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Daniel L. Brockett Daniel L. Brockett Quinn Emanuel 51 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor New York New York 10010 work(212) 849 7000 danbrockett@quinnemanuel.com Download vCard New York Office Tel: 212-849-7000 Fax: 212-849-7100 danbrockett@quinnemanuel.com Practice Areas Antitrust and Trade Regulation Banking and Financial Institution Litigation Class Action Litigation Intellectual Property Litigation Real Estate Litigation Securities Litigation Education University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1982) University of Pittsburgh Law Review: Editor Kent State University (B.A., Philosophy, 1979) Publications and Lectures "The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: What It Means for Business Litigators," Securities Regulation Law Journal, Winter 2002 "Line Between Primary and Secondary Liability Still Blurred in Securities Cases," Federal Lawyer, August 2003, Vol. 50 "A Primer on the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act," Cleveland Bar Journal, October 2003 "Companies Need to Keep Sharp Eye on Trade Secrets," Crain's Cleveland Business, July 15-21, 2002 "Trade Secret Injunctions: The Lead Time Doctrine," Ohio Lawyer's Weekly, May 20, 2002 "Non-U.S. Firms: How To Enforce Your Foreign Trade Secrets In The U.S.," International Commercial Litigation Magazine, January 1999 "Recent Developments in Securities Litigation," Speech to Cleveland Bar Association, 1995 "Overview of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995," Report prepared for client use on new securities reform bill "Pleading and Discovery Limitations Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: The Initial Lessons," Speech to Annual Securities Institute of Cleveland Bar Association, 1997 "Federalism and Section 1983: Curtailing the Federal Civil Rights Docket," 43 U. Pitts. L. Rev. 1035 (1982) Prior Associations Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP, Partner, 1992-2004 Robinson Brockett & Parnass, Partner, 1991-1992 Davis, Polk & Wardwell, Associate, 1983-1991 Professional Activities Master Bencher, Anthony J. Celebrezze, Inn of Court Commentator for CNBC, NPR (National Public Radio), Cleveland Plain Dealer, and other media sources Lecturer on Securities Law and Trade Secret Law Member, Cleveland Bar Association: Litigation Section Securities Law Section Member, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York: Antitrust and Trade Regulation Committee, Secretary, 1986 Admissions Member, The State Bar of Ohio; Member, The State Bar of New York; Member, The State Bar of Pennsylvania; The United States Supreme Court; The United States Court of Appeals: Second Circuit, Third Circuit, Sixth Circuit, Ninth Circuit; United States District Court: Southern District of New York, Northern District of Ohio, Eastern District of Missouri	Send to a friend Biography Daniel L. Brockett is a known and accomplished trial lawyer who has served as lead trial counsel in a significant number of bench and jury trials, winning 90 percent of them. His practice cuts across all areas of corporate business litigation from trade secret litigation to securities litigation to antitrust litigation to real estate litigation to general commercial cases. He is a cut-to-the-chase litigator with a track record of winning verdicts for clients in important cases. Mr. Brockett has recovered over three billion dollars in verdicts, awards and settlements for his clients during his career. Representative Clients Koch Industries, Inc. (INVISTA) Allstate Corporation British Petroleum Chohung Bank Cleveland Clinic Foundation K. Hovnanian Homes Mammoth Lakes Land Acquisition LLC Per Se Technologies Sovran Self Storage, Inc. UAL Corp. USX Corporation Notable Representations Representing Koch Industries (INVISTA) in two billion dollar plus ICC arbitrations in Paris, France-based Rhodia SA regarding ownership rights to certain chemical process technologies pertaining to the nylon industry. Representing Allstate Corporation and other major institutional investors in mortgage-backed securities litigation brought against major U.S. investment banks, including Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Duetsche Bank, GMAC, Citigroup and others. Won a jury verdict of $30 million for an LA-based real estate group in a two-week trial against the Town Of Mammoth Lakes, California in a contract dispute over development of a large hotel and condominium project at Mammoth Yosemite Airport. Secured $64 million settlement for class of 3,000 California restaurants in usury and unfair business practice case. Won a preliminary injunction for British Petroleum in trade secret litigation against a California equipment vendor and Chinese state-owned Yankuang Group that allegedly stole proprietary technology and contracted with American vendors to produce equipment for a $100 million chemical plant to be built in China. Won complete victory for K. Hovnanian Homes in a complex arbitration involving the termination of a $60 million real estate transaction. Won trade secret injunction for BP Chemicals Ltd. after a four-month trial in a case involving international corporate espionage and theft of a world-leading technology by Formosa Plastic Group of Taiwan. Secured more than $1 billion settlement for BP in a trade secret dispute with Taiwanese-based Chan Chun Petrochemical Ltd. Represented BP in trade secret case against Jiangsu Sopo Corporation involving theft of BP's world-leading methanol carbonylation technology. Won a multimillion dollar verdict on behalf of a NYSE company in a six week jury trial of a breach of contract action. Victory in a three-week trial in Austin, Texas against a former licensing executive accused of stealing trade secrets – the verdict included compensatory and punitive damages and an "industry ban" perpetual injunction. Won order of disbarment against a prominent Manhattan lawyer as a special prosecutor appointed to represent New York Appellate Division, First Department Disciplinary Committee. Lead trial counsel for USX Corporation in a trade secret and breach of fiduciary duty case against a leading Japanese steelmaker (NKK Corp) arising out of talent raid on USX's Gary, Indiana plant. Defense of a leading New York law firm in securities fraud litigation growing out of Wall Street insider trading investigations.