David A. Tango is a partner in the Newark office of Lewis Brisbois and a member of the Labor & Employment Practice. Mr. Tango is an experienced labor and employment attorney who focuses his practice on the representation of employers in federal and state courts, and before federal and state administrative agencies, in actions alleging employment discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.

Mr. Tango also defends employers in wage and hour collective and class actions brought in federal and state courts, as well as investigations and proceedings before federal and state departments of labor.

In addition, Mr. Tango counsels employers in personnel matters, including hiring, discipline, terminations, requests for accommodations, requests for leave, personnel policies and handbooks, and internal investigations.

Mr. Tango also has significant experience in representing employers in traditional labor matters, including proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board, collective bargaining, grievance arbitrations, and union organizing drives and elections.

Mr. Tango has been selected each year since 2016 as a New Jersey Super Lawyer Rising Star.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Tango served as a law clerk to the Honorable Peter G. Sheridan, U.S.D.J., United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Admissions

• State Bar Admissions
  • District of Columbia
  • New Jersey
  • New York
• United States District Courts
  • United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
  • United States District Court for the Western District of New York
• United States Courts of Appeals
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Admissions

New Jersey

New York

District of Columbia

Third Circuit Court of Appeals

United States District Court for the District of New Jersey

United States District Court for the Western District of New York

Awards & Honors

New Jersey Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2016–2019

Education

Fordham University School of Law

Juris Doctor

St. Peter's University

Bachelor of Arts in History and in Communications, summa cum laude