Daniel Petrocelli
Partner
Daniel Petrocelli is a partner in O'Melveny's Century City office and Chair of the Business Trial and Litigation Practice. Dan has a national trial practice representing clients in major litigation in a wide variety of areas, including entertainment, intellectual property, unfair competition, business torts, securities, employment law, and criminal defense. Dan is Chair of the Business Trial and Litigation Practice and a member of
The American Lawyer's 2004 "Litigation Department of the Year."
Dan is a frequent national commentator on trials and other legal issues, as well as a featured speaker on legal issues at business groups, bar and judges associations, and citizens groups.
Professional Activities
Admitted to Practice, US District Court, Central and Northern Districts of California; US District Court, District of Colorado; US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court
Member, Trial Advocacy Board, ABA Litigation Section; Board of Trustees, Southwestern University School of Law; Board of Directors, The Alliance for Children's Rights; Los Angeles County Bar Association, Antitrust and Unfair Competition Sections; American Bar Association, Litigation Section and Corporate Counsel Committee; California Bar Association, Antitrust and Unfair Competition Sections; Association of Business Trial Lawyers
Author, "Outside the Courtroom,"
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, Larry King, Phoenix Books (2006); "Effective Witness Preparation,"
California Litigation (Spring 1999);
Triumph of Justice: The Final Judgment on the Simpson Saga, Random House (1998); "Opening Statements under California Law,"
Los Angeles Lawyer (March 1989)
Recipient, Southwestern University Alumnus of the Year; Century City Bar Association Litigator of the Year; Malibu Bar Association Trial Lawyer of the Year; San Diego Trial Lawyers Association Trial Lawyer of the Year; one of Los Angeles' Top 50 Litigators by the
Los Angeles Business Journal; one of the Lawyers of the Year by
California Lawyer; named a "Super Lawyer" in a survey conducted by Law & Politics Media Inc., and published in
Los Angeles magazine; named in
Best Lawyers in America—Commercial Litigation (2010); named a "Leading Lawyer in Litigation" by
Guide to the World's Litigation Lawyers (2008)Named one of the top General Commercial lawyers in the US by Institutional Investor's
Benchmark Litigation: The Definitive Guide to America's Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys (2010)