David S. Fortney, co-founder of Fortney & Scott, LLC, a Washington, D.C.-based law firm and former Acting Solicitor of Labor, has a broad-based practice representing and counseling employers and executives in employment and labor matters, including legal compliance with equal employment opportunity requirements and effective diversity, equity and inclusion and pay equity initiatives, wage and hour matters, and federal contractor’s affirmative action and non-discrimination obligations. He frequently represents clients before federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Labor’s agencies and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. He is also a Co-Chair of The Institute for Workplace Equality.