Daniel Eduardo Gomez

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Conner & Winters, LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Experience: Represented Indian tribe
  individual tribal members in breach-of-trust litigation against the United States before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, including for equitable claims authorized by congressional reference adopted by the United States House of Representatives,
  securing a settlement of nearly $200 million.
  Represented Oklahoma-based mortgage company in appellate litigation before the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals against Lehman Brothers related to its New York based bankruptcy.
  Represented Indian tribe
  tribal court judge in federal court litigation, including the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, upholding tribal court jurisdiction over non-Indian financial firm.
  Represented a tribal gaming enterprise as a creditor in Delaware bankruptcy court asserting novel claims for resulting trust, obtaining a favorable settlement,
  dismissal of preference counterclaim on the basis of tribal sovereign immunity.
  Represented the Sac
  Fox Nation
  the surviving sons of Jim Thorpe in federal court litigation for repatriation of remains under the Native American Graves Protection
  Repatriation Act.
  Represented applicant for asylum in pro bono appeal to the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
  Obtained a full defense verdict in jury trial in casino slip-
  -fall case.
  Represents insurance administrator in uninsured/underinsured motorist claims
  claims brought against tribal gaming enterprises for occupational injuries.