David Gordon

Dave Gordon’s practice as an executive compensation consultant stretches back over a decade. He has covered a variety of industries, including extensive experience with financial institutions and utilities. In addition to engagements for his own clients, based on his years of experience as an executive compensation lawyer, he serves as the senior resource on numerous technical issues for the firm. He frequently acts as an expert witness, where his prior background as a lawyer litigating executive compensation cases gives him a unique perspective when called upon to perform services as an executive compensation expert witness.

Previously, he worked for many years as a tax lawyer and executive compensation expert at the O’Melveny & Myers law firm, where he was a senior partner, chaired the Tax Department, and headed the benefits/executive compensation practice. His practice encompassed all aspects of executive compensation, both from an employer and executive side, including litigation. He co-founded the leading newsletter on employee benefits/executive compensation litigation (“The ERISA Litigation Reporter”), which is now in its third decade of publication. He has previously been the President of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel and a Vice-Chair of the ABA Tax Section’s Committee on Employee Benefits.

Speaking Engagements and Presentations

September 29, 2017
Forum on Executive Compensation
Rethinking Executive Compensation Securities Law Disclosure Requirements

September 15, 2017
Employee Benefits Committee of American Bar Association Tax Section
Proxy Drafting in Uncertain Times

September 10, 2016
Executive Compensation Subcommittee of Business Law Section of ABA
Issues under New Pay Ratio Rules

September 15, 2015
The Corporate Governance Advisor
SEC Proposes Clawback Rules

Publications

January 23, 2025
IRS Proposed Regulations Under Section 162(m) Are Generally Unsurprising With One Glaring Exception
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August 12, 2024
The New FTC Noncompete Rule and Future Equity Awards to Senior Executives—Will These Awards Be Grandfathered?
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July 26, 2024
Courts Are Now Split on Legality of FTC’s Non-Compete Ban—Pennsylvania District Court Determines that FTC Ban is Legal
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July 19, 2024
SEC Spring 2024 Regulatory Agenda Postpones Action on Executive Compensation Rules
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October 5, 2023
SEC Investor Advisory Committee Recommendations Would Substantially Increase Human Capital Management Disclosures
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