Dana serves as first-chair trial counsel in all manner of civil litigation and is the Chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Team.  He has extensive experience litigating trade secret, patent, trademark, trade dress, and copyright cases throughout the United States.  His practice also encompasses a wide variety of complex civil litigation matters, including breach of contract and business tort cases, class action defense (including in website accessibility cases under the ADA), Voting Rights Act litigation, and the representation of financial services clients in government investigations and complex litigation matters involving federal and state consumer financial statutes and regulations.

In addition to his litigation practice, Dana advises clients on intellectual property licensing and portfolio management.  An avid music fan (and enthusiastic but middling guitarist), Dana has advised artists and labels on intellectual property and contract issues. Dana is also involved in the sports industry, actively counseling NIL Collectives, Universities, Businesses, Sponsors, and Student Athletes on legal issues surrounding Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) opportunities now available to college and high school athletes.

While Dana resides in the San Francisco Bay area, he has many years of experience litigating in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.  He also served as a law clerk in 1992-1993 to the Hon. Robert E. Payne in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (Richmond and Norfolk Divisions).