David Reese

• Hired through the Attorney General’s Honors Program.

• Investigated and brought suit against state and local government employers for employment discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994. Litigated USERRA enforcement actions against private employers.

• Litigated complex “pattern or practice” Title VII enforcement actions alleging disparate impact discrimination by public employers, including the City of New York, the Massachusetts Department of Correction, and the Rhode Island Department of Corrections.

• In association with federal and state law enforcement partners, investigated and prosecuted violations of federal criminal statutes relating to law enforcement misconduct, bias-motivated crimes, human trafficking, and other offenses in jurisdictions across the United States.

• Successfully investigated and obtained guilty pleas in a variety of matters involving law enforcement misconduct and bias-motivated crimes.

• Tried police excessive-force case in Fresno, California, correctional excessive-force cases in Montgomery, Alabama, and hate-crime case in Tampa, Florida.

• Detailed for six months to serve as a Special Assistant United States Attorney with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. Conducted twenty-six domestic violence bench trials in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

First tour in the Criminal Section. Returned to the Employment Litigation Section in 2015 because of impact of frequent travel on my family.