David Schein

President and General Counsel of Claremont Management Group, Inc., he provides consulting on employment and business matters to many businesses and entrepreneurial ventures. His expert analysis and counsel in employment and business law matters is based on over thirty years of practical experience, including a decade with Fortune 50 companies.

Dr. Schein is also a licensed attorney, admitted to the Bar Associations of Texas and Virginia. He focuses his practice on employment matters, mediation and arbitration. He is a qualified mediator in Texas and a Certified Mediator in Virginia. He has also been qualified as a member of International Association of Collaborative Practice and Collaborative Practice of Richmond.

During his extended career, he has had the opportunity to work with some of the world’s largest corporations and some of the country’s smallest. He enjoys the challenge of making business function at the next level. His business philosophy is founded in courses at the Wharton Graduate Business School and an earned MBA at the Colgate Darden Graduate Business School of the University of Virginia. His skills have been sharpened by extensive and varied business situations. Dr. Schein describes his management approach as: “Applied Linear Thought.” This involves doing things that make sense and avoiding complex “solutions” that many times do not work as well as common sense. Dr. Schein works nationwide with businesses in achieving a more productive workforce. Dr. Schein is also assisting health care providers, insurers and employers in compliance issues related to the privacy and security provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”). His extensive experience in legislative analysis, policy development and training makes him a valuable resource.

Known as an excellent speaker in person and in the media, he has done numerous seminars and lectures from New York and Florida to California. On the lecture circuit, he is known as the “Employment Guru” due to his depth of understanding of employment issues, and his ability to explain the possible approaches and solutions. His primary topics involve employment issues, business law, dispute resolution matters and HIPAA implementation.

Dr. Schein is an Assistant Professor at Virginia State University and an adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Maryland University College. He has contributed publications to academic journals and appeared at various academic conferences. He is a member of the Society for Business Ethics, Academy of Management and the Academy for Legal Studies in Business.

He has been published in numerous national and regional publications and is the editor of Claremont Management Group’s Employment Notes newsletter. He hosted the Its Your Job! radio program in 2008 and 2009.

Ph.D. – University of Virginia, JD – University of Houston,
MBA – University of Virginia, BA – University of Pennsylvania.