Education
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Cornell University Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2001
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University of Virginia, B.A., 1995
Bar Admissions
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New Jersey
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New York
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West Virginia
Court Admissions
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit
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U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
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U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York
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U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
Awards and Honors
- New Jersey Volunteer Lawyers for Justice 2007 Pro Bono Attorney of the Year
- Patton Boggs LLP Pro Bono Associate of the Year, 2007
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Daniel Mulvihill represents clients in complex environmental and natural resources litigation arising under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and similar state statutes. Mr. Mulvihill specifically counsels and defends industrial and manufacturing clients with regard to civil and criminal enforcement actions under various environmental laws. He also represents several manufacturing, real estate, and insurance clients in CERCLA cost recovery, subrogation, and RCRA citizen suits against the United States government for recovery of environmental costs and injunctive relief arising from war production at current and formerly owned facilities. Mr. Mulvihill also provides representation in multi-district product liability litigation and works with manufacturers to remediate and redevelop former industrial sites under New Jersey’s Brownfields programs.
Mr. Mulvihill is a member of the firm’s Pro Bono Committee, and coordinates New Jersey office’s pro bono program. Under Mr. Mulvihill’s leadership, Patton Boggs was recently named the 2008 Pro Bono Firm of the Year by the Essex County Bar Association.
Immediately before joining Patton Boggs, Mr. Mulvihill was an environmental, land, and resources associate in the New Jersey office of one of the world’s largest law firms. Previously, he had served as a litigation associate in the New York City office of another prominent global law firm specializing in securities litigation.
Representative Matters
- Served as trial counsel for chemical manufacturer in litigation with purchaser of client’s former facility in New Jersey. Mr. Mulvihill obtained a ruling that the purchaser and its parent company were obligated to indemnify client for all CERCLA and New Jersey Spill Act costs arising from USEPA and NJDEP initiatives relating to the cleanup of the Lower Passaic River in New Jersey.
- Serves as trial counsel for a major insurance company in multiple cost recovery actions against the United States Department of Defense.
- Represented real estate investment trust in multi-district litigation relating to claims made by public water suppliers against the petroleum industry concerning groundwater contamination by the gasoline additive MTBE.
- Represents real estate developer prosecuting RCRA citizen suit against the United States, the State of New Jersey and others relating to TCE groundwater contamination.
- Represents major automobile manufacturer in criminal investigations and civil litigation involving alleged violations of New Jersey Solid Waste and Spill Acts associated with decommissioning and demolition of assembly plant in New Jersey.
- Submitted an amicus curiae brief to the United States Supreme Court in Atlantic Research Corp. v. United States on behalf of automobile manufacturers.
- In pro bono work, represented an American mother in an appeal of a District Court’s order that would have returned her daughter to Argentina pursuant to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. Mr. Mulvihill invoked the Convention’s “grave risk of harm” exception, arguing that the child would suffer physical and psychological harm if she were returned to the country in which she had been abused by her father. The United States Court of Appeals overturned the District Court’s order and dismissed the petition, allowing the child to remain in the United States.
- Obtained $32 million judgment for aircraft leasing company at summary judgment pursuant to Article 2A of the New York Uniform Commercial Code.
Professional Affiliations:
- Member, Steering Committee, Newark Reentry Legal Services Network
- New Jersey State Bar Association (Environmental Section)
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