Daniel F. C. Crowley

Dan Crowley is a partner at the firm and focuses his practice on public policy issues relating to financial services and capital markets, and he leads the firm’s global Financial Services Policy practice. In the decade before joining the firm, he led the government relations efforts at the Investment Company Institute (ICI), The Nasdaq Stock Market (NASDAQ), and the National Association of Securities (NASD) Dealers. Previously, he served for eight years in the US House of Representatives in increasingly senior staff positions including general counsel, Office of the Speaker. Dan was a President George W. Bush appointee at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He is nationally ranked for government relations by Chambers USA (2015-2025), and he has been recognized by The Hill as one of the nation’s top lobbyists. Dan is on the Board of Directors at Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES) and CRES Forum, and a member of the Economic Club of Washington, DC.

Board of Directors, Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES) and CRES Forum

Economic Club of Washington, D.C.

American Bar Association Business Law Section Federal Regulation of Securities Committee

Exchequer Club of Washington, D.C.

Women in Housing & Finance

Republican National Lawyers Association

US Army Reserve, Military Police Corps, Honorable Discharge, 1986

“Here We Go Again: Red States Continue to Focus on ESG,” Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, 4 September 2025

“SEC Issues Long-Awaited Climate Risk Disclosure Rule,” The National Law Review, 6 March 2024

“Comment: The EU’s CSDDD usurps the role of US fiduciaries,” Responsible Investor, 5 February 2024

“Complying With FinCEN’s Beneficial Ownership Reporting Rules Under the Corporate Transparency Act,” Real Estate Finance Journal, Winter 2023

“Rescuing ESG from the Culture Wars,” Harvard Business Review, 9 February 2023

“Turning Down the Heat on the ESG Debate: Separating Material Risk Disclosures from Salient Political Issues,” Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, 1 September 2022

"Takeaways And Next Steps After FSOC's Climate Risk Report," Law360, 22 November 2021