Daniel Dwyer is a trial lawyer with 25 years of experience. He concentrates his practice in business and trust disputes and confidently guides clients to resolutions that align with their goals.

Dan is currently litigation counsel for a Massachusetts pharmaceutical firm in a commercial real estate dispute and a global events-planning company in a contract action against a worldwide business consultancy. He is also defending one of Boston’s largest minority-owned construction firms in an action filed by the U.S. Secretary of Labor alleging violation of OSHA’s anti-retaliation statute.

Past engagements include:

• Trial verdict in defense of four corporate directors sued for $15 million in Salt Lake City, Utah
• Successful settlement, on behalf of beneficiaries, of multi-million dollar probate dispute involving undue influence and lack of testamentary capacity
• Trial verdict for defendant commercial lessee in $2 million suit by major North Shore landlord attempting to enforce automatic extension provision
• $5 million trial verdict for plaintiff co-founder of Boston internet advertising firm in suit alleging freeze-out by former partners
• Decisions in favor of former managing directors of Lehman Brothers in four arbitrations filed by Lehman’s bankruptcy trustee to recover signing bonuses
• Successful suit by Massachusetts private school to recover misappropriated tuition funds
• Successful settlement for general contractor of Boston’s Big Dig against its insurer for failure to defend cost-recovery action filed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
• Trial verdict for Iraq War veteran against Massachusetts Department of Social Services for deprivation of child-visitation rights
• Bench trial verdict for group of Scituate, Massachusetts homeowners in trespass case against a neighboring gun range
• Successful settlement for trust beneficiary in suit against national-bank trustee and investment advisory firm

Before attending law school, Dan served for four years as a DEA special agent in New York City. He lives with his family in Hingham, where he is a long-time volunteer in town government.