Mr. Danas is a Partner at Clarkson Law Firm where he maintains active class action and appellate practices, with many of his class cases focusing on the intersection of AI and the healthcare industry, as well as privacy and employment actions. Prior to joining Clarkson, Mr. Danas was a partner at Robins Kaplan LLP in Los Angeles, where he worked on a range of appellate litigation matters across the country, mostly on the plaintiff’s side. Mr. Danas is well known for having argued and won multiple cases in the California Supreme Court and the Ninth Circuit.  Mr. Danas has argued over 50 appeals and has briefed dozens more. Mr. Danas is a Board-certified appellate specialist and an elected member of the California Academy of Appellate Lawyers.

Mr. Danas graduated from Emory University School of Law, with honors, in 2001, and was a board member of the Emory Law Journal. Mr. Danas also graduated from Cornell University in 1998 with a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations.  Following law school, Mr. Danas was a law clerk to the Hon. U.W. Clemon, Chief Judge of the Northern District of Alabama.  Mr. Danas entered private practice as an associate at Shearman & Sterling LLP in New York City, where he worked primarily on antitrust and securities litigation.

Mr. Danas has received numerous awards, including having been named as one of the Top 20 Lawyers Under 40 in California (Daily Journal), one of the Top 100 Lawyers in California (Daily Journal), received the California Lawyer Attorney of the Year (CLAY) award, and one of the Top 500 Civil Rights Lawyers in the country (Lawdragon, 2021-2024).