Daniel Campbell

Daniel has argued before the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the Illinois First and Third District Appellate Courts, and he has first-chaired or second-chaired more than a dozen bench trials, arbitrations, evidentiary hearings, and jury trials. His trial work includes a five-day jury trial in a police brutality case and a stage-three evidentiary hearing in a post-conviction actual innocence case, and he has taken several private equity disputes to arbitration or trial, including a two-week bench trial in a purchase price adjustment dispute. Daniel has taken or defended more than 100 fact and expert depositions and has argued and won numerous dispositive motions in state and federal court, including summary judgment, class certification, Daubert and Frye motions, and motions in limine.

Daniel has significant aviation industry experience, representing clients in complex fixed-wing and rotorcraft disputes; mass disaster and accident matters; and maintenance, repair, and overhaul issues, along with advising defense industry clients on complex interactions with government authorities. He serves as the Co-Chair of the Firm’s Class Action Committee and also serves as a Chair of the Firm’s Private Capital Litigation Group. I He also has experience with government contracts, commercial vendor disputes, bankruptcy, tax, and trust and estate litigation.

Daniel regularly contributes to legal education articles and guides. He leads boot camp seminars on impeachment and refreshing recollection, and he serves as a guest lecturer at the University of Illinois College of Law. He also serves on the firm’s technology committee.

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• Co-chaired a two-week bench trial in private equity purchase price dispute in Miami state court
• First-chaired an arbitration in a dispute for a high-end senior living facility
• First-chaired and prevailed in a three-day Section 1983 jury trial
• First-chaired a five-day Section 1983 jury trial
• First-chaired a stage three evidentiary hearing in a wrongful conviction case –, including a direct, a cross, and a closing during a two-day hearing (handling appeal)
• Briefed and argued a Seventh Circuit appeal of trial victory at the district court
• First-chaired a complex COVID-19 vendor dispute alleging fraud and breach of contract, including handling all pretrial motions and briefing and arguing summary judgment, Daubert, and motions in limine in California federal court
• Defeated a motion for class certification, obtained exclusion of plaintiffs’ expert witness and obtained summary judgment for James Hardie Building Products Inc. in class action MDL
• Defeated a motion for class certification, and prevailed on summary judgment for a large eyeglasses manufacturer and retailer in class action relating to the use of buy one get one free promotions in Florida
• Obtained class action settlement approval and appointment as plaintiff class counsel in a housing discrimination action impacting Chicago’s subsidized housing residents
• Obtained class action settlement approval of a putative biometric class action on behalf of a preeminent digital display client
• Obtained dismissal with prejudice, and Seventh Circuit affirmance of a putative class action brought against a large healthcare client by payment vendors of nursing homes in Illinois
• Obtained dismissal with prejudice, and Seventh Circuit affirmance of a putative class action on behalf of a major technology company in a dispute over streaming service franchise fees
• Obtained the dismissal of three putative BIPA class actions
• Advised a major healthcare company on a biometric information collection policy and consent
• Obtained summary judgment and complete dismissals in Illinois state court of four separate airplane crash product liability collective actions on behalf of major aviation and aerospace defense client based on the product line exception of successor liability
• Obtained favorable class-wide settlement after a long-term matter for a manufacturer of asphalt roofing shingles in a multidistrict litigation proceeding where plaintiffs have asserted claims for breach of warranty and consumer fraud under the laws of seven states
• Represented a pharmaceutical and therapy services client in a case involving alleged theft of trade secrets and breach of confidentiality agreements
• Obtained summary judgment and damages of nearly $25 million for a client in a guaranty enforcement action
• Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a trust client in Delaware Chancery Court that was later affirmed by the Delaware Supreme Court
• Obtained summary judgment on behalf of trust client in Illinois state court
• Successfully compelled arbitration and enforced class action waiver for a manufacturer of asphalt roofing shingles in a case filed in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania where plaintiffs asserted class claims for breach of warranty and consumer fraud
• Obtained a complete dismissal of breach of fiduciary duty and class claims brought against the directors of a major travel company in a shareholder derivative and class action case
• Obtained a temporary restraining order for a client that was purportedly fired from association where that client was about to be acquired by a competitor of the association; successfully argued that the termination was improper and premature until the acquisition of the client by the association’s competitor was complete
• Taken or defended in excess of 200 depositions
• Argued numerous dispositive motions in state and federal courts

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• Financial Times Innovative Lawyers North America, “Highly Commended” for Practice of Law: Access to Justice & Civil Rights, 2023
• Featured as one of Litigation Daily’s Litigators of the Week, 2022
• Super Lawyers Illinois, Rising Star, 2019-2022
• McDermott Will & Emery, Professional Development Outstanding Mentor Award, 2017
• Top Lawyers of Illinois, Rising Star, 2021
• McDermott Will & Emery, Outstanding Achievement and Commitment to Pro Bono and Service in the Community Award, 2017
• University of Illinois College of Law, Rickert Award for excellence in trial advocacy

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