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Vice President of Industrial Relations
Contact for law and labor issues

David Zurvalec represents the interests of the manufacturing community on employment issues to the legislature, regulatory and judicial agencies and administrative officials. He is responsible for the areas of employment training, equal employment opportunity, health care benefits, labor relations, occupational safety and health, unemployment insurance, wage and hour and workers’ compensation issues. In addition, he coordinates the MMA Lawyers Committee and their amicus curiae (friend of the court) briefs, which advocate manufacturing industry positions in legal disputes.

Zurvalec has been with MMA for more than 25 years, serving as associate vice president of industrial relations, director of industrial relations and government affairs attorney prior to being named vice president in 1992. Before joining MMA, he was a legal researcher in labor relations for the Michigan Supreme Court.

Zurvalec holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Michigan. He received his juris doctor degree from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School and is a member of the State Bar of Michigan and the United States Supreme Court Bar. In addition, Zurvalec has completed a post-legal master’s degree in labor and industrial relations through Michigan State University.

Zurvalec has served as a Commissioner and Vice Chair of the Michigan Employment Security Commission. He was re-appointed to the Michigan Board of Health and Safety Compliance Appeals in 2002 and also serves on the boards of the Michigan Safety Conference, Employers’ Unemployment Compensation Council and is a member of the Industrial Relations Research Association.

Zurvalec may be reached at 517-487-8553 or zurvalec@mma-net.org.