Dan Ernst, PhD, Esq

Colorado Bar No. *****, California Bar No. 296262

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Private Sector Legal Work Experience

Dan Ernst Law, LLC, Denver, Colorado

Principal, Attorney at Law, November 2019 – Present

Providing strategic counsel, litigation services, contract formation, and dispute negotiation:

Winning MSJ in multi-million dollar crypto-currency case, Successful settlement of trademark case, Litigating defamation case

Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine, Englewood, Colorado

Associate Attorney, May 2018 – November 2019

Representing plaintiffs in complex commercial litigation and mass-tort cases:

Part of trial team that won $58 million verdict;

Wrote Complaint that garnered international attention and Briefs that sparked widespread media quotation;

Wrote and argued motions before Federal District Court;

Wrote winning responses to motions for summary judgment.

Carroll Kelly Trotter Franzen McBride & Peabody, Long Beach, California

Associate Attorney, May 2017 – April 2018

Defending hospitals, physicians, and health care providers in malpractice, abuse, and related actions:

Drafted and argued motions before State Court for dismissal, discovery, and summary judgment.

•Briefed legislative history, policy, and principles at stake in appeal case.

Feldsott & Lee, Laguna Hills, California

Associate Attorney, August 2013 – April 2017

Providing strategic counsel and litigation representation for nonprofit corporations and individual homeowners:

Facilitating compliance with complex statutory & regulatory scheme, composing governing documents, organizing elections

Argued before California Court of Appeal’s three-justice panel.

Primary counsel in multi-million dollar corporate partnership dissolution, in real-estate slope failure, and HOA lien cases.

Academic and Public Policy Related Work Experience

Ewha Woman’s University, Seoul, Korea

Assistant Professor, Department of International Studies, and Department of Philosophy, September 2007—June 2010

Research: Interviewed North Korean refugees regarding internal restrictions on movement within the DPRK

Teaching: International Law & Institutions; Ethics; Leadership; Utopias & Dystopias (3x intra-university award-winning class)

Published: Chapter in treatise on Laws of War; Articles on Immigration Law and Political Theory

United States Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research — Research Associate, Summer 2004, 2005

Wrote Report predicting organizational allegiances and effects of dissemination of Saudi Arabian textbooks by Madrassas.

Wrote Report on U.S. efforts at moderate promotion in Islamic world and distribution networks for democratic texts in Arabic.

Shurat Hadin- Israel Law Center, Tel Aviv, Israel — Legal Research Associate, Summer 2012

•Interviewed victims of terrorist action and drafted affidavits introduced as evidence in successful civil trial against Syria.

•Wrote Report on using federal and state law to combat anti-Israel boycotts that became the basis of a CLE course.

Ngo-Monitor, Jerusalem, Israel — Legal Research Associate, Summer 2011

•Wrote Amicus brief to UNHCR regarding Israeli use of phosphorous munitions in operation Cast Lead, Gaza War of 2009.

New York State Attorney General’s Office, New York, NY — Legal Intern, Qui Tam Division, Fall 2011

Education

New York University School of Law, New York, New York

J.D. with emphasis in International Law, May 2013

Articles Editor: NYU Journal of International Law and Politics

Thesis: Identifying Tactical Advantages of Suicide Terrorism and Neutralizing Them

Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

Ph.D. in Political Theory/Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, May 2007

Dissertation: The Ethics of Immigration

Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Research Assistant, Harvard Law School, Fall 2004; Immigration law course

Teaching Fellow, Kennedy School of Government, Fall 2001, 2002, 2003; Ethics in Public Policy, wrote immigration unit

Teaching Assistant, Harvard College, Spring 2001, 2002, 2003; Moral Reasoning in Law, Political Philosophy, Existentialism

U.C. Berkeley, Berkeley, California

A.B. in Physics, with Honors and Distinction in General Scholarship, May 1994

Founder and served as Editor in Chief of The Heuristic Squelch, Humor Magazine

Leadership Positions in Legal Associations and Pro Bono Work

Legal Committee Member and Pro Bono Lawyer, Stand With Us, Los Angeles, California

Vice-Chair, International Law Section of Orange County Bar Association, Orange County, California

Legal Research Associate, Shurat Hadin- Israel Law Center, Tel Aviv, Israel

Publications Committee Member, Community Association Institute, Orange County, California

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