McLoon, Daniel J.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Dan McLoon has more than 25 years of experience in complex commercial litigation, with a particular focus on defending consumer class actions. He also has defended companies in disputes involving trade secrets, government investigations, product liability, contracts, construction, environmental impact reports, and accounting issues. He has extensive trial experience having first-chaired more than a dozen trials in state court and federal district courts throughout the country. Dan also has handled a variety of appellate matters in state and federal reviewing courts, including the Supreme Court of the United States.

Representative clients in public litigation matters have included the County of Los Angeles and its Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Experian Information Solutions, IBM, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., and TRW. Recently, Dan has defended Experian in several nationwide class actions focused upon consumer credit reporting statutes and in a Federal Trade Commission enforcement action brought under federal statutory authority. He has advised multiple companies on data security and consumer privacy issues in both public and nonpublic matters. Earlier in his career, he represented a number of high-profile entertainers in litigated matters involving tax and contract disputes, including Cher and Michael Jackson.

Dan is a member of the Federal Bar Association and has been a certified public accountant licensed in California since 1980.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice
• Privacy & Data Security
• Class Action Litigation
• Commercial Disputes
• Consumer Fraud & Warranty Litigation
• Financial Services

Representative Cases

• ConsumerInfo.com successfully opposes nationwide class action involving product misrepresentation
• Experian defeats suit in Ninth Circuit challenging, under Federal Credit Reporting Act, Experian's reporting of debt discharged in bankruptcy
• Experian obtains dismissal of all claims in consumer credit litigation case under the FCRA
• Experian prevails in 11th Circuit appeal in one of first applications of Safeco to a Fair Credit Reporting Act case , (2009)
• Experian wins appeal of California antitrust action filed by consumer credit report resellers , (2009)
• Experian wins complete jury verdict in Texas Fair Credit Reporting Act action
• Los Angeles MTA resolves series of lawsuits involving over $100 million in subway construction claims after termination of general contractor
• Los Angeles MTA successfully litigates builder's risk insurance claim for partial collapse of subway tunnel and subsidence of Hollywood Boulevard
• Los Angeles MTA successfully litigates through appeal its right to remove appointee to disputes review board for $162 million public works contract
• R.J. Reynolds obtains defense jury verdict after five-month, landmark products liability and fraud trial in California Superior Court , (2009)
• Receiver for Teachers Management sponsors investment funds
• TRW obtains U.S. Supreme Court ruling that Fair Credit Report Act statute of limitations does not incorporate a "discovery" rule

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Class Actions, Collections & Repossessions, Commercial Leasing, Complex Litigation, Consumer Protection, Contracts, Debtor/Creditor, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Franchising, International Trade Litigation, International Transactions, Joint Ventures, Lemon Law, Litigation & Appeals, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, Secured Transactions, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Transactions, Uniform Commercial Code, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court, Warranties

Bar Admissions

• California

Education

• Claremont McKenna College
• U of California - Los Angeles

Address

555 South Flower Street
Fiftieth Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071-2300

Phones

1.213.243.2580 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.213.243.2539 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com