Practice Areas:

Appellate
Commercial Litigation
Employment Litigation, Counseling and Training

Daniel Markham is a Member of the Firm and he concentrates in commercial litigation, appellate practice, and employment law. He also represents fashion models and agents in connection with contract negotiations and intellectual property issues. Mr. Markham had been a litigation associate at the national law firm of Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP in its New York office and was later a founding member of Wrobel, Markham & Schatz, LLP. He joined Coughlin Duffy LLP as a Member at its inception in March 2004.

In 2000, Mr. Markham won a landmark corporate director indemnification case before the New York Court of Appeals. (Biondi v. Beekman Hill Housing Apartment Corporation, 94 N.Y.2d 659 (2000) affirming Biondi v. Beekman Hill House Apt. Corp., 257 A.D. 2d 76, 692 N.Y.S.2d 304, 1999 N.Y. Slip Op. 05430 (1st Dep't 1999)). This decision has been named by the New York Law Journal as one of the 20th Century's 10 Most Influential Co-op Law Decisions.

Education:
Boston University School of Law (J.D. 1987)
Paul J. Liacos Scholar
Member, Boston University International Law Journal (1986-1987)

University of Virginia (B.A. 1984)
Pi Sigma Alpha Foreign Affairs Honor Society

Professional Admissions:
State of New York (1988)
District of Columbia (1989)
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (1989)
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (1989)
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Professional Activities:
Member, Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Secretary, Insurance Law Committee, 1990-1991; Member, 1992-1994)
Member, American Bar Association (Sections on Litigation and Law Practice Management)

Reported Decisions:
Biondi v. Beekman Hill Housing Apt. Corp., 94 N.Y.2d 659 (2000), affirming 257 A.D. 2d 76, 692 N.Y.S.2d 304 (1st Dept. 1999).

Commodari v. Long Island Univ., et al., 295 A.D.2d 302, 742 N.Y.S.2d 905 (2nd Dep’t 2002).

Madison Models, Inc. v. Laetitia Casta, et al., No. 01 Civ. 9323, 2003 U.S. Dist. Lexis 14844 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 20, 2003).

Contact:
Wall Street Plaza
88 Pine Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10005

Direct Dial: (212) 612-4980
Facsimile: (212) 480-3899

E-mail:
dmarkham@coughlinduffy.com