Danny Dvorak assists clients across a variety of industries and matters, including government investigations, securities class actions, and complex class actions involving alleged consumer fraud, toxic torts, and breach of contract.

Danny also maintains an active pro bono practice, representing victims of labor trafficking, voting rights organizations, and asylum seekers.

While in law school, Danny served as deputy editor-in-chief of the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology and co-president of OUTLaw. He also externed for Judge Marvin E. Aspen of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and worked on wrongful conviction cases in the Bluhm Legal Clinic’s MacArthur Justice Center.

Prior to joining Latham full-time, Danny was a summer associate in the firm’s Chicago office and spent a summer at the Federal Trade Commission. Before attending law school, he worked as a management consultant.

Danny’s experience includes:

  • Winning first-round dismissal with prejudice of securities fraud class action against Sotera Health Company in connection with statements about regulatory compliance, ongoing litigation risks, and efforts to control emissions
  • Obtaining favorable settlement in a putative class action brought by students against a major university seeking tuition refunds after transition to remote instruction due to COVID-19 pandemic
  • Obtaining favorable settlement in a putative class action brought by consumers against a major international food manufacturer alleging fraud related to purported false advertising

Danny defends clients against consumer class actions and mass torts, including:

  • Gopher Resource
  • Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  • Global pharmaceutical company
  • ZF Group

Danny’s experience also includes defending clients against securities class action lawsuits, including:

  • e.l.f. Cosmetics
  • Major automotive company
  • Holley Performance Products

Bar Qualification

  • Illinois

Education

  • JD, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, 2022
    cum laude
  • BS/BA, University of Maryland, 2016

Languages Spoken

  • English