David S. McFadden is an attorney at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. He served at the US Department of Labor in the administrations of Presidents George W. Bush and Donald J Trump. He was an attorney-advisor at the District of Columbia Public Employee Relations Board, a public employer labor relations specialist at the Freedom Foundation, and the senior associate in the law firm of Gelpi and Associates in New Orleans. He is admitted to the bars of Ohio, Louisiana, and the District of Columbia. He has his bachelor’s degree from the University of Chicago, a JD from the University of Akron, and an LLM from Tulane University.