Dan Pirolo, a senior associate in Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.'s Houston location, practices in the firm's Litigation section.  He concentrates his practice in the area of complex business and commercial litigation, including securities litigation and enforcement, corporate governance litigation, government and internal investigations, and antitrust litigation. Dan first joined Fulbright in 2003, and after two years, served as a law clerk to the Honorable W. Eugene Davis on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He returned to Fulbright in 2006.

As well as experience litigating in both federal and state court, Dan has litigated appeals before the United States Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Federal Circuits. He has also counseled clients in a variety of mediation and arbitration proceedings. 

Dan's litigation practice includes defending a large number of shareholder class and derivative actions asserting a wide range of claims against corporations, officers and directors, including litigation arising out of mergers, acquisitions, going-private transactions and proxy contests. As part of his securities litigation practice, he has counseled clients involved in government enforcement proceedings before federal, state and self-regulatory authorities, as well as conducted internal investigations for corporations, audit committees and special committees.

His litigation practice also includes counseling clients involved in antitrust and intellectual property litigation, including actions involving Sherman Act claims, patent infringement claims and hybrid Walker Process claims.

• American Bar Association
• Texas Bar Association
• Texas Young Lawyers Association
• Houston Bar Association
• Houston Young Lawyers Association

• Contributor, A Practitioner's Guide to Class Actions, American Bar Association, 2010
• Regular contributor to Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.’s Corporate Governance At-A-Glance Newsletter
• Co-editor, Antitrust Law Developments (Sixth), American Bar Association
• Co-author with Gerard G. Pecht and Peter Stokes, "Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in Securities Suit Against Pharmaceutical Company," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Briefing, June 16, 2010
• Co-author with Anne Rodgers and Jonathan S. Abernethy, “Fifth Circuit Affirms Skilling Conviction in Opinion That May Impact Future Securities Fraud Cases,” Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Client Alert, January 2009
• Co-author with Gerard Pecht, Richard Smith, Mark Oakes and Kelly E. Garrett, “Three Important Developments on Privilege Waiver and Advancement of Attorneys’ Fees Change the Landscape for Government and Corporate Investigations,” Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Client Alert, August 2008
• Co-author with Darryl Anderson, “D.C. Circuit Reverses Denial of Preliminary Injunction in Whole Foods-Wild Oats Merger Case,” Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Client Alert, July 2008
• Co-author with James Griffin and Gerard Pecht, “Delaware Supreme Court Concludes That Stockholder-Proposed Bylaw Requiring Reimbursement of Contested Election Expenses is Contrary to Delaware Law,” Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Client Alert, July 2008
• Co-author with Gerard Pecht, “Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Forms Auction-Rate Securities Taskforce,” Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Briefing, April 2008
• Co-author with Anne Rodgers, “Chairman Cox Announces SEC’s 2008 Priorities,” Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Briefing, February 2008
• Co-author with Ellen Sessions, Gerard Pecht, Anne Rodgers and Peter Stokes, “Supreme Court Curbs “Scheme Liability” Lawsuits,” Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Briefing, January 2008
• Co-author with Darryl Anderson, Gerard Pecht and Peter Stokes, “Supreme Court Endorses Rigorous Pleading Requirements For Securities Fraud Claims,” Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Client Alert, June 2007
• Co-author with Richard Zembek and William Pakalka, “Department of Justice and FTC Issue Joint Report on Antitrust and Intellectual Property,” Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Briefing, April 2007

2003 - J.D., summa cum laude, University of Notre Dame Law School
2000 - B.S., Geology, Texas A&M University

While in law school, Dan was the Executive Note Editor of the Notre Dame Law Review.