Dan J. Delaney

Dan is of counsel in LP’s Litigation Practice Group. He has over 35 years of experience representing companies, accounting firms, mutual funds, investment managers, and individual professionals in high-stakes disputes, including securities and shareholder disputes, accountants’ liability claims, antitrust disputes, consumer class actions, and complex financial disputes. He represents clients in state and federal courts, before regulatory agencies, and in alternative dispute forums.

In addition to his courtroom experience, Dan regularly advises accounting firms and their professionals in federal regulatory and administrative proceedings, as well as clients in securities and shareholder derivative actions in courts and before the Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulators.

Clients appreciate Dan’s strategic foresight, attention to value, courtroom skill, and successful track record of achieving early dismissals, defeating class certifications, and winning at trial and on appeal. By focusing on the endgame, he prioritizes the client’s business objectives at every stage of litigation. 

Dan earned his J.D., with honors, from the University of Chicago Law School and his B.A., magna cum laude with highest distinction, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Before joining LP, Dan was a partner at prominent national law firms. In his free time, Dan enjoys travel, sports (and golf), music, and socializing with friends and family.