David A. Kadela
Shareholder
Professional & Community Affiliations
Member
Labor and Employment Law Section
American Bar Association
Former Management Co-Chair
Committee on Practice and Procedure Before the NLRB, Labor and Employment Law Section
American Bar Association
Member
Litigation Section
American Bar Association
Member
Employee Benefits Section
American Bar Association
Member
Labor and Employment Section
Ohio State Bar Association
Member
Labor and Employment Section
Columbus Bar Association
Member
Human Resources Association of Central Ohio
Recognition
Named, The Best Lawyers in America®
2013-2025
Awarded, AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rating
Martindale-Hubbell
Named, Super Lawyer
Ohio
Super Lawyers
2011-2020
Fellow
College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
Inducted 2010
News, Analysis & Press
Best Lawyers in America© 2020 Edition Honors More Than 200 Littler Lawyers; 14 Named Lawyer of the Year
August 15, 2019
The Best Lawyers in America© Honors More Than 180 Littler Lawyers in Its 2017 Edition
August 16, 2016
Buyer Beware – Continuing Its Controversial Changes, NLRB Increases the Price Tag of a Successor's Unlawful Failure to Hire Its Predecessor's Employees
Insight
October 8, 2014
Littler Attorneys Named in Best Lawyers in America® 2014 Edition
August 15, 2013
Labor attorney: NHL Players Association union decertification not a slam dunk to end lockout
Columbus Business First
December 21, 2012
Best Lawyers in America® Names 164 Littler Attorneys to 2013 Edition
September 7, 2012
Two-Member NLRB Majority Adopts Unprecedented Resolution to Move Forward With Subset of Election Rule Amendments
Insight
December 5, 2011
Two-Member NLRB Majority Adopts Unprecedented Resolution to Move Forward With Subset of Election Rule Amendments
ASAP
December 5, 2011
Congress May Cripple NLRB Post-Liebman, Becker
Employment Law360
August 28, 2011
NLRB Election Rule Amendments Jeopardize Fairness and Accuracy
San Francisco and Los Angeles Daily Journal
August 2, 2011
New Process Steel v. NLRB – Supreme Court Holds Two-Member NLRB not Authorized to Issue Hundreds of Decisions
LEL FLASH
American Bar Association (ABA)
August 2010
Littler Attorneys Kadela and Pogrebin Inducted as College of Labor & Employment Fellows
June 22, 2010
Managing the Post-9/11 Workplace, How to Avoid New Legal Landmines
Columbus CEO
October 2006
Class Action Lawsuits Rising as More Grievances Emerge
Columbus Business First
April 19, 2004
Telecommuting Requires Firms Connect with Policies
Columbus Business First
April 1, 2002
Books & Book Chapters
- How to Take a Case Before the NLRB, Bloomberg BNA, 8th Ed., Co-Editor-In-Chief, 2011
Speaking Engagements
2020 Hot Topics in Employment and Labor Law
Columbus, OH
February 26, 2020
Labor Law Issues for Non-Unionized Employers
2014 Ohio Employer Conference
Littler Mendelson, Warrensville Heights, OH
October 23, 2014
Employer’s Beware: The NLRB’s Pro-Labor Agenda Is Tipping the Scales Toward Unions
American Gas Association
July 15, 2014
Practical Tips for Navigating the Obama Administration’s Labor Agenda for Non-Union and Union Employers
Association of Corporate Counsel, Central Ohio Chapter
June 12, 2014
Translating the Trends: Mobile Communications, the Consumerization of IT, Social Media, the Cloud and Big Data Meet the Workforce
Human Resources Association of Central Ohio
July 18, 2013
Labor Relations 2013—Employer Preparedness, Compliance, and Strategy
The 2013 Executive Employer® Conference
Littler Mendelson, Scottsdale, AZ
May 8, 2013
Traditional Labor Law Issues at Local Distribution Companies
American Gas Association
July 17, 2012
Labor and Employment Law Roundtable
Association of Corporate Counsel, Central Ohio Chapter
August 4, 2011
NLRB Meeting on Proposed Election Rule Elements
July 19, 2011
Legislative Update: A Brand New (Work) Day Revisited
Human Resources Association of Central Ohio
April 27, 2010
Workplace Change in the Obama Era
November 10, 2009
The Employee Free Choice Act: The Employer View
Ohio State Bar Association
September 20, 2007
Recent NLRB Decisions
2007 Mid-Winter Meeting, Committee on Practice and Procedure Under the NLRA - American Bar Association (ABA)
March 10, 2007
Blogging and Other Technology in the Workplace
Association of Corporate Counsel, Central Ohio Chapter
September 13, 2006
The Contingent Workforce: Legal Risks Associated with Using Independent Contractors and Staffing Firms
Association of Corporate Counsel, Central Ohio Chapter
May 9, 2005
Navigating the Wage-Hour Minefield: New DOL Exemptions Compliance and Wage-Hour Class Action Litigation
Association of Corporate Counsel, Central Ohio Chapter
August 15, 2004
Ethical Issues in the Trial of Unfair Labor Practice Cases
Annual Meeting - American Bar Association
August 3, 2001
Education
- J.D., University of Detroit School of Law, 1981
- B.A., University of Michigan, 1978
Courts
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia