
Daniel H. R. LaguardiaDaniel H. R.Laguardia
Partner, Complex Litigation
Daniel Laguardia is co-chair of Paul Hastings’ Securities Litigation practice and is based in the firm’s San Francisco and New York offices. Daniel is a leading practitioner addressing shareholder disputes and crisis management, and he has represented individuals, corporations and various financial institutions in securities litigation, internal investigations, regulatory matters and complex commercial litigation. He has extensive litigation experience across a broad spectrum of substantive areas, including securities and complex financial products, financial markets, mergers and acquisitions disputes, shareholder actions, distressed debt and bankruptcy issues, and commercial contracts, and he has achieved a strong record of success for clients in trial and appellate courts.
Leading a long-standing class action lawsuit against the Suffolk County Correctional Facilities in New York seeking injunctive relief and damages for unconstitutionally inhumane housing conditions.
A technology platform company in securities class actions asserting misrepresentations and omissions in connection with its initial public offering and subsequent offerings.
- Litigation Star: New York
Benchmark Litigation
- Litigation: Securities – Nationwide
Chambers USA
“Close-out Under the 1992 and 2002 ISDA Master Agreements,” Derivatives Laws and Regulations, ICLG, Co-Author
2025
“Class Certification in Securities Cases,” Securities Litigation: A Practitioner''s Guide, PLI Press, Co-Author
2024
“The Best-Laid Plans: Preventing Rule 10b5-1 Plans from Going Awry,” The Hedge Fund Law Report, Author
2014
“Report on the Possible Impact of Halliburton II on Securities Class Action Litigation,” New York City Bar Association’s Committee on Securities Litigation’s Fraud-on-the-Market Subcommittee, Former Subcommittee Chair and Co-Author
2014
Securities Litigation Section Chair, Bar Association of San Francisco (2024-26)
Securities Litigation Committee Section Past Chair, New York City Bar (2016-20)
- “Securities Litigation Symposium,” San Francisco Bar Association, Speaker2024
- “Accounting Issues for Lawyers,” PLI, Speaker2020