Daniel K. Gelb (dgelb@gelbgelb.com), an associate at Gelb & Gelb LLP, is a member of the bars of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. He graduated from Tufts University (B.A. in English 1999), Boston College Law School (J.D. 2003) and Boston College Carroll Graduate School of Management (M.B.A. 2003). At the Carroll Graduate School of Management, he was a member of the First Place team in the 2002 Dianne Weiss Consulting Competition and a member of the semifinalist team in the 2002 MBA Jungle Business Plan Challenge. While at law school, Mr. Gelb was a Summer Honors Program Legal Intern in the United States Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Enforcement at the Boston District Office.

Prior to joining Gelb & Gelb LLP, Mr. Gelb was an Assistant District Attorney for over two years with the Norfolk County District Attorney's Office where he prosecuted various criminal matters including larceny, forgery and uttering, drug offenses, operating under the influence offenses and motor vehicle offenses, assault and battery crimes, firearm law violations, domestic violence offenses, and crimes against property. As an Assistant District Attorney, Mr. Gelb tried numerous cases to juries and judges, presented cases to the Grand Jury, and engaged in motion practice. In addition, Mr. Gelb was a member of the Community Insurance Fraud Initiative Task Force for Randolph, MA prosecuting motor vehicle insurance fraud cases in conjunction with the Insurance Fraud Bureau and the Randolph Police Department. Mr. Gelb was selected by the Norfolk County District Attorney's Office to attend the Career Prosecutor Course in Charleston, South Carolina and the national White Collar Crime course held in Washington, D.C., both of which were sponsored by the National District Attorneys Association and the National College of District Attorneys.

AREAS OF PRACTICE
Mr. Gelb represents clients in federal and state court litigation, arbitration and regulatory proceedings.  He concentrates in the areas of business, securities, non-competition agreements, corporate raiding and trade secrets, accountants' liability and criminal law.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Mr. Gelb is a member of the Advisory Board for the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.'s White Collar Crime Report, The Sedona Conference Working Group on Electronic Document Retention and Production, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers' Electronic Discovery Task Force, and the Massachusetts Bar Association's Civil Litigation Section Council where he chairs its Electronic Discovery Practice Group. Mr. Gelb also belongs to the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Criminal Law Section of the Boston Bar Association, the American Bar Association's White Collar Crime Young Lawyers Steering Committee, the Suffolk University Law School Litigation American Inn of Court, and the Tufts Lawyers Association.

PRESS
Mr. Gelb has been quoted in USA Today as well as other hard copy and online publications such as The Complete Lawyer, BNA, Inc.’s White Collar Crime Report, and BNA, Inc.’s Digital Discovery & e-Evidence regarding civil and criminal litigation issues, including electronic discovery.