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Daniel H. Weiner

New York City, Miami

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Daniel H. Weiner is 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. 

Professional Activities

  • Firm governance: Chair, Litigation Department; Chair, Complex Business Disputes Practice;  Member, Executive Committee
  • 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

  • Recognized in Who’s Who Legal: Commercial Litigation, 2024
  • Named a 2023 Litigation Leader by American Lawyer
  • Listed in Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Litigators in America, 2024 - 2025
  • Ranked by Chambers USA as one of the top Commercial Litigation lawyers in New York, 2021–2024 editions
  • Named a 2020 International Arbitration MVP by Law360
  • Listed as a leading Art and Cultural Property Law lawyer by Chambers High Net Worth, 2020–2023 editions
  • Ranked in The Legal 500 United States as one of the top international arbitration lawyers, 2020–2024, and ranked in The Legal 500 as one of the top product liability and mass tort defense lawyers (pharmaceuticals and medical devices), 2012, 2013, 2022, 2023 and 2024 editions, consumer products (including tobacco), 2022–2024 editions, and securities litigation, 2023
  • Listed in American Lawyer Media’s The Best Lawyers in America for International Arbitration-Commercial, 2007–2025 and Art Law, 2018–2025
  • Recognized in New York Super Lawyers Business Litigation, 2007–2019, 2021–2023
  • Listed as 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
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 2024

Highlighted Matters

  • Advised Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries in its anti-money laundering reporting obligations, in addition to other issues, that arose as a result of a fraud scheme surrounding its auction of antique Indian stamps
  • Advised Sompo Holdings, the owner of one of Vincent van Gogh's iconic Sunflowers paintings, and its affiliates in winning dismissal of an action to recover the painting (valued at $250 million) plus $1.7 billion in damages brought by descendants of prominent German Jewish art collector
  • 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, Sotheby'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
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Education
  • New York University School of Law, J.D., 1984
  • Princeton University, B.A., 1981, cum laude
Bar Admissions
  • Florida, 2009
  • New York, 1985
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