Daniel A. Sasse is a partner in Crowell & Moring's Orange County office and serves as head of that office. He focuses his practice on antitrust law, including antitrust litigation, government investigations, defending mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures, and antitrust compliance issues.

Dan has devoted a substantial portion of his practice to antitrust cartel litigation. This practice includes defending clients in criminal investigations and civil litigation as well as representing many Fortune 500 companies as plaintiffs in recovery actions when they have been the victim of price-fixing cartels. He also has extensive experience with the application of the antitrust laws to deregulated industries, including telecommunications companies and the energy industry.

In 2010, Dan's successful representation of major clients was recognized by Competition Law360, who called him a "Rising Star," placing him on the nationwide list of 10 competition lawyers under 40 to watch. Additionally, one of his cases was listed as one of the Top 25 California Plaintiff's Verdicts for 2009 by the Daily Journal. Dan's case, Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc v. Chemtura Corp., was selected in the Top Arbitration Award category. Dan has also consistently been recognized as a "Southern California Super Lawyer - Rising Star" in Antitrust Litigation since 2007.

Dan is active in many professional organizations. He currently serves as the President of the Federal Bar Association of Orange County. He is a member of the federal judiciary Merits Screening Committee for the Bankruptcy Judgeships in the Central District of California, Santa Ana and Riverside Divisions. He is a member of the Local Rules Committee for the Central District of California. He is also a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.

Dan is heavily involved in Crowell & Moring's award winning pro bono program. Through this program he has conducted several criminal jury trials, represented criminal defendants in federal court, represented Virginia school children and parents, bringing First Amendment challenge and seeking injunction of Virginia Minute of Silence Statute, and is currently representing a group of low-income tenants in a property ownership dispute.

Before joining Crowell & Moring, Dan clerked for two years for the Honorable, H. Dean Whipple, Chief Judge United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. He received his BA, summa cum laude, from Valparaiso University in 1994 and a law degree with distinction from Emory University School of Law in 1997. At Emory, Dan was a member of the Emory International Law Review and Jessup International Moot Court Team.

Representative Matters

• Representation of a client group that purchased electrical carbon products (including carbon brushes and carbon current collectors), in price-fixing litigation to recover overcharges caused by an international price-fixing cartel.
• Representation of corporate clients that purchased DRAM chips, in price-fixing litigation to recover overcharges caused by international cartel.
• Representation of more than 50 corporate clients as plaintiffs' counsel in complex indirect purchaser suit brought in California state court.
• Representation of large telecommunications firm in suit alleging violations of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Sherman Act § 2 violations, and violations of state antitrust laws; favorable settlement reached on behalf of client.
• Representation of large telecommunications firm in binding arbitration regarding merger condition compliance and Operational Support System interfaces; obtaining favorable arbitration award.
• Representation of clients appearing before federal grand juries.
• Representation of a national retailer in a purported class action alleging violations of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act and the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
• Recent merger counseling includes representing an industry leading home-improvement retailer in acquisitions in consumer and pro retail segments, as well as representing SBC Communications, Inc. and Cingular Wireless in recent large acquisitions. His counseling practice involves the full range of mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, trade association law, cartel enforcement, the Robinson-Patman Act, the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, and the interaction of the antitrust laws and intellectual property.