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Daniel Hildebrand practices trial and appellate litigation,
with a focus on defending professionals and corporations in securities fraud,
class action and professional negligence matters. Dan has also briefed, argued
and won numerous contested matters for governmental clients in First Amendment,
constitutional and procurement law. Dan has argued before the United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and has briefed matters before the
United States Supreme Court, the Illinois Supreme Court and other federal
appellate courts. Appellate victories include co-authoring the briefs in
Gariety v. Grant Thornton, a Fourth Circuit decision limiting class action
plaintiffs' ability to presume an efficient market; Acorn v. Metropolitan
Pier and Exposition Authority, a Seventh Circuit decision affirming that
publicly owned convention and tourism facilities are "non public" forums under
the First Amendment; and Argonaut Insurance Co. v. Broadspire, where Dan
argued and won a reversal of the district court that preserved the client's
claims for breach of an acquisition agreement.
Dan graduated from Yale Law School, where he was Book Reviews Editor for the
Yale Law Journal and winner of the William E. Miller Prize. He is also an
honors and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Brown University. After law school he
clerked for Judge Walter J. Cummings on the United States Court of Appeals for
the Seventh Circuit.
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