Scott Danner’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation in federal and state courts, including disputes involving trade secrets, private equity transactions, antitrust claims, and secured debt. Since becoming a partner at Holwell Shuster & Goldberg in 2020, Scott has first-chaired trials in federal and state court and secured multiple eight-figure verdicts for his clients.
Scott’s previous engagements include securities-related matters, fiduciary duty claims, bankruptcy and distressed debt litigation, reinsurance disputes, cross-border matters, and white-collar defense. He also has extensive experience representing clients in New York appellate courts, including successful appeals to the New York Court of Appeals and the Appellate Division, First Department. Scott is actively involved in HSG’s pro bono practice, and regularly represents indigent criminal defendants on appeal. He is also an active member of HSG’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee. He has also served as the co-chair of the Appellate Courts Committee of the New York County Lawyers Association.
Most recently he was lead trial counsel for aerospace start-up Zunum Aero Inc., winning a jury verdict in May 2024 finding Boeing liable for $81.3 million for misappropriating substantial trade secrets related to the development of electric and hybrid-electric aircrafts (post-verdict proceedings are ongoing). He has represented Valassis Communications, a MacAndrews & Forbes company, as plaintiff in a jury trial in the Southern District of New York involving a massive antitrust claim against News Corp. and its subsidiaries and led a damages trial team that secured a $70 million win on behalf of investment fund client Melody Business Finance involving loans defaulted on by financier Philip Falcone. Scott has also secured multiple notable wins before New York’s highest court, including a landmark reinsurance decision and a reversal of a conviction in a highly-politicized criminal prosecution.
Scott has been recognized as a Litigation Trailblazer by The National Law Journal and a leading lawyer by Benchmark Litigation and York Metro Super Lawyers. He was also recommended by Legal 500 for his litigation work and recognized by The American Lawyer and Law360 for his recent trial wins.
Scott clerked for the Hon. Colleen McMahon of the Southern District of New York and the Hon. Robert S. Smith of the New York Court of Appeals. He started his career in private practice at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz as a litigation associate.
Key Practice Areas: Antitrust; Appellate; Banking + Financial Services; Business & Commercial; Securities; Trials
Year Joined Firm: 2016
Education: Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D.), summa cum laude, awarded the Felix Frankfurter Prize, the school’s highest discretionary academic honor; Cornell University (B.A.)
Updated Sep 2024
