David M. Ermer
Washington, DC

Mr. Ermer is a managing partner of the firm. During law school, he was a member of the law review and was admitted to the Order of the Coif, a national legal honor society. Since entering private practice in 1979, he has developed substantial expertise in litigating labor, employment discrimination, and employee benefits matters at both the trial and appellate levels. He also has been responsible for providing legal counsel to ERISA-governed single-employer health and welfare plans, to jointly trusted Taft-Hartley pension and health and welfare plans, to voluntary employee beneficiary associations, and to several Federal Employees Health Benefits Plans. Through this work, he has become well versed in current topics in the employee benefits and government contracts fields. He has developed extensive expertise in government contract cost allow ability and cost accounting issues and HIPAA administrative simplification issues. He leads monthly discussion groups for Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan executives and for lawyers interested in that field. He currently maintains a FEHBlog on health care policy issues affecting Federal Employees Health Benefits Plans.

Areas of Practice:
			Government Contract Law
			Health Law
			Employee Benefits Law
			Insurance Law
			Trial and Appellate Practice
Bar Admissions:
			District of Columbia, 1979
Education:
			George Washington University National Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1979 J.D. Honors: Magna Cum Laude
			Order of the Coif Law Review: George Washington Law Review, Member
			University of Connecticut, 1976 B.A. Honors: Summa Cum Laude
Published Works:
			“Prescription Drug Importation and Reimportation” Washington College of Law’s Health Law & Justice Brief, Winter 2007
			“Employer Liability in the managed care Setting” International Foundation's Employee Benefits Journal, June 1993
			Articles on Employment Law Issues Affecting Government Contractors BNA’s Compensation and Benefits Guide
			Article on ERISA The Complete Lawyer, American Bar Association’s Journal, July 1998
			“Patient Bill of Rights” American Health Lawyers Association’s HMOs & Health Plans Newsletter
Professional Associations and Memberships:
			District of Columbia Bar, Member
			American Bar Association, Member