Daniel Formeller

Formeller, Daniel R. Partner

Chicago

233 S. Wacker Drive

61st Floor

Chicago, IL 60606
T: 312.627.4007
F: 312.627.1717
dformeller@tresslerllp.com
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Practice Areas

Litigation

Professional & Management Liability

Commercial Litigation

Class Action Litigation

Securities Litigation

Technology and Cyberliability Litigation

Business & Corporate Services
Education

J.D., DePaul University College of Law , cum laude

B.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bar Admissions

Illinois , 1976

District of Columbia , 1995
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit,
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit,
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit,
- U.S. District Court (C.D. of IL),
- U.S. District Court (N.D. of IL),
- U.S. District Court (S.D. of IL),

Formeller, Daniel R. Partner

Practice Focus

Dan is Chairman of the firm. As a trial lawyer based in the firm’s Chicago office, Dan focuses his practice on business litigation and the resolution of business disputes through mediation and arbitration. Dan handles a wide variety of complex business litigation and counseling, including intellectual property, state and federal securities actions, anti-trust, ERISA, class actions and directors and officers liability matters. He has been lead trial counsel in bench and jury trials in state and federal courts throughout the United States.

Professional Background

Before entering law school, Dan served in the United States Navy. He is the former president of both the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel (1994-1995) and the Association of Defense Trial Attorneys (2005-2006). He is a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Dan received the annual Defense Research Institute’s Fred Sievert award in 1994 for Outstanding Defense Bar Leader Of The Year and was selected for inclusion in Illinois Super Lawyers® for the past 16 years. Dan has achieved an AV® Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell, which is a testament to the fact that a lawyer's peers rank him at the highest level of excellence. Additionally, he has been acknowledged by his peers as a "Leading Lawyer" in a survey by Law Bulletin Publishing Company. He was selected by his peers in the 26th Edition (2020) and the 27th Edition (2021) of The Best Lawyers in America® for Insurance Law.

Memberships & Affiliations

American Bar Association, Member
American Bar Foundation, Life Fellow
Federal Bar Associations, Member
Federal Trial Bar, Member
District of Columbia Bar Association, Member
Seventh Circuit Bar Association, Member
DRI, Member, Director 2004-2007
Panel of arbitrators/mediators for the American Arbitration Association, Member
Panel of arbitrators/mediators for the FINRA, Member
Panel of arbitrators/mediators for the National Futures Association, Member
Professional Liability Underwriting Society, Member
Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel, President 1994-1995
Association of Defense Trial Attorneys, President 2005-2006

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