Biography

Daniel is among the leading nonprofit lawyers in the country. He has a diverse background as a corporate lawyer, civil prosecutor and leading governance authority and has earned a national reputation for servicing the full range of needs of his nonprofit clients.

Dan represents nonprofit clients in litigation matters, particularly those involving issues of governance and fiduciary responsibility. He has conducted numerous internal investigations and handled litigations brought by civil enforcement and regulatory authorities, playing a key role in many groundbreaking cases in this area.

Dan acts as general counsel to many of his clients and as principal outside counsel to others, advising on corporate and governance issues, endowment administration and investment, indemnification, and an array of exempt organization tax issues. He also regularly handles business combinations, including sales of assets, mergers, consolidations, and sophisticated reorganizations and restructurings.

Daniel is among the leading nonprofit lawyers in the country. He has a diverse background as a corporate lawyer, civil prosecutor and leading governance authority and has earned a national reputation for servicing the full range of needs of his nonprofit clients.

Dan represents nonprofit clients in litigation matters, particularly those involving issues of governance and fiduciary responsibility. He has conducted numerous internal investigations and handled litigations brought by civil enforcement and regulatory authorities, playing a key role in many groundbreaking cases in this area.

Dan acts as general counsel to many of his clients and as principal outside counsel to others, advising on corporate and governance issues, endowment administration and investment, indemnification, and an array of exempt organization tax issues. He also regularly handles business combinations, including sales of assets, mergers, consolidations, and sophisticated reorganizations and restructurings.

Before Fox Rothschild

Dan joined us from a mid-sized law firm that is headquartered in New York, where he co-chaired the Nonprofit Organizations Practice. A former New York State Assistant Attorney General-in-Charge of the New York Charities Bureau (Bureau Chief) for six years, Dan also was as a partner at other top law firms, including Skadden and Holland & Knight, among others.

Bar Admissions

  • New York

Education

  • University of Chicago Law School (J.D.)
  • Brown University (A.B.)

Memberships

  • New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Founding Executive Director
  • New York State Bar Association, Former Chair, Charitable Organizations Committee of the Trusts and Estates Section
  • American Bar Association, Former Chair, Revised Model Nonprofit Corporation Act Subcommittee of the Business Law Section’s Committee on Nonprofit Corporations
  • Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Former Chair, Committee on Nonprofit Organizations
  • National Association of State Charity Officials, Former President
  • National Center on Philanthropy and the Law, New York University School of Law, Founding Member of the Board of Advisors
  • Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form 990 Advisory Committee, Member

Board of Directors

  • The Spingold Foundation, President
  • Howard Gilman Foundation, Secretary and Director
  • The Altschul Foundation, Director

Honors & Awards

  • Selected to the "Lawyer of the Year" list for Nonprofit/Charities Law by Best Lawyers (2022, 2026)
  • Selected to the "Best Lawyers in America" list for Nonprofit/Charities Law by Best Lawyers (2010-2026)
  • Selected to the "Super Lawyers" list for Nonprofit law (2007-2009, 2012-2025)
  • Received the Monsignor John T. Fagan Service Award, Little Flower Children and Family Services of New York (2014)
  • David Rockefeller Fellows Program (2010)
  • Received the Assistant Commissioner’s Award, Internal Revenue Service (1984)

Teaching

Adjunct Clinical Lecturer, Yale Law School (2007)

Publications

  • Co-author, Around the Block with the N-PRA: New York Corporation Law (Matthew Bender & Co., 2018)
  • Co-author, New York Nonprofit Law and Practice: With Tax Analysis, 3rd Edition (Matthew Bender & Co., 2014)
  • Co-author, Managing Conflicts of Interest, 3rd Edition (Board Source 2013)
  • Board Liability, Guide for Nonprofit Directors (Moyer Bell, 1988)
  • Numerous published presentations in national CLE programs