Dan Goldfine
USA Guide 2024
Band 4 : Litigation: General Commercial
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About
Provided by Dan Goldfine
Practice Areas
Dan Goldfine is a business-focused litigator with a demonstrated history of resolving difficult legal and business challenges for clients. With an abundance of experience handling class action and other complex litigation for his clients, including matters involving antitrust, insurance coverage, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), consumer fraud and consumer protection laws, Dan understands how litigation risks impact a business and aims to mitigate these risks to the fullest extent possible.
In complex and class action litigation, over the last 25 years, Dan has represented companies and executives in federal and state courts in more than 40 states. He is based in Dickinson Wright’s Phoenix office.
Dan has also represented companies, officers and independent directors in government and internal investigations of allegations of managerial, officer or board wrongdoing. His background as a business owner and trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, provides him with a unique perspective which he uses to bring creative solutions to his clients.
Professional Memberships
American Bar Association, Chair, White Collar Crime, Southwest Region; Arizona State Bar Association, Executive Board and former Chair, Antitrust Section; Fellow of the Federal Bar Association; Fellow of the American Bar Association
Publications
Presenter and Co-Author, “Striking Class Allegations Pre-Class Certification,” Strafford, December 2023; Co-Author, “Inflection Points and Class Action Litigation,” TRTCLE, June 2023; Presenter and Author, “Class Action Defense: Strategies and Approaches,” TRTCLE, July 2023; Co-Author,“EV Newsletter Vol. 1 No. 6," Dickinson Wright Newsletter, June 2023; Moderator, “Hot Topics for White Collar Investigations and Prosecutions,” ABA White Collar Crime, Southwest Region, and Antitrust Section of the Arizona State Bar 2016; Author, “Plan Ahead Before Trouble Walks In: Preparing for Charges of Criminal Conduct,” American Bar Association Business Law Section, Vol. 13 (2004)
Education
University of Minnesota Law School
J.D.
University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.S.
Awards
United States (National) and Local Litigation Star
Benchmark Litigation
National and Local (Arizona) Litigation Star, Antitrust, Class Action & General Litigation
Benchmark Litigation
Antitrust – Arizona
America’s Top 50 Lawyers
Best of Arizona Attorneys, White-Collar Crime Defense
Ranking Arizona
Arizona Top Lawyer
Arizona Business Magazine
Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law
Best Lawyers in America®, 2023-2024
Chambers Review
USA
Dan Goldfine is noted for his expertise in antitrust matters and class actions. He represents clients across a range of industries including heath, finance and insurance, and regularly appears before state and federal courts.
Contributions
Latest contributions provided by Dan Goldfine
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Dan provides commonsense recommendations that also take into account business ramifications as well as legal risk."
"Dan is a strong, tough litigator who knows his stuff."
"Dan provides commonsense recommendations that also take into account business ramifications as well as legal risk."
"Dan is a strong, tough litigator who knows his stuff."