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411 East Franklin Street
Suite 600
Richmond, Virginia 23219-2200
(804) 697-2065
(804) 697-2165 (fax)
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Current Employment Position(s):

Shareholder and Director
Chair, Litigation Section and Intellectual Property Team

Areas of Practice:

  • Intellectual Property Litigation
Bar Admissions:

  • Virginia
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia
  • U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia
  • U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
Classes/Seminars Taught:

  • Remedies: The Changing Landscape at the Intersection of Civil and Intellectual Property Litigation, Virginia Bar Association, July 23, 2010

  • 27th Annual Business Law Seminar, Managing and Resolving Conflicts, Virginia CLE, September 23, 2009

  • What to do When You Get the Letter: Patents and Copyrights, VBA Winter Meeting, January 23, 2009

  • Mediating The Business Litigation Case: Advanced Issues, VBA Advanced Business Litigation Institute, April 11, 2008

  • What To Do When You Get The Letter: A Panel Discussion of How To Respond To Cease and Desist Letters in Trademark and Trade Secret Cases, VBA Winter Meeting, January 18, 2008

Honors and Awards:

  • Best Lawyers in America, Intellectual Property

  • AV Rated

  • Chambers USA Client Guide (Intellectual Property)

  • Listed in Virginia Super Lawyers

  • Virginia Business Magazine Legal Elite

  • Virginia Business Magazine, Top Technology and Intellectual Property Attorney, 2000

Dana D. McDaniel

Dana McDaniel is a commercial litigator with extensive experience representing clients in matters involving intellectual property issues, including patent infringement, trademark infringement, false advertising, unfair competition, copyright infringement, trade secret misappropriation, licensing disputes and technology contract disputes. Dana has litigated commercial and intellectual property cases in state and federal courts in Virginia and numerous other states and has represented clients in opposition and cancellation proceedings before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office and Section 337 actions before the International Trade Commission.

Dana earned his B.S. from Virginia Tech in 1977 and his J.D. from the College of William & Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law, in 1985.  From 1977 - 1982, Dana worked in the computer industry with Burroughs Corporation (now Unisys) and Computer Sciences Corporation.

Education:
  • The College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1985
    J.D.
    Honors: Order of the Coif
    Honors: National Moot Court Team

  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, 1977
    B.S.

Professional Associations and Memberships:
  • American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law Section
    Chair and Co-Chair of the Young Lawyers Section, 1996-98
  • American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law Section
    Co-Chair Annual Meeting Committee, 1999
  • Virginia State Bar
    Vice Chair, Intellectual Property Law Section, 2010--
  • Virginia State Bar
    Chair, Computer Study and Implementation Committee, 2000-06
  • Virginia State Bar
    Chair, Standing Committee on Professionalism, 2006-08
  • The Greater Richmond Intellectual Property Law Association, 1994 - Present
    Founding Director and Member
  • John Marshall Inn of Court
    Master

October 5, 2010 - Mike Rothermel will speak at a seminar in Richmond, Practical Guide to Zoning and Land Use Law

August 20, 2010 - Michael Yager, a Legal Assistant in our Litigation Section, spoke at a NALA LIVE! presentation on electronic discovery, "E-Discovery - Slow Down the Train" 

August 5, 2010 - Four Spotts Fain lawyers named in Best Lawyers in America, Meade Spotts, Hugh Fain, Robert Chappell and Dana McDaniel.

August 2, 2010 - Spotts Fain attorney, Lee Stephens assisted clients with first Fort Pickett Army Compatible Use Buffer (ACUB) conservation easement held by a State agency.

July 28, 2010 - Lessons on Charitable Conservation Contributions from Schneidelman v. Commissioner, by Robert Allen and Lee Stephens.

July 2010 - Spotts Fain congratulates Brian Marron, who begins his term as President of the Greater Richmond Bar Foundation.

July 9, 2010 - 'Much Ado About Nothing' - Bilski v. Kappos, by Bob Barrett.

June 23, 2010 - We are proud to announce that six Spotts Fain lawyers were named in the Virginia Super Lawyers list for 2010 and six named Virginia Rising Stars.

June 21, 2010 - Section 1031 Update - Exchange Facilitators Act is effective July 1, 2010, by John Anderson

June 19, 2010 - You may be required to notify your employees of their right to join a union, by Betsy Davis.

June 15, 2010 - Spotts Fain Creditors' Rights lawyers spoke at a Virginia Association of Community Banks Teleseminar on Bankruptcy and Collections

May 24, 2010 - Virginia Supreme Court Affirms Circuit Court Decision Confirming Arbitration Award in Dispute Involving a Limited Liability Company, by Andrew Oxenreiter and John Anderson.

May 18, 2010 - Health Care Reform - Priorities for Employers 2010 by Elliot Fitzgerald

May 13, 2010 - Mark With Care: The Rise of § 292 False Patent Marking Lawsuits, by Bob Barrett.

April 23, 2010 - Business people should be aware of the consequences for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

April 23, 2010 - Bob Barrett presented The $612.5 Million Question: How to protect your intellectual property at the Greater Richmond Chamber.

April 7, 2010 - The Spotts Fain Intellectual Property Team welcomes Bob Barrett to our growing practice group.

April 1, 2010 - We are very pleased to announce that Connell Mullins has been elected a shareholder of the firm and Deborah Fourness has been elected a director. 

January 27, 2010 - We are proud to announce that Spotts Fain Managing Director, Hugh M. Fain, III has been elected Chair of the Board of Governors of the Virginia Bar Association

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