About Daniel
Daniel advises private and public companies at all stages of growth on corporate matters.
Before joining Cooley, Daniel advised startups across the country on how to win and manage funding from the federal Small Business Innovation and Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. His law practice is informed by his prior experiences working with small businesses, emerging companies and university-affiliated companies on business strategy, as well as his background in teaching entrepreneurship to college students and professionals.
Education
Harvard Law School
JD, 2024
University of Oklahoma
MA, International and Area Studies, concentration in Economic Development, 2016
University of Oklahoma
BA, International and Area Studies, summa cum laude, 2015
Rankings and accolades
Co-founder and director of the Oklahoma Catalyst Programs, winner of the 2020 US Small Business Administration’s Tibbets Award for best-in-class support to startups applying for funding from the federal SBIR and STTR programs
Speaker at the State Science & Technology Institute’s 2019 Annual Conference in Providence, Rhode Island
Judge for the Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s 2019 Youth Innovation Challenge
Program manager for one of The Princeton Review’s Top 25 schools for entrepreneurship in 2017
2016 recipient of the Thomas W. Adams Best Paper Award for MA thesis on conflict resolution
2011 Gates Millennium Scholar