Daniel H. Weineris Chair of Hughes Hubbard & Reed's Litigation Department, Chair of the Complex Business Disputes practice and a partner in the International & Domestic Arbitration and Intellectual Property Disputes groups. Dan is a seasoned trial lawyer who has first-chair experience in more than 30 litigations and arbitrations. He has been recognized as a leading international arbitration lawyer by Law360, The Legal 500 United States, Chambers USA, and Chambers Global, and ranked in Chambers USA as a leading lawyer both in commercial litigation and in art and cultural property law.
Member of the Court of Arbitration for Art, Pool of Arbitrators, 2019 – present
Member of The Maritime Law Association, 2012 – present
Member of the Art Law Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1995 – 1998; 2003 – 2006; 2009 – 2011; 2015 – 2017
Member of the Committee on International Commercial Disputes of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 2011 – 2013
Fellow, David Rockefeller Fellows Program of the Partnership for New York City, 2008 – 2009
Deputy special counsel, United States Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Government Information, Fall 1995 – Summer 1996
Recognition
Named a 2023 Litigation Leader by American Lawyer
Listed in Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Litigators in America, 2022
Ranked by Chambers USA as one of the top Commercial Litigation lawyers in New York, 2021 and 2022 editions
Named a 2020 International Arbitration MVP by Law360
Listed as a leading Art and Cultural Property Law lawyer by Chambers High Net Worth, 2020–2022 editions
Ranked in The Legal 500 United States as one of the top international arbitration lawyers, 2020 – 2022, and ranked in The Legal 500 as one of the top product liability and mass tort defense lawyers (pharmaceuticals and medical devices), 2012, 2013 and 2022 editions, and consumer products (including tobacco), 2022
Listed in American Lawyer Media's The Best Lawyers in America for International Arbitration-Commercial, 2007 – 2021 and Art Law, 2018 – 2021
Recognized in New York Super Lawyers Business Litigation, 2007 – 2019, 2021 and 2022
Listed as a leading International Arbitration lawyer by Chambers USA, 2005 and 2006 editions, and Chambers Global, 2007 edition
Highlighted Publications
Co-author, "Joint Ventures," Chap. 50 in Successful Partnering Between Inside and Outside Counsel, edited by Robert L. Haig, Thomson Reuters Westlaw and the Association of Corporate Counsel, 2019
Highlighted Lectures
"Tell Me No Secrets: Privilege as it Applies to In-House Counsel," Continuing Legal Education lecture presented to 45 Fortune 100 companies, 2004 – present
Court Admissions
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1985
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1986
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1989
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1994
United States Tax Court, 1994
United States Supreme Court, 1995
United States Court of International Trade, 2005
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 2005
United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, 2010
United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida, 2011
Highlighted Matters
Winning first-of-its-kind jury verdict in representation of a former Wall Street executive facing a class action in a multimillion-dollar cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme
Successful representation of a Russian political activist in dismissed litigation with Alfa Bank seeking information related to a cyber-hack
Successful representation of GB Auto Services in dispute accusing Morpheus Investment of overstating its working capital in connection with GB Auto's acquisition of Morpheus's assets
Successful representation of Merck, Pfizer, Cipla, Forest Laboratories, and Zoetis in international joint venture and licensing disputes and arbitrations
Successful representation of Lorillard and LG Group in national products liability actions involving cigarettes and hand-held cellular telephones
Successful representation of Cantor Fitzgerald, HBO and Bureau Veritas in commercial disputes and arbitrations
Representation of Ratner Companies in obtaining a tempory injunction against a rival company
Successful representation of Christie's, Phillips, and Hauser & Wirth in commercial litigation and business advice, including consignment agreements, commission arrangements, and nonfungible tokens (NFTs)
Successful representation of American Bureau of Shipping in multibillion-dollar maritime litigation
Representation of Boehringer Ingelheim, Hachette Filipacchi Presse, MediaNews Group, Ajinomoto, LeSportsac and EAS in trademark infringement and false advertising disputes
Representation of Central Bank of Paraguay in accomplishing recovery of funds stolen by former government officials
Advice to the American Museum of Natural History, Brooklyn Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Nelson-Atkins Museum, Queens Museum of Art, Solomon Guggenheim Foundation, University of Pennsylvania and University of California in response to Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act claims, cultural patrimony issues and other matters
