Daniel D. Rubinstein

Experience*

Significant Criminal Representations:

• Represented a leading global financial services firm and a senior trading supervisor as a victim witness in a criminal market manipulation jury trial.
• Represented a privately held health care company and two of its executives in a multi-million dollar federal criminal kickback matter. Following a lengthy investigation, the government extended non-prosecution agreements to the company’s executives.
• Secured a favorable resolution on behalf of a multinational corporation in conjunction with DOJ and SEC investigations regarding allegations of foreign bribery and FCPA violations.
• Represented a medical device manufacturer in connection with an investigation of potential criminal conduct by a former employee who attempted to steal key trade secrets for a product that was valued at over $200 million when leaving the company. Based on the evidence uncovered during an internal investigation, the matter was referred to federal law enforcement, and the former employee was subsequently indicted and convicted.
• Deputy Special Prosecutor who co-led the successful and highly publicized prosecution of the former Mayor of Chicago’s nephew, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. The prosecution was closely followed by a number of media outlets and was described as a “stunning” and “remarkable” achievement.
• Represented multiple energy company executives in connection with government investigations and related litigation resulting from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and oil spill.
• Represented a major automotive company executive in connection with a DOJ investigation and related regulatory matters and recall litigation. No charges were filed against the executive.
• Represented an executive with a European automobile manufacturer in connection with a criminal environmental investigation. No charges were filed against the executive.
• Represented a leading global financial institution in investigating and prosecuting the alleged misappropriation of trade secrets by two employees in the client's quantitative trading business. Following an internal investigation, both employees were subsequently indicated and convicted of federal criminal offenses.
• Represented two senior managers at a Japanese multinational company in a DOJ Antitrust Division criminal price-fixing investigation into automotive companies. Obtained immunity for both clients.
• Represented the former CEO of a public company in connection with a criminal matter involving finite transactions in the reinsurance industry, and obtained a deferred prosecution agreement in the criminal proceeding.
• Represented a major real estate developer convicted of bribing an elected official to establish new business. Faced with three years in prison, the developer was instead sentenced to home detention and probation.
• As local counsel, worked closely with primary counsel to represent a privately held company’s CFO, who was indicted on wire fraud. The case was dismissed after it resulted in a hung jury.
• Represented a Sundance Award-winning director and screenwriter facing federal criminal charges.
• Represented the CEO/chairman of a large, publicly traded online real estate company on federal criminal charges and related SEC and class actions.

Significant Civil Representations:

• Successfully resolved a significant business dispute involving a private equity portfolio company after trying to verdict a two-week federal jury trial in the Northern District of Illinois.
• Secured a dismissal with prejudice of a class action lawsuit alleging that a beverage maker misled customers by labeling its products as “handmade.”
• Successfully resolved securities litigation filed by multiple plaintiffs against a global consulting firm related to financial consulting work it did for a large, privately held corporation. The plaintiffs, who purchased notes in the privately held corporation, alleged that our client intentionally or negligently misrepresented the privately held corporation’s EBITDA.
• Secured two significant preliminary injunctions for the portfolio company of a large private equity fund following a successful internal investigation into potential misconduct by a recently terminated employee. The investigation uncovered an ongoing, multi-year scheme between that engineer and two of the portfolio company’s former owners to develop competing products.
• Secured a key win following a bench trial on behalf of a metal processing client, defeating the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)’s efforts to require mandatory recognition and bargaining with the United Steelworkers Union (USW) and disclosure of confidential company financial records.
• Secured a multi-million-dollar judgment on behalf of a transportation company in “busted-deal” litigation alleging that a seller had falsified records to drive up the price of an acquisition; the defendant voluntarily dismissed its claims.
• Represented the world’s second-largest domain name registrar in an action alleging violation of the plaintiff’s intellectual property and privacy. Obtained summary judgment in favor of the registrar on all nine of the plaintiff’s claims.

*Some of the above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.

Dan serves on the board of CARPLS legal aid service, which provides legal assistance to low income residents of Cook County. He previously served on the board of Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago, which strengthened American democracy by providing elementary and secondary students with hands-on learning about the Constitution to prepare them for informed civic engagement. Dan also previously served on the board of the Daniel Murphy Scholarship Foundation, which provides high school scholarship assistance and educational support to Chicago students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.