Daniel J. Fetterman

Notable Representations

• Special investigative counsel for MF Global Holdings Ltd. and its chapter 11 Trustee, the Honorable Louis Freeh, in connection with investigations by the U.S. Attorney's office, the Securities & Exchange Commission and the U.S. Commodities Future Trading Commission.
• Hilton Worldwide in a grand jury investigation by the United States Attorney’s Office (S.D.N.Y.) and a related civil action pending in the Southern District of New York brought by Hilton’s competitor, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, alleging trade secret misappropriation.
• A Fairfield Greenwich Group founder in connection with the highly publicized multi-district litigation pending in the Southern District of New York and related state court actions arising out of the Madoff ponzi scheme. Fairfield Greenwich Group entities were the largest so-called “feeder funds” into Madoff.
• A senior Merrill Lynch executive in the Bank of America/Merrill Lynch CDO litigation pending in the Southern District of New York relating to the financial crisis.
• Successful representation of a consortium of three well-known private-equity firms (Bain Capital, The Carlyle Group and Clayton, Dubilier and Rice) in a multi-billion-dollar dispute with major banks over acquisition financing for their $8.5 billion acquisition of Home Depot Supply - a deal that ultimately funded and was closed.
• Successful defense of executives in the U.S. Foodservice/Royal Ahold investigation relating to the $800 million accounting fraud scandal. One of Mr. Fetterman's clients was never charged and the other received six months of home confinement.
• The special committees of publicly-traded companies, including video-game maker Take-Two Interactive Software and semiconductor manufacturer Emcore Corporation, in connection with internal investigations into potential stock option backdating.
• Successful defense of an executive who was the subject of the criminal investigation by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois into alleged corruption by Governor Blagojevich and his administration.
• Successful representation of hundreds of Vioxx plaintiffs. Dan also participated in mock trials for other law firms to prepare several winning trial teams (including the Lanier Law Firm’s Ernst trial team which won $250 million). He taught a CLE with Mark Lanier and others on how to successfully try a Vioxx case to approximately 250 Vioxx lawyers from around the country.
• Pro Bono representation of The Consumer Watchdog, a national, non-partisan, non-profit organization representing the interests of consumers, in its amicus curiae brief opposing federal court approval of the proposed class settlement of Authors Guild et al v. Google Inc., a putative class action charging Google with copyright infringement for scanning books and displaying them online.
• Successful representation of mutual fund managers and operations personnel from Alliance Capital in investigations by the SEC and the New York Attorney General's Office into the alleged market timing and late trading of those funds.
• Successful defense of a Port Captain in the grand jury investigation by the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York into the crash of the Staten Island Ferry, Andrew J. Barberi, on October 15, 2003. Mr. Fetterman's client was the only one of the five publicly-identified subjects at the Staten Island Ferry Service who was not indicted.
• Successful jury trial on behalf of an investment bank in the Southern District of New York which resulted in a $1.5 million verdict.
• Post-charge representation of the former CEO of Invesco in the highly-publicized enforcement actions concerning market timing in mutual funds by the SEC and the New York Attorney General's Office.
• Southern Union Company in a three-week jury trial over charges concerning Southern Union’s allegedly illegal storage of elemental mercury at its Pawtucket, Rhode Island facility. The jury acquitted Southern Union of two of three counts.