Profile
Daniel P. Filor, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, focuses his practice on government investigations, securities, commodities and health care fraud, antitrust law and white collar criminal defense. With both civil and criminal law experience, Daniel counsels clients on a wide variety of matters ranging from federal criminal allegations to complex commercial litigation.
With more than a decade of experience in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Daniel uses his understanding of how governmental decision-making works to advise individual and organizational clients confronting criminal and civil allegations of misconduct, including money laundering, federal program and tariff fraud, and qui tam whistleblower claims under the false claims acts and anti-kickback statutes. While his courtroom advocacy and trial practice is extensive, Daniel also focuses on working with prosecutors and regulators to avoid charges and resolve issues before investigations become public.
His recent work includes high-profile white collar defense victories such as overturning a conviction in the Second Circuit in United States v. Chastain, persuading federal prosecutors to fully dismiss a securities fraud indictment against a public company CFO in United States v. Pappagallo, and the first-ever acquittal in a commodities “spoofing” trial in United States v. Flotron. Daniel has also successfully gotten all insider trading charges dismissed against foreign clients in a significant case brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and gotten racketeering RICO claims dismissed against a number of clients. In addition, he has represented several individuals and companies in DOJ Special Counsel, U.S. Senate and House Committee investigations without any adverse findings.
Concentrations
- White collar criminal defense
- Government investigations
- Trial practice
- Financial services litigation
- Commercial litigation
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주요 경력
- Obtained reversal of wire fraud and money laundering conviction in United States v. Chastain, creating new law in the Second Circuit requiring that confidential employer information possess economic value to the company to qualify as "property" for the wire fraud statute.
- Persuaded SDNY to issue a rare nolle prosequi dismissing all federal criminal charges against his client, a public company CFO, in United States v. Pappagallo, relating to accounting for non-GAAP metrics.
- Secured first-ever “spoofing” trial acquittal for UBS precious metals trader in United States v. Flotron.
- Federal criminal trial defense of bond trader in United States v. Gramins.
- Won motion to dismiss against all SEC insider trading charges on behalf of overseas individual and corporate clients.
- Represented several individuals and corporate clients in DOJ Special Counsel’s Office investigation into the 2016 presidential election.
- Representations before United States House of Representatives and Senate Committees.
- Prosecuted federal crimes involving fraud, taxation, public corruption, civil rights, money laundering, narcotics, racketeering and violent crimes.°
- Litigated affirmative and defensive civil cases on behalf of the United States and federal agencies in areas of False Claims Act, taxation, fraud, class actions, employment discrimination, environmental law, national security, civil rights and bankruptcy.°
°The above representations were handled by Mr. Filor prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
- United States Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York
- Assistant U.S. Attorney, Criminal Division, 2013-2017
- Senior Litigation Counsel, Civil Division, 2012-2013
- Assistant U.S. Attorney, Civil Division, 2006-2013
수상 및 주요 활동
- Listed, Chambers USA Guide, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, 2026
- Listed, Benchmark Litigation, "Litigation Star," 2025-2026
- Listed, The Legal 500 United States, Dispute Resolution - Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense, 2024-2025
- Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, New York Metro Super Lawyers, 2021-2025
- Recipient, DOJ Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys Director’s Award for Superior Performance as an AUSA, 2014
- Recipient, DOJ John Marshall Award for Outstanding Legal Achievement for Alternate Dispute Resolution, 2008
- Board Member, Manhattan Legal Services
- Vestry, Christ's Church Rye
- Member, Federal Bar Council Membership Committee
학력 및 자격사항
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J.D., Columbia Law School
- Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
- Executive Editor, Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems
- Columbia Law Public Service Fellow
- B.A. Physics, B.A. Philosophy, Binghamton University, State University of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
- New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York