Al J. Daniel, Jr. << back to list of attorneys
Partner adaniel@cdas.com
Admitted: New York; Arkansas; District of Columbia

Al J. Daniel, Jr. is a trial and appellate litigator with substantial experience in copyrights, trademarks, entertainment law, artists' rights, and commercial law. He served as a trial and appellate attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. and New York City, where he drafted briefs, presented argument in all federal courts of appeals, drafted briefs and petitions with the Solicitor General’s Office for cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. He is also involved in entertainment-related transactions.

Local counsel for Rosetta Books in Random House v. Rosetta Books, involving electronic rights from famous authors previously published in print by Random House.
Counsel for Russian newspapers in copyright infringement action against publisher of local Russian-language paper.
Counsel for plaintiff filmmaker in unfair competition action against filmmaker who adopted a confusingly similar title.
Negotiated recording contract with Sony Classical for a classical violinist.
Member, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences; Copyright Society of the U.S.A.; Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Copyright and Literary Property Committee (1994-1997, 1998-2001).
Member, The Collegiate Chorale; Board of Directors, 1989-2000; Governing Committee, 2000-present.
Author, "Imperative Strategies for Protecting Intangible Assets: The Domestic Market," Ch. 5, The New Role of Intellectual Property in Commercial Transactions (Wiley 1994); "Intellectual Property in the Uruguay Round: The Dunkel Draft and a Comparison of United States Intellectual Property Rights, Remedies, and Border Measures," 25 N.Y.U. J. of Int’l Law and Politics 751 (1993).
LL.M., New York University School of Law, Trade Regulation (Intellectual Property and International Law); J.D., University of Arkansas School of Law, Fayetteville, Arkansas Law Review; B.A., English, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
   

Practice Areas

> Litigation
> Copyright
> Trademark
> Entertainment Law

 

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