Overview

Dan Mach is a litigation partner in Kirkland’s New York office. Dan has defended clients at trial in high-stakes product-liability, toxic-tort and environmental matters in jurisdictions across the country, including for claims involving glyphosate, PCBs, PFAS and other chemical products. Clients appreciate Dan’s rigorous mastery of complex scientific, technical and legal issues in presenting the best case for victory at trial or, if necessary, on appeal.

Dan’s commercial litigation practice includes serving as lead trial counsel in AAA commercial arbitrations involving high-dollar contractual disputes for both healthcare and energy-sector clients. He has managed and contributed to against-the-odds favorable outcomes in commercial cases arising in a various industries, including intellectual property licensing and royalty disputes for pharmaceutical and technological innovators.  

In addition, Dan has litigated complex class action issues in cases involving consumer, employment and antitrust claims. His class action experience reflects work on “both sides of the ‘v’” and at every stage of the certification process — from obtaining class certification for plaintiffs to opposing certification for defendants and to successfully obtaining class de-certification — as well as taking and opposing Rule 23(f) appeals.

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Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2012New York

Courts

  • United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
  • United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • United States District Court for the District of Columbia
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Education

  • Harvard Law SchoolJ.D.cum laude
  • Harvard UniversityA.B., Classics & Literaturemagna cum laude