Overview
With over 25 years of trial experience, Daniel Dwyer is the litigation attorney businesses and individuals turn to when the stakes are high.
Dan concentrates his practice in business disputes and fiduciary litigation. His clients’ objectives are his priority. Trial skills gained from his early days as a criminal prosecutor and years of civil practice give Dan an edge both in settling cases and in winning them outright.
Dan serves as counsel to a diverse range of clients, including corporate directors and officers, closely held businesses or their principals, physicians and physicians’ groups, and private family trustees and beneficiaries. Whether in federal or state courts, arbitrations, or mediations, Dan’s clients trust him to skillfully navigate the complexities of their matters.
Dan’s practice spans industries including financial services, health care, life sciences, private equity, and technology. From breaches of contract and trade secret theft to intra-corporate, fiduciary, and real estate disputes, Dan has years of experience handling complicated legal challenges. He guides clients through every phase of litigation, including preliminary relief, pleadings, discovery, dispositive motions, settlement negotiations, trials, and appeals.
Dan was a litigation partner at a prominent East Coast firm before joining Epstein Becker Green. As a younger lawyer, he honed his skills as an assistant district attorney in Plymouth County and a law clerk to the justices of the Massachusetts Superior Court. Before attending law school, he spent four years as a special agent with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in New York City.
Beyond the courtroom, Dan is deeply rooted in his community. A longtime resident of Hingham, Massachusetts, he served for six years on the town’s advisory committee and currently sits on the Board of Directors of the South Boston Neighborhood House—a place that holds special meaning for him, as he spent many happy days there as a child.
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What Dan Delivers for Clients
- Tactical Problem-Solving: Dan identifies practical solutions to complex legal challenges, helping clients protect their interests and achieve their goals.
- Clear Communication: He ensures clients understand every step of the legal process—from initial pleadings to trial and appeals.
- Strategic Advantage in High-Stakes Cases: Dan’s background as a DEA special agent and Assistant District Attorney gives clients a decisive edge, drawing on his investigative skills, strategic insight, and ability to navigate high-pressure disputes.
- Industry-Specific Insights: With experience across diverse sectors, Dan tailors his approach to meet the unique needs of each client.
Experience
- Obtained a trial verdict in defense of four corporate directors sued for $15 million in Salt Lake City, Utah.
- Achieved a trial verdict for the defendant commercial lessee in a $2 million suit by a major North Shore landlord attempting to enforce an automatic extension provision.
- Obtained a $5 million trial verdict for the plaintiff co-founder of a Boston internet advertising firm in a suit alleging freeze-out by former partners.
- Secured decisions in favor of former managing directors of Lehman Brothers in four arbitrations filed by Lehman's bankruptcy trustee to recover signing bonuses.
- Successfully settled, on behalf of beneficiaries, a multimillion-dollar probate dispute involving undue influence and lack of testamentary capacity.
- Filed a suit on behalf of a Massachusetts private school that enabled the school to recover misappropriated tuition funds.
- Negotiated a successful settlement for a general contractor against its insurer for failure to defend a cost-recovery action filed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- Obtained a trial verdict for an Iraq War veteran against the Massachusetts Department of Social Services for deprivation of child-visitation rights.
- Secured a bench trial verdict for a group of Massachusetts homeowners in a trespass case against a neighboring gun range.
- Obtained a bench trial judgment for a software company in a suit involving the theft of trade secrets by a former employee.
- Negotiated a successful settlement for the trust beneficiary in a suit against a national bank trustee and an investment advisory firm.
Credentials
Education
- Suffolk University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1994)
- Suffolk University Law Review
- Stonehill College (B.A., cum laude, 1984)
Bar Admissions
- Massachusetts
Court Admissions
- Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
Professional & Community Involvement
- Boston Bar Association
- Catholic Schools Foundation, Inc., Former Director
- Massachusetts Bar Association
- South Boston Neighborhood House, Director
- Town of Hingham, Advisory Committee, Former Member