Daniel Nardello

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Daniel Nardello is the Chairman and CEO of Nardello & Co. and oversees the firm’s global commitments, lending his experience as a lawyer and former prosecutor to complex litigation, activist defense, and crisis management matters. His public engagements include his appointment by the government of Abu Dhabi as the independent investigator of allegations of abusive labor practices during the construction of NYU’s Abu Dhabi campus. Dan was also named as the independent investigator to resolve conflicts arising from the settlement agreement between the State of New York and leading tobacco manufacturers.

Prior to founding Nardello & Co. in 2003, Dan worked in private practice at Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, then served as a federal prosecutor in the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, where he tried over 20 jury trials. He is an alumnus of that Office’s Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force. During this time, Dan was also an adjunct professor at Columbia Law School, where he taught trial advocacy.

Dan created and teaches a CLE course on ethical considerations and concerns in retaining private investigators.

A graduate of Columbia College, Dan received his JD from New York University. He is fluent in Italian.