Hubbell’s highest AV rating