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David A. Metzler


Director of Human Resources

One Rodney Square
920 North King Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19801

302.651.7616 - direct
302.498.7616 - fax
metzler@rlf.com
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Assistant Contact

Kristen Cahill
302.651.7697 - direct
cahill@rlf.com

David A. Metzler is a Human Resources change agent with over thirty years’ experience in consumer product and service environments. Dave’s focus is on strategic planning, program design and development, and implementation of people-centric business solutions.

Head of Human Resources at the firm, Dave supervises employment and staffing, compensation, retirement and benefits, training and development, employee and community relations, and safety and security. Through subordinate managers, he oversees other major support services for the firm, including library services, records and conflict services, secretarial and reception services, and paralegal support. In addition, Dave works with the firm’s Operations, Benefits, Paralegal, Employment Contract and Investment Committees.

Dave has hands-on experience at managerial through executive levels in regional, national and global organizations such as Johnson & Johnson, Avon Products, Fujitsu, Bahlsen, Posi-Seal Int’l, Austin Quality Foods and Ikon Office Solutions.

In addition, Dave is a retired US Army Lieutenant Colonel with 7 years of active and 21 years of reserve duty.

Representative Experience
Professional and Community Activities
  • Member, Society of Human Resources Management
  • Member, World at Work
  • Member, Association of Legal Administrators
  • Former Member and Paul Harris Fellow, Rotary International
  • Former Board Member, Cary (N.C.) Chamber of Commerce
  • Member, Philadelphia St. Andrews Society, providing scholarships to college student exchanges between the US and Scotland
Professional Recognition
  • Certified Sr. Professional of Human Resources (SPHR)
  • Certified Compensation Professional (CCP)
Pro Bono Activities
Awards and Accolades

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Practice Areas
Education
  • M.B.A., HR Management, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1984
  • M.A., Employment & Labor Relations, Rutgers University, 1977
  • B.S., US Military Academy, 1969
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