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Daniel Brookins

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T 202.661.7014 Washington, D.C.
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Daniel is a litigator with experience drafting briefs in state courts and at every level of the federal court system. He has argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, where he also served as a law clerk, and succeeded in overturning a key district court ruling in a precedential opinion (983 F.3d 1193).

He regularly advises corporations in contract disputes and related litigation. He has represented corporate clients in government investigations and litigation in areas including customs enforcement, government search warrants, government subpoenas, healthcare regulation, government contracts, and the False Claims Act.

To his engagements, Daniel brings clerkship experience at both the trial and appellate levels of the federal judiciary. He clerked at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. As a student at the George Washington University Law School, he served as notes editor for The George Washington Law Review, where he published two pieces. He also served as an editor for the Symposium Issue of the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy.

Admitted to Practice

  • District of Columbia, 2020
  • Maryland, 2018

Education

  • J.D., The George Washington University Law School, 2017, high honors
    • Order of the Coif
  • B.S. and B.A., Legal Studies and Philosophy, Nova Southeastern University, 2014

Background

    • Associate, McGonigle P.C., 2022
    • Managing associate, Sidley Austin LLP, 2019-2022
    • Law clerk to Allison H. Eid, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 2018-2019
    • Law clerk to Edward G. Smith, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2017-2018
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