David Israel
David Israel, Chairman of Pinnacle Affirmative Action Services, L.L.C., is a practicing labor attorney with the law firm of Sessions, Fishman, Nathan & Israel in New Orleans, with offices in Buffalo, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Philadelphia, San Diego and Tampa. He practices in the areas of labor relations, commercial and business litigation, wrongful discharge, and employment discrimination. Mr. Israel leads the Firm’s labor and employment practice and has represented clients nationwide in all matters relating to affirmative action compliance. Following his graduation from Cornell University’s New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations with a B.S. degree in labor law, Mr. Israel attended Rutgers University Law School before graduating from Seton Hall Law School.
Since 1981, he has practiced employment law, representing management interests. He is a member of Commerce Clearing House’s National Human Resources Board and has served as an executive committee member of the American Bar Association’s Young Lawyer’s Division Labor Law Committee. He has been an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association. Mr. Israel has been a contributing editor to the journal SHRM Magazine and the Legal Trends editor of the monthly newspaper, HRNews, both published by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). He is a regular speaker for SHRM’s national conferences and regional seminars.
Mr. Israel was the founder of Optimum Affirmative Action Services in 1989. Optimum grew to be the leader in affirmative action planning prior to its merger in 2001.