Bringing more than 25 years of experience, David M. Steckel serves public and private employers, counties, townships, and municipalities in a wide array of matters, including labor and employment law, business and commercial litigation for employers.
A skilled litigator, Mr. Steckel has successfully defended clients in jury trials in Pennsylvania’s state and federal courts against claims of harassment, discrimination and retaliation, as well as contract and tort issues, defamation, and grievance arbitrations. With deep knowledge in labor law, he has conducted collective bargaining negotiations on behalf of counties and public employers with respect to court-appointed units, court-related units, residual units, meet and discuss units, professional and non-professional units. Mr. Steckel has also conducted hearings before the State Civil Service Commission and Pennsylvania Labor Relations Commission.
Mr. Steckel provides counsel on a full range of labor and employment law matters, including EEO matters, wage and hour matters, FMLA and other leave matters, employee policies and manuals, OSHA and other safety matters, employment agreements, non-compete and nondisclosure agreements, and employee discipline and termination matters.
Mr. Steckel enjoys spending time with his wife and three children, as well as golfing, hiking national parks and spending time at the Disney parks.
