Cohen & Gresser LLP

Partner

Daniel H. Tabak has experience in commercial litigation, bankruptcy litigation, complex securities litigation, appellate work, and professional liability. His practice focuses on complex commercial disputes with an emphasis on litigation and arbitration involving the financial industry. Dan also has extensive experience representing parties in bankruptcy and bankruptcy litigation, including representing Hulk Hogan in the bankruptcy cases of Gawker and its founder.

Dan has been recognized over the last 10 years by The Legal 500’s U.S. guide in its securities litigation, commercial litigation, and general commercial disputes categories, with clients describing Dan as an “incredibly smart,” “first rate trial lawyer” who is “bright, attentive and creative” and possesses a “unique ability to quickly get up to speed on a complicated set of legal and factual issues.” Super Lawyers has recognized Dan on its annual New York Metro list for business litigation each year since 2014 and has named him one of the top 100 lawyers in the New York metropolitan area. He has also been named among Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Lawyers in America for 2026, and recognized as a Litigation Star by Benchmark Litigation.

Dan is a former member of Law360‘s editorial advisory board for its legal ethics coverage and of the New York City Bar Professional Responsibility Committee. He is chair of the firm’s Pro Bono Committee, a former co-chair of its Ethics Committee, and a member of the firm’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee.

Dan is a graduate of Columbia Law School, where he was a James Kent Scholar and a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. He is also a graduate of Harvard College, where he was a John Harvard Scholar and a Harvard College Scholar. Prior to joining the firm, he was a litigation associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. He also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Allyne R. Ross of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

New York State; New Jersey State; U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second and Tenth Circuits

Columbia Law School (J.D., 1995); Harvard College (A.B., cum laude, 1992)