Joseph D. Daley

Joe Daley is admitted to practice before 12 United States Courts of Appeal spanning the nation, as well as before the Supreme Court of the United States.

Mr. Daley is a member of the Firm's Appellate Practice Group, where his practice concentrates on federal appeals. Precedents include:  Frank v. Dana Corp. ("Dana II"), _F.3d_, 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 10437 (6th Cir. May 25, 2011); Siracusano v. Matrixx Initiatives, Inc., 585 F.3d 1167 (9th Cir. 2009), aff'd, _U.S._, 131 S.Ct. 1309 (2011); In re HealthSouth Corp. Sec. Litig., 334 F. App'x 248 (11th Cir. 2009); Frank v. Dana Corp. ("Dana I"), 547 F.3d 564 (6th Cir. 2008); Luther v. Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP, 533 F.3d 1031 (9th Cir. 2008); In re Merck & Co. Sec., Derivative & ERISA Litig., 493 F.3d 393 (3d Cir. 2007); In re Qwest Commc'ns Int’l, 450 F.3d 1179 (10th Cir. 2006); DeJulius v. New Eng. Health Care Emps. Pension Fund, 429 F.3d 935 (10th Cir. 2005); Southland Sec. Corp. v. INSpire Ins. Solutions Inc., 365 F.3d 353 (5th Cir. 2004).

Mr. Daley is a past editor of the award-winning Federal Bar Association Newsletter (San Diego chapter) and has served as the Chair of San Diego's Co-operative Federal Appellate Committees ("COFACS"). Mr. Daley’s published articles include: Tellabs Redux, Harvard Law School Corporate Governance Blog (Jan. 28, 2008), http:/blogs.law.harvard.edu/corpgov/2008/01/28/390/ (co-authored with Byron Georgiou); What’s Brewing in Dura v. Broudo? The Plaintiffs’ Attorneys Review the Supreme Court’s Opinion and Its Import for Securities-Fraud Litigation, 37 Loy. U. Chi. L.J. 1 (2005) (co-authored with Patrick J. Coughlin and Eric Alan Isaacson); Duped Investors See ‘Dura’ as Diamond in the Rough, Los Angeles Daily Journal, July 5, 2005, p. 8 (co-authored with Patrick J. Coughlin and Eric Alan Isaacson); and The Nonretroactivity of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, 25 Sec. Regulation L.J. 60 (1997), reprinted in 3 Sec. Reform Act Litig. Rep. 258 (1997) and 25 RICO L. Rep. 819 (1997) (co-authored with Susan S. Gonick).. 

While attending law school, Mr. Daley was a member of the USD Appellate Moot Court Board and received several awards for written and oral advocacy, including: Order of the Barristers, Roger J. Traynor Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition (Best Advocate Award); Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition (United States National Champions); USD Alumni Torts Moot Court Competition (First Place Overall and Best Brief); the USD Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition (First Place Overall and Best Brief); and the American Jurisprudence Award in Professional Responsibility. 

Honors & Awards

• San Diego Super Lawyer (2011)
• Order of the Barristers