Blog Post 02.02.25
Katherine Danial is counsel in the firm’s Commercial Litigation, White Collar Defense, and Investigations practices. She represents companies and individuals in complex commercial litigation in both state and federal courts, including matters before the U.S. Court of International Trade, and regularly defends clients in high-stakes government investigations brought by the DOJ, SEC and OIGs.
Katherine has significant experience conducting internal investigations and compliance reviews for multinational corporations, with a focus on issues involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the Consumer Product Safety Act, and the False Claims Act. She counsels clients on regulatory compliance and enforcement risks across various industries, with particular emphasis on export control regulations, customs laws and trade remedy proceedings.
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Katherine has litigated cases involving contractual disputes, real estate litigation and other business conflicts through trial and appeal. She has conducted direct and cross-examinations of fact and expert witnesses, argued dispositive and procedural motions, and managed complex e-discovery. Her litigation practice includes advising clients on the intersection of commercial and regulatory issues, particularly in matters implicating international trade and cross-border compliance obligations.
Representative Experience
- Represent ground lessor, as plaintiff, asserting fraudulent conveyance involving assignment of property interests to SPE with intention to evade long-term ground rent payment obligations.
- Represented a Japanese manufacturing company in an internal investigation and overhaul of all internal compliance programs, with a significant focus on FCPA compliance.
- Represented large national commercial trucking company in private antitrust litigation in federal district court.
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- Represented a Japanese auto parts manufacturer in various probes by regulators in both the United States and Europe into allegations of anti-competitive practices in the auto parts industry, which became the single largest criminal cartel investigation ever conducted by the DOJ. After a two-year investigation and several declination presentations, convinced the DOJ to cease its inquiry into Pillsbury’s client. Also represented this manufacturer in related civil class-action litigation.
- Defended former co-president of Transport Logistics International against FCPA and related federal charges through a multiweek criminal trial. United States v. Lambert, 18-cr-00012 (D. Md.). Defense resulted in acquittals of multiple charges and two weeks of jury deliberations with multiple deadlock notes on the remaining charges.
- Successfully represented a senior executive of a national food processing company in connection with allegations of a criminal cartel price-fixing conspiracy.
- Preparation and implementation of corporate FCPA compliance programs for companies engaged in various industries, including telecommunications, energy, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals and aerospace.
Education
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J.D., Syracuse University College of Law, 2014
B.S., Syracuse University, 2010
Admissions
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Illinois
District of Columbia
Courts
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U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland