Daniel Mateo is a litigation and business disputes attorney with over 30 years of experience. He has considerable experience handling commercial litigation and arbitration matters across a range of business sectors, with a particular focus on the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries. Dan has served as both first- and second-chair in numerous proceedings.
Recognized for his strategic approach to achieving successful outcomes, Dan tailors strategies based on the unique aspects of each case, including the nature of the dispute, client objectives, risk tolerance, adversary dynamics and venue considerations.
As a native Spanish speaker of Puerto Rican descent, Daniel is actively involved in the Hispanic legal community. He is a former president of the Hispanic National Bar Association and a former president of the Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey, where he mentors young attorneys and supports diversity and inclusion initiatives within the legal profession.
Daniel is licensed in both Florida and New Jersey and has significant practice in both state and federal courts in New Jersey.
Education
- University of Pennsylvania School of Law (J.D.)
- Rutgers University (B.A.)
Bar Admission
- Florida
- New Jersey
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
- U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
- State of New Jersey
- State of Florida
Professional Affiliations
- Hispanic Unity Foundation
- Board Member
- Hispanic National Bar Association
- Current Member; President, 2023-2024, President-Elect, 2022-2023
- Health and Life Sciences Law Committee, Co-Chair, 2015-Present
- Nominations Committee, 2017-2018
- Elections Committee, Co-Chair, 2014-2015
- General Counsel, 2013-2014
- Personnel Committee, Chair, 2007-2008 and 2010-2011
- LGBT Division, Founding Member and Chair, 2007-2008
- Region III (N.J.) President, 2005-2008
- Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey
- Lifetime Member
- President, 2011-2012;
- President-Elect, 2010-2011
- Recording Secretary, 2005-2006
- Membership Secretary, 2004-2005
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- Current Member
- Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointments Committee, Current At-Large Member and South Jersey, Vice Chair, 2014-2015
- Association Nominating Committee, Chair, 2015-2016
- New Jersey Law Firm Group
- Chair, 2004-Present
- Hispanic Lawyers Society of New York, 2011-Present
- LGBT Bar Association of Greater N.Y., 2010-2012
Recognition
- Recognized by The Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey, Margarita Echevarria Trailblazer of the Year Award, 2024
- Named “Top Lawyer: Law Firm/Corporate Counsel” by AL DĺA News Media, 2019
- Received “Good Scout Award,” by Scoutreach Boy Scouts of America, 2018
- Named “Professional Lawyer of the Year,” by New Jersey State Bar Association Commission for Professionalism in the Law, 2013
- Recognized as “Campeon De La Justica, Alianza,” Rutgers School of Law, 2012
- Selected for inclusion in New Jersey Business magazine’s, Forty Under 40, 2007
Languages
- Spanish (Fluent)
