Daniel J. Hurson
Daniel J. Hurson has been a trial lawyer and litigator for more than three decades, with substantial experience in white-collar criminal, securities fraud, and professional malpractice cases. He has tried cases for the government both as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Maryland and later in his career as Assistant Chief Litigation Counsel for the Enforcement Division of the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington. He has prosecuted and defended white-collar criminal cases and political corruption cases, including the prosecution of a sitting governor of Maryland. He has also litigated civil rights, trademark, whistleblower, environmental contamination and toxic tort cases. Mr. Hurson represents individuals and corporations before the Enforcement Division of the Securities and Exchange Commission, including insider trading and accounting fraud cases. He has recently represented a major corporation in the successful conclusion of a complex accounting malpractice action, and currently represents another corporation in a similar matter. He has taught and lectured on trial and white collar criminal practice and securities law at several national law schools and for the ABA and the District of Columbia Bar. Mr. Hurson is Chairman of the Steering Committee of the District of Columbia Bar's Committee on Corporation, Finance and Securities Law.





Daniel W. Hurson
Daniel W. Hurson has been practicing law for more than six years, with emphasis in the areas of general litigation, bankruptcy, and environmental law. Prior to joining The Hurson Law Firm in October 2005, Mr. Hurson was an associate with the international law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, first in its Houston office and later in its Washington, D.C. office. Mr. Hurson has experience in many aspects of litigation and environmental law, including litigating CERCLA contribution claims. He also has represented clients in corporate financial and real estate transactions, conducting environmental due diligence, advising on known and potential environmental liabilities, and negotiating contracts to allocate environmental liabilities. Mr. Hurson is active in pro-bono matters in the Washington, D.C. area. Mr. Hurson graduated with honors from the University of Houston Law Center, where he served as a Notes and Comments Editor on the Houston Law Review. He also holds an undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University. 




    
EDUCATIONAL HONORS
    
Harvard Law School, J.D., 1972; 
Commencement Speaker for the Graduate Schools, 
Harvard University, 1972; 
Winner, Ames Moot Court Competition
    
Georgetown University, A.B., cum laude, 1969; 
President, College Student Body


    
GOVERNMENT SERVICE
    
Assistant Chief Litigation Counsel, 
Securities and Exchange Commission, 1997-2000
    
Assistant United States Attorney, 
District of Maryland, 1974-1980
    
Special Commendation for Outstanding Service, 
United States Department of Justice, 1978
    
Law Clerk, Judge Harrison L. Winter, 
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 
1972-1973


     
PRIVATE AND CORPORATE PRACTICE
    
Private Practice Washington, D.C.
Fox and Hurson, Hundley and Cacheris, Hurson and Hurson, 1981-1990
    
Senior Litigation Attorney,
Coastal Corporation, Houston, Texas, 1991-1993
    
Counsel, Crowley, Marks, and Douglas, Houston, Texas, 1994-1997
    
Counsel, Williams and Connolly, Washington, D.C., 2000-2004


     
BAR ADMISSIONS
    
District of Columbia
Maryland
Texas
United States Supreme Court


    
PUBLICATIONS
    
Before You Sue the Accountants, Vol. 52/No. 2, 
The Practical Lawyer (April 2006)
    
Limiting the Mail Fraud Statute - A Legislative Approach, 
20 American Criminal Law Review 423 (1983)
    
The Trial of A Highly Publicized Case - A Prosecutor's View, 
16 American Criminal Law Review 473 (1979)






 

    
EDUCATIONAL HONORS
    
University of Houston Law Center.  J.D., cum laude, 2001. 
Notes and Comments Editor, Houston Law Review
    
Texas A&M University.  B.S., 1997.


     
BAR ADMISSIONS
    
District of Columbia
Maryland
Texas


     
PUBLICATIONS
    
Mail Fraud, the Intangible Rights Doctrine, 
and the Infusion of State Law:  A Bermuda Triangle of Sorts, 
38 Houston Law Review 297 (2001).