Daniel D. Edelman

He has represented corporate clients of all types and sizes, from Fortune 500 companies – including leading pharmaceutical and health care entities, financial services institutions, and nationally recognized retail brands – to family-owned businesses with only a handful of employees, and he devotes the same level of care, concern, and intensity to each of his clients.

Dan previously served as vice chair of the ABA's Antitrust Section's financial services committee. His extensive antitrust experience includes major litigation brought under both Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act, as well as Section 7 of the Clayton Act. He also has substantial experience defending against federal securities and state shareholder actions, including those alleged under Sections 10 and 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933. Dan has served on the Securities Litigation Committee of the New York City Bar Association and has lectured and appeared on panels relating to current topics in securities litigation law. Dan has handled various federal and state trade secret misappropriation cases, including those involving preliminary injunction proceedings. He has also defended against various employment-related claims brought under New York law.

Dan began his career as a law clerk to a well-known judge in the Southern District of New York and has previously practiced at several prominent national firms. He also functioned as a special corporation counsel trying cases on behalf of the City of New York. Dan is known for being passionate, thorough, and creative in distilling, crystallizing, and presenting his cases. He is also recognized as a trusted counselor and advisor to his clients on both legal and strategic planning matters.

• Successfully defended a worldwide credit card company against claims of attempted monopolization and illegal tying in the debit card market.

• Defended a global pharmaceutical manufacturer in a multidistrict litigation and concurrent state cases involving price fixing and price discrimination.

• Represented a leading mobile wireless provider in merger litigation under Section 7 of the Clayton Act.

• Represented a national internet content provider sued together with other internet provider businesses for concerted action in connection with financial rate tables.

• Represented a pharmacy benefit manager asserting group boycott claims against several large pharmacy chains resisting a prescription drug benefit program.

• Represented a major accounting firm, asserting and developing loss causation defenses in a large securities litigation.

• Supervised and played a leading role in defending against group boycott and related claims alleged against a doctor's advocacy organization.

• Obtained a dismissal of claims alleged against a plastics manufacturer brought under Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act in connection with a going private transaction.

• Represented a national retailer in both federal district court and bankruptcy court relating to trade secret misappropriation claims.

• Successfully defended a well-known hedge fund in an arbitration brought by a former employee seeking partnership payments.

• Regularly defended corporate clients against employment claims brought by terminated employees.

• Defended a commodities trading company in litigation stemming from restated financials.

• Represented a biopharmaceutical company in various cases concerning trade secret infringement associated with an FDA-approved drug.

• Defended a hedge fund against the use of a preferred shares conversion cap blocker in a "short-swing profit" claim.

• Represented a syndicate of banks in a lender liability case involving a foreclosure of a business executed under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code.

• Sought injunctive relief for a private equity firm's portfolio company under the Defend Trade Secrets Act.

• Represented owners of commercial real estate asserting self-dealing claims against asset managers.

• Advised an international bank in seeking recovery under a forfaiting contract.

• Represented an international logistics and freight carrier in a dispute with a distributor over a long-term contract.

• Member – New York City Bar Association (Securities Litigation Committee)
• Member – American Bar Association
  • Vice Chair, Antitrust Section's Financial Services Committee

• Baker Donelson Adds Commercial Litigation Veteran Daniel D. Edelman (July 23, 2025)