David Sanford is the Chairman and Co-Founder of Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, a national civil rights and public interest law firm. He advises C-suite executives, general counsel, board members, senior partners, and institutional leaders on high-stakes employment, governance, and accountability matters, often at moments of inflection for organizations and leadership teams. He has served as lead counsel in more than 50 class actions and has secured some of the most significant results in U.S. employment law, including the largest gender discrimination verdict in U.S. history. His work has been recognized by the United Nations, the U.S. Supreme Courts at the state level, and leading legal and national media organizations. He regularly lectures at top universities and appears in national media as a legal commentator on issues of workplace equity, institutional accountability, and civil rights.