Daniel B. Listwa is an associate in Wachtell Lipton’s Litigation Department.

Daniel received his J.D. from Yale Law School, where he was an Articles & Essays Editor of the Yale Law Journal and a Managing Editor of the Yale Journal of Law & Humanities. There he was the recipient of such awards as the Felix S. Cohen Prize in Legal Philosophy and the Judge Ralph K. Winter, Jr. Prize in Law and Economics. He received his M.A. with First Class Honors in Philosophy and Public Affairs from University College Dublin, as the recipient of a prestigious George J. Mitchell Scholarship. Daniel received a B.A. summa cum laude in Philosophy-Economics and Business Management from Columbia University where he was a John Jay Scholar, a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the recipient of multiple academic awards, including the Albert Asher Green Memorial Prize, awarded to the graduating senior with the highest academic record.

Daniel rejoined the firm after serving as a law clerk to the Honorable Jed S. Rakoff of the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and as law clerk to the Honorable Debra Ann Livingston of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Daniel is also a non-resident Fellow of the Yale Law School Center for Private Law.