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Daniel H. Dorson

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Daniel Dorson is an associate in the Labor & Employment Law Department and a member of the Labor-Management Relation Group. Daniel represents unionized and non-unionized employers in all stages of labor-management relations including union organizing campaigns, collective bargaining negotiations, contract administration, grievance arbitrations, work stoppages, and day-to-day labor relations issues. Daniel also represents employers in proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board including representation petitions, unfair labor practice charges, and compliance matters.

Daniel also has experience representing employers in federal court and before state and federal administrative agencies. He has defended employers against single plaintiff claims and class and collective actions alleging discrimination, harassment, and wage and hour violations.

While in law school, Daniel interned for the National Football League and the Arizona Coyotes. Prior to beginning his legal career, Daniel worked in football operations and administration for the Arizona Cardinals, Detroit Lions, Miami Dolphins, and Indianapolis Colts.

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On October 29, 2026, in California Chamber of Commerce v. Bonta, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the Eastern District of California’s preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of California’s “captive audience” meeting law, which prohibits employers from conducting mandatory meetings about certain issues. In the past two decades, a dozen states have adopted similar laws to ban captive audience meetings, but California’s is the first to be…

On December 26, 2025, a federal judge in the Eastern District of California granted the National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB” or “Board”) bid for a preliminary injunction to block enforcement of recently enacted labor legislation that empowers the California Public Employment Relations Board (“PERB”) to regulate certain private-sector labor relations in the state. With the injunction, however, the NLRB will retain its jurisdiction as the…