Dan’s practice focuses on commercial litigation, white collar defense, and international investigations for clients with multijurisdictional legal and regulatory issues.
For more than five years, Dan served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Central District of California. While working as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, he served as the office’s High Intensity Financial Crimes Area Coordinator, handling at least 90 criminal and civil matters. His caseload as a prosecutor included a wide range of issues, such as gambling-related bank fraud, civil and criminal forfeitures arising from the successful prosecution of an online ad company for promoting prostitution business enterprises, and a cross-border fraudulent accounts scheme that resulted in the recovery of more than $6 million in associated criminal proceeds, among many others.
While an associate as BSF, Dan represented foreign sovereign clients in efforts to reclaim assets stolen by corrupt public servants, and he advised an investment banking and securities firm in international arbitration and litigation involving federal and state securities laws.
Prior to law school Dan served as a paratrooper and intelligence collector in the United States Army and Army Reserve, where he deployed overseas multiple times.