Daniel Gitner

Daniel M. Gitner is a partner in the White Collar & Regulatory Defense Group in the firm’s New York office. Mr. Gitner focuses his practice on advising corporations, institutions and individuals on a broad range of white collar and commercial matters, especially those involving complex, large-scale crises. He is a seasoned trial lawyer in both defense and prosecutorial roles, a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, and has been ranked as a Band 1 trial lawyer by Chambers & Partners.

Prior to joining the firm and from 2021 to 2025, Mr. Gitner served as Chief of the Criminal Division for the United States Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York. There, he oversaw all criminal investigations and prosecutions, including those involving securities and commodities fraud, market manipulation, insider trading, corporate fraud, sanctions, national security, foreign corrupt practices, public corruption, criminal tax, cybercrime, money laundering, the Bank Secrecy Act, civil rights, narcotics trafficking and violent crime. He supervised a team of over 175 attorneys, investigators and staff and regularly coordinated with leadership at other components of the Department of Justice and various federal and state law enforcement and regulatory agencies.

Before that, Mr. Gitner spent 15 years in private practice, leading high profile matters and trials in a broad range of criminal and regulatory matters. Chambers ranked Mr. Gitner in Band 1 for both the “White Collar and Government Investigations” and “Trial Lawyer” categories. Mr. Gitner also was twice named the Chambers White Collar and Government Investigations Lawyer of the Year.

Mr. Gitner received his J.D. in 1995 from Columbia Law School, where he was a Stone Scholar, and his B.A. in 1992 from Cornell University, cum laude with honors and distinction in all subjects. Following his graduation from Columbia, Mr. Gitner clerked for the Hon. Naomi Reice Buchwald and the Hon. Barbara S. Jones, both in the Southern District of New York.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Gitner served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York, where he was Chief of the General Crimes Unit.