About Mr. Daniel P. Elms

Dan is a Shareholder in Greenberg Traurig’s Dallas office. He focuses his practice on complex business litigation and arbitration matters. He represents a diverse range of clients, including industry leaders and emerging companies, in high-stakes disputes. His experience covers the litigation and arbitration process, including pre-trial planning, risk assessment, trial proceedings, and post-trial matters.

Dan’s first-chair trial record spans jury and bench trials, as well as critical injunction hearings. His arbitration credentials include significant matters before the American Arbitration Association, International Centre for Dispute Resolution, International Chamber of Commerce, and FINRA. Dan has also briefed and argued issues before state supreme courts and federal courts of appeal.

Dan is also committed to being on the cutting edge of legal developments and scholarship. He recently served a two-year term as the Editor-in-Chief of the American Bar Association’s Litigation News magazine, and he currently writes its Civil Procedure column. He is a frequent presenter on procedural and substantive litigation topics.

Concentrations

•Breach of contract and business torts
•Earnout and deferred compensation
•Franchisee and distributor/reseller disputes, including statutory protection claims
•Financial services and hedge fund litigation, including counterparty and investor disputes
•Securities litigation, including broker-dealer and registered representative disputes
•Trade secrets and restrictive covenants

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, Texas Super Lawyers, 2011-2020
•Selected, D Magazine, “Best Lawyers in Dallas - Business Litigation,” 2017
•Honored, American Bar Association Section of Litigation, “Outstanding Subcommittee Chair (for Chairmanship of the Business Torts & Unfair Competition Subcommittee),” 2013-2014

 

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Areas of Law

  • Litigation
  • Other 2
    • Financial Regulatory & Compliance
    • Franchise & Distribution

Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Shareholder
    Firm Name
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Experience: Representative Matters: $3.7 million AAA-ICDR arbitration award, including recovery of all attorneys' fees
    expenses, for respondent's breach of consulting agreement.
    Take-nothing AAA-ICDR arbitration award against claimant, combined with $570,000 counterclaim award, on claim of breach of cross-border franchise agreement.
    Nominal damages judgment from the Alaska Supreme Court on appeal of $51 million jury trial verdict.
    Take-nothing ICC arbitration award on $65 million claim arising out of client's refusal to take delivery of commercial aircraft because of the manufacturer's insolvency
    also obtained $1.7 million counterclaim award for non-performance of maintenance obligations.
    Take-nothing jury verdict
    judgment on breach of warranty, negligent misrepresentation,
    DTPA claims arising out of client's installation of accounting software.
    $1.8 million arbitration award for respondent's breach of oil
    gas exploration joint-venture agreement.
    $1 million judgment for respondent's breach of consulting agreement relating to a private investment in public equities transaction.
    $800,000 bench trial verdict
    judgment for breach of warranty
    failure to indemnify claims arising out of a foreign government's seizure of assets purchased by client from defendant.
    Summary judgment on $45 million fraud
    breach of fiduciary duty claim by investors relating to wind-down of a hedge fund.
    Summary judgment on $14 million tortious interference claim arising out of syndicated lenders' non-consent to a debtor's asset sale
    debt refinancing.
    Summary judgment on fraud, negligent misrepresentation,
    breach of fiduciary duty claims arising out of workers' compensation insurance agreement
    also obtained $1 million counterclaim judgment for unpaid retrospectively-calculated premiums.
    The above representations were h
    led by Mr. Elms prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
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Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
    Supreme Court of the United States
    U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
    U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
    U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
    U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
    Supreme Court of Texas
    1997, Texas
    Memberships

    Professional & Community Involvement

    •State Bar of Texas, 1997-Present
    •American Bar Association, 1997-Present
    •Member, Litigation Section, 1997-Present
    •Member of Council, 2026-2028
    •Co-Director, Division II (Publications), 2024-2026
    •Member, Business and Corporate Litigation Committee, 2009-Present
    •Member, Business Torts & Unfair Competition Committee, 2009-Present
    •Member, Business Law Section, 1997-Present
    •Member Texas General Counsel Forum Board, 2016-2018
    •Member, Greater Dallas Regional Chamber of Commerce, 2016-2018, 2022-Present
    •Member, Talent Pipeline Policy Task Force, 2017
    •Past Member, College of the State Bar of Texas
    •Past Member, World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth
    •Past Participant, Dallas Bar Association Law in the Schools Program
    •Past Member, Adult Basic Education, National Community Education Day

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    Rutgers University School of Law
    Class of 1997
    J.D.
    Other Education
    Texas Tech University
    Class of 1991
    B.A.
  • Personal Details & History
    Age
    Born in 1970
    Tyler, Texas, 1970
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