Daniel Maland

Daniel Maland is a commercial trial lawyer who represents businesses, entrepreneurs, investors, financial institutions, municipalities, and high-net-worth individuals in complex disputes in state and federal courts, as well as in arbitration. Clients turn to Daniel to handle matters with significant financial, operational, or reputational consequences. He has served as first-chair trial counsel in high-stakes litigation and approaches every case with the objective of positioning it for success at trial while pursuing practical and efficient resolutions whenever possible.

Daniel oversees the firm’s plaintiff-side class action practice and represents clients in complex commercial litigation involving business torts, shareholder and partnership disputes, real estate litigation, municipal representation, government investigations, and consumer class actions. He has represented clients across a broad range of industries, including real estate, financial services, hospitality, technology, consumer products, and digital assets, in courts throughout the United States.

In addition to his commercial litigation practice, Daniel is widely recognized for his work involving blockchain and digital assets. He is a past Chair of the Florida Bar Business Law Section’s Blockchain and Digital Assets Committee and previously served as the Section’s legislative liaison on decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) legislation. He regularly advises businesses on emerging regulatory issues and disputes involving cryptocurrency and digital asset technologies.

Before joining RVMR, Daniel practiced complex litigation in New York and served as a law clerk to the Honorable Cathy L. Waldor of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. While attending Emory University School of Law, Daniel served as Notes and Comments Editor of the Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal, received the Dean’s Award for his work with the International Humanitarian Law Clinic, and interned for then-United States District Judge Adalberto Jordan, now of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Daniel has been recognized as a Florida and New York Super Lawyers Rising Star on multiple occasions. He is admitted to practice in Florida and New York, as well as numerous federal courts, including the Southern District of Florida, Middle District of Florida,  the Southern District of New York, the Eastern District of New York and the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second and Eleventh Circuits.

Outside his practice, Daniel serves on the Executive Committee and Board of the American Jewish Committee’s Miami chapter and remains actively involved in civic and charitable initiatives throughout South Florida.

 

Education

• Emory University School of Law, Juris Doctorate, Notes and Comments Editor, Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal
• Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, Germany, Exchange Student in International Business Law
• University of Florida, B.A. Anthropology, B.A. Political Science