William Alden McDaniel, Jr.
Member
Email: wam@wamcd.com

Practice Areas: Arbitration; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Appellate Practice; Litigation; White Collar Crime; Partnership Dissolution; Libel, Slander and Defamation; Commercial Litigation; Business Litigation; Civil Rights; Constitutional Law; Contract Litigation; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Fraud and Deceit; Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility; Professional Liability; Torts.

Admitted: 1979, District of Columbia and U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; 1980, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1983, U.S. Supreme Court; 1984, Maryland and U.S. District Court, District of Maryland including Trial Bar; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Law School: University of Virginia, J.D., 1977

College: Harvard University, A.B., magna cum laude, 1973

Member: The Bar Association of Baltimore City; Maryland State, Federal and American Bar Associations; The District of Columbia Bar.

Biography: Member: Raven Society; Order of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, Virginia Law Review, 1976-1977. Author: "Brady: Strategy And Tactics," Ch. 23, Criminal Defense Techniques (Matthew Bender, 1991); "Gardner v. Florida: The Application of Due Process to Sentencing Procedures," 63 Virginia Law Review 1281, 1977; "Public Trials," 8 Ham. L. Rev. 127, 1985. Adjunct Instructor, Trial Advocacy, 1990-1998, Civil Litigation, Practice Program, 1995-1996, University of Virginia Law School. Lecturer, Appellate Advocacy University of Baltimore Law School, 1988-1992. Law Clerk to: Hon. Collins J. Seitz, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1977-1978; Hon. Harry A. Blackmun, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, 1978-1979. Member, Board of Directors, Maryland Legal Services Corp., 1995-1999. Member, Board of Directors, and President, Harry A. Blackmun Scholarship Foundation, Inc., 1994-. Trustee, Ruxton Country School, 1994-2001. Member, National Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.

Reported Cases: Arar v. Ashcroft, F.3d (CA2 2009) (in banc); Argiropoulos v. Kpp, 2007 WL954747 (D.Md. 2007); Arar v. Ashcroft, 414 F.Supp.2d 250 (E.D.N.Y. 2006); Benz v. Washington Newspaper Publishing Co., 34 Media L. Rep. 2368 (D.D.C. 2006); Flowers v. Carville, 266 F. Supp. 2d 1245 (D. Nev. 2003); Flowers v. Carville, 310 F.3d 1118 (CA9 2002); Flowers v. Carville, 112 F. Supp. 2d 1202 (D.Nev.2000); Eastern Shore Markets, Inc. v. J.D. Associates L.P., 213 F.3d 175 (CA4 2000); In Re Grand Jury Proceedings, 5 F.Supp. 2d 21 (D.D.C. 1998); In Re Lindsey, 158 F.3d 1263 (C.A.D.C. 1998); Blumenthal v. Drudge, 992 F.Supp. 44 (D.D.C. 1998); Yates v. Hagerstown Lodge No. 212 Loyal Order of Moose, 878 F.Supp. 788 (D.Md. 1995); Griva v. Davison, 637 A.2d 830 (1994) (D.C. App.); United States v. Clarridge, 811 F.Supp. 697 (D.D.C., 1992); United States v. Clines, 958 F.2d 578 (CA4 1992); Zupnick-Rosslyn Limited Partnership v. Teos Realty Development, B.V., et al., No. 89-1582 Lexis No. 2733 (CA4 1991); United States v. Singer, 889 F.2d 1327 (CA4 1989); United States v. Morse, 800 F.2d 260 (CA4 1986); Carter v. District of Columbia, 795 F.2d 116 (CADC 1986); United States v. Walker, 677 F.2d 1014 (CA4 1982); Hamilton v. Ford Motor Co., 636 F.2d 745 (CADC 1980); Federal Realty Investments v. Pacific Ins. Co., 760 F. Supp. 533 (D. Md. 1991); Perini v. Perini, 715 F. Supp. 719 (D. Md. 1989); Baltimore Neighborhoods v. Plake Prop. Corp., 1987 U.S. Dist. Lexis No. 13535 (D. Md.); Short v. United States Parole Commission, 549 F. Supp. 118 (D.D.C. 1982); Baltimore Arts Festival, Inc. v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore, 326 Md. 653, 607 A.2d 1 (1992); Bornstein v. Helferstay, 311 Md. 302, 534 A.2d 686 (Md. Ct. App. 1987); United States v. Edwards, 430 A.2d 1321 (D.C. App. 1981).

Born: Morgantown, West Virginia, November 20, 1951

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