Dan Zagoren is a litigation associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Dan’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, including matters involving false advertising, mass torts, contract disputes and restructuring. He frequently guides clients through all aspects of the discovery process, including the preservation, collection, review and production of information in litigation and government investigations. Dan also has an active pro bono practice.
Experience
Representative Matters
Prior to joining Kirkland, Dan was involved in the following representations:
Discovery counsel for a major national transportation company in a high-stakes litigation matter, focusing on preservation, collection and review.
Discovery counsel for a mining company, focusing on assessing and remediating discovery issues across multiple pending matters.
Discovery counsel for an FDA-regulated company, managing voluminous document review and production across multiple related state and federal products liability matters.
Developed template court filings, template legal hold notices and workflows to facilitate the preservation and collection of data for a national retailer.
Assessed the integrity of migrated data subject to legal hold as part of a system decommissioning for a pharmaceutical company.
Advised a nonprofit organization with the development of sound information governance policies and practices, including the defensible disposition of hard copy.
Clerk & Government Experience
Judicial ClerkHonorable Brent R. AppelIowa Supreme Court
Judicial ClerkHonorable David S. WigginsIowa Supreme Court
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Thought Leadership
Publications
Co-Author, Practice Note, “Drafting a Document Retention Policy,” Thomson Reuters Practical Law, October 2023
Co-Author, Article, “Supremes Bury Privilege Case After Oral Argument,” Legaltech News, February 7, 2023
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
District of Columbia
California (inactive)
Languages
English
Spanish
Education
American University Washington College of LawJ.D.
American University International Law Review
Emory UniversityB.A., International Studies & Spanish
