As a Principal Attorney with The Employment Law Group® law firm, he represents federal and corporate whistleblowers who have reported their employer’s wrongdoing. Since 2003, he has victories for his clients totaling over $90 million, including a $57 million False Claims Act settlement.
“I have been fortunate to represent some very courageous clients that want justice as much as I do,” says Mr. Scher. “I love my practice because each case is different. It’s more than about law for me. My job is to fight for my clients like I would my own family member because I believe in them, our case and our judicial system.”
Mr. Scher is a frequent news commentator and has appeared on local news channels WUSA9 and WINK CBS, as well as ABC World News and on Hearst Television, Inc. stations across the country. He has also appeared on podcasts such as The Ring of Fire and The Bryan Crabtree Show, and as a guest presenter at events such as The Mass Tort Made Perfect Conference.
Additionally, Mr. Scher has been interviewed by MarketWatch, AARP, Forbes.com, Politico, and the Washington Post on topics such as employment discrimination, whistleblower retaliation, free speech issues and related employment matters.
A graduate of Cornell University and Fordham Law School, Mr. Scher began his career in New York and New Jersey practicing in the field of corporate commercial litigation. He then worked as in-house counsel for several major corporations, including Sony Electronics, Pearson PLC, and USWeb where he focused on Silicon Valley during the high point of the Internet boom, specializing in technology transactions, intellectual property, and commercial law. Since then, Mr. Scher has focused his talents on being a whistleblower lawyer that will fight for justice in qui tam, false claims act, whistleblower and rewards cases.
As one client put it, “David is like the iron fist in a velvet glove. He’s a warrior that can step into any case and do what needs to be done for his clients.”
How Your Social Media Presence Affects Your Job Search Prospects, 40Plus of Greater Washington, Mar-2017
Out of the Closet: Understanding and Responding to LGBT Workplace Discrimination, BNA Bloomberg, Oct-2015
All That Jazz: Strategies For Success When There Are Several Claims Conversing With Each Other Making A Single Work Of Art, Central Florida Gay & Lesbian Law Association, Jun-2015
Out of the Closet: Understanding and Responding to LGBT Workplace Discrimination, Central Florida Gay & Lesbian Law Association, Mar-2015
How to Recognize Medicare Fraud – Avoiding Whistleblower Lawsuits, Worldwide Business Research, Sep-2014
How to Recognize and Combat Medicare Billing Fraud, American Health Information Management Association, Mar-2015
Justice Delayed: Two Case Studies in the Overburdened Administrative Court System, American Bar Association / Section of Labor and Employment Law, Nov-2013
You Put What on Your Facebook Page?!: The Array of Thorny Employment Issues Posed by Social Networking and the Internet, American Bar Association’s (ABA), Nov-2012
Social media and employment law: risks to employees and employers, DCBAR Continuing Legal Education, Oct-2012
You Put What on your Facebook Page….’ – The Array of Thorny Employment Law Issues Posed by Social Networking and the Internet, Maryland Employment Lawyers Association, Jan-2011
Equal Pay Act Victory in the Murtagh-Cooke v. NTSB Case, Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association (MWELA), Jan-2009
The Economics of Electronic Discovery, George Mason University School of Law, Nov-2008
As a Principal Attorney with The Employment Law Group® law firm, he represents federal and corporate whistleblowers who have reported their employer’s wrongdoing. Since 2003, he has victories for his clients totaling over $90 million, including a $57 million False Claims Act settlement.
“I have been fortunate to represent some very courageous clients that want justice as much as I do,” says Mr. Scher. “I love my practice because each case is different. It’s more than about law for me. My job is to fight for my clients like I would my own family member because I believe in them, our case and our judicial system.”
Mr. Scher is a frequent news commentator and has appeared on local news channels WUSA9 and WINK CBS, as well as ABC World News and on Hearst Television, Inc. stations across the country. He has also appeared on podcasts such as The Ring of Fire and The Bryan Crabtree Show, and as a guest presenter at events such as The Mass Tort Made Perfect Conference.
Additionally, Mr. Scher has been interviewed by MarketWatch, AARP, Forbes.com, Politico, and the Washington Post on topics such as employment discrimination, whistleblower retaliation, free speech issues and related employment matters.
A graduate of Cornell University and Fordham Law School, Mr. Scher began his career in New York and New Jersey practicing in the field of corporate commercial litigation. He then worked as in-house counsel for several major corporations, including Sony Electronics, Pearson PLC, and USWeb where he focused on Silicon Valley during the high point of the Internet boom, specializing in technology transactions, intellectual property, and commercial law. Since then, Mr. Scher has focused his talents on being a whistleblower lawyer that will fight for justice in qui tam, false claims act, whistleblower and rewards cases.
As one client put it, “David is like the iron fist in a velvet glove. He’s a warrior that can step into any case and do what needs to be done for his clients.”