Daniel J. Hurson has represented a wide variety of corporate and individual clients in his litigation and counseling practice, including:

• Stock broker accused of insider trading by FINRA.
  
  
• Managing Director of national consulting firm in connection with internal investigation into government contracting issues.

 

• Division Manager of international medical device manufacturer in SEC accounting fraud investigation.

 

• Marketing reps of investment organization in SEC fraud investigation.

 

• Executive VP and Board Member in international FCPA investigation by SEC and DOJ.

 

• Investors in takeover candidate in SEC insider trading investigation.

• Special Litigation Committee of Board of Directors of large public company under DOJ/SEC investigation for options backdating (to evaluate potential litigation against former lawyers and accountants).

• Large corporate client in waste management industry in accounting malpractice cases against Big Four firm.  Obtained multi-million dollar settlements for client.
  

• Ongoing malpractice and breach of duty litigation against lawyers and former directors and officers on behalf of high tech company.

• While with the SEC as Assistant Chief Litigation Counsel, responsibility for securities cases litigated by the SEC in U.S. District Courts, e.g. obtained preliminary injunction after bench trial in internet stock fraud/market manipulation case, SEC v. Cavanagh, et al, reported at 1 F. Supp. 2d 337 (SDNY 1998),  lead counsel, SEC v. Itex Corp. et al, accounting fraud/market manipulation case, Dist. of Oregon; SEC v. Sargent et al., insider trading jury trial in U.S. Dist. Ct. of Mass, Nov. 1999.

• Chief trial attorney for SEC in SEC v. Euro Security Fund, et al, international insider trading litigation in the Southern District of New York. ($12 million recovered)

• Lead counsel in multi-million dollar breach of contract and fraud case in Florida state court involving more than 150 of Fortune 500 client’s gasoline service stations on the Eastern seaboard. Case settled favorably to client after four weeks of jury trial. Supervised litigation team, took numerous depositions of hostile witnesses, managed discovery of thousands of documents.

• Lead trial counsel in toxic tort case brought before state court jury in Kansas alleging personal injury to plaintiff caused by client’s refinery emissions.  Complete victory for client after lengthy jury trial. Cross examined and presented expert medical witnesses.

• Represented Fortune 500 energy company in international investigation involving misappropriation of thousands of barrels of crude oil from client’s refinery in Aruba.

 

• Defense of political party Chairman of Nassau County, NY in mail fraud trials; briefed and argued interim appeal in Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

 

• Defended US employee of British Corporation in one of the first litigated Foreign Corrupt Practices Act cases.

 

• Represented D.C. bank in FBI mortgage fraud investigation 

 

• Investigated and tried federal civil rights case against local police department, won substantial verdict for plaintiff after four week federal jury trial; case involved dozens of adversary depositions and trial cross-examination of police officers

 

• Defended computer company executives in fraud investigations by DOJ

 

• Represented national contact lens manufacturer in FDA regulatory investigation

• Defended top U.S. government scientist in DOJ  “theft of secrets” investigation

 

• Represented Texas S&L Executive in federal bank fraud case

• Appointed as trustee by major DC law firm in SEC insider trading case

 

•  As a federal prosecutor, conducted extensive grand jury investigations and tried federal political corruption cases, including conviction after lengthy jury trial of then-sitting governor of Maryland for mail fraud and RICO

 

• Numerous jury trials in federal criminal cases, including mail fraud, extortion, political corruption

 

• Received Special Commendation for Outstanding Service from the Attorney General of the United States