John M. Daly

John M. Daly practices law in New York City as The Law Office of John M. Daly. Since 1995, John also has been "Of counsel" to Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald focusing primarily on commercial litigation, appeals, dispositive motions, post-trial motions, and immigration.

John graduated summa cum laude from Creighton University School of Law in Omaha, Nebraska in 1984, graduating 4th in his class (out of 165). John was Editor-in-Chief of the Creighton Law Review, author of a law review article, and a member of Alpha Sigma Nu, the National Jesuit Honor Society. John and his partner were winners of Creighton's (annual, junior year) Appellate Moot Court Competition, and he was the recipient of the Nebraska Association of Trial Attorneys' Roscoe Pound Award for Appellate Advocacy, as well as a member of Creighton's Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Team.

Following graduation, John served for three years as a Judge Advocate in the U.S. Marine Corps, where he was appointed a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, responsible for prosecuting crimes committed by civilians at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. While serving in this capacity, John obtained a first degree murder conviction as lead prosecutor in a federal jury trial in the United States District Court in Raleigh, North Carolina. While serving as a Judge Advocate, John also tried 10 court-marshal trials to the military equivalent of a jury.

Following his tenure as a Marine Judge Advocate, John came to New York and joined Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom as a litigation associate where for the next four years he worked on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, attorney conflict of interest, and securities-related litigation matters.

John then moved to Deutsche Klagsbrun & Blasband, a copyright litigation firm in Manhattan where he spent the next three years litigating intellectual property disputes in federal court before forming The Law Office of John M. Daly and his present "Of counsel" relationship with Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald.

Before attending law school on a Marine Corps-sponsored program, John was a jet pilot for the Marine Corps, with over 1300 hours as the pilot-in-command in the F-4 Phantom, a two-seat, supersonic jet fighter.

Practice Areas

• Appellate Practice
• Commercial Litigation
• Medical Malpractice
• Infant Lead Poisoning
• Class Action Litigation
• Immigration

• Rider University (B.S., Commerce, 1975)
• Creighton University School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 1984).
• Alpha Sigma Nu., the National Jesuit Honor Society
• Editor-in-Chief, Creighton Law Review (1983-1984).
• Recipient, Outstanding Service Award, Creighton University School of Law (1984).
• Author: Comment, "L.B. 568: Nebraska's New Drunken Driving Law," 16 Creighton Law Review 90 (1982).
• Naval Justice School, Naval Base, Newport, R.I. (1984)
• Formerly with: Deutsch Klagsburn & Blasband (1991-1995)
• Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, New York City Office (1987-1991)
• Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, E.D.N.C. (1986-1987)
• Chief Review Officer, Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, Camp Lejeune, N.C. (1985-1986)
• Senior Defense Counsel, Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, Camp Lejeune, N.C. (1984-1985)
• Author (with John E. Fitzgerald): "A guide to resolving Medicaid Liens in New York after 'Alborn' ", N.Y.L.J., August 25, 2006

• New York
• Nebraska
• U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Court of Military Review
• U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska
• U.S. Court of Military Appeals
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
• U.S. District Court - Southern District of New York
• U.S. District Court - Eastern District of New York
• U.S. District Court - Eastern District of Wisconsin
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

• New York State Bar Association
• New York State Trial Lawyers Association
• American Trial Lawyers Association
• American Bar Association
• Bronx County Bar Association
• Westchester County Bar Association
• American Immigration Lawyers' Association