David Ballew represents unions in both private and public sectors throughout the Pacific Northwest in day-to-day matters, arbitration, unfair labor practice proceedings and civil litigation. In addition, David represents Trust funds which provide benefits to workers and their families. His representation of Trust Funds has included litigation involving collections, benefit denials, withdrawal liability, and Trustee deadlock arbitration. David has served as a co-chair for the Pacific Coast Labor and Employment Law Conference Labor Subcommittee and as a speaker at the 17th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference of the American Bar Association.
David is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Washington, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court. David has also been admitted pro hac vice in U.S. District Courts throughout the Western states. David has been selected as one of the Top Attorneys in Washington by Washington Super Lawyers Magazine and Seattle Met Magazine in 2013, 2016, and 2018 - 2024.
Representative cases include Ben Franklin Transit (Teamsters Local 839), Decision 13409-A (PECB, 2022); Ben Franklin Transit (Teamsters Local 760); Decision 13550 (PECB, 2022); Pasco Housing Authority, Decision 5927-A (PECB, 1997) aff'd, 98 Wn. App. 809 (2000); Benton County, Decision 12920-A (PECB, 2019); Northwest Dairy Ass'n v. Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Tr. Fund, No. C17-0214RSL, 2017 BL 442385 (W.D. Wash. Dec. 11, 2017); Lewis County, 126 BNA LA 1336 (Romeo, 2009); United Parcel Service, 124 BNA LA 1032 (Gaba, 2007).