Daniel M. Staren

Dan Staren is a trusted advisor who helps his clients navigate complex intellectual property and technology, commercial, and real estate disputes inside and outside of the courtroom. 

Intellectual Property and Technology

Dan assists clients maximize the value of their intellectual property by enforcing and defending intellectual property rights. Dan has comprehensive litigation experience regarding patent, copyright, and trademark infringement and validity, computer fraud, unfair competition, and trade secret misappropriation in a wide range of industries, including telecommunications, computer software, and biosciences. Dan has helped clients enforce and defend trademark rights before the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and internet domain rights through the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy. Dan is also a registered patent attorney and has experience prosecuting patent and trademark applications before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. 

Commercial and Real Estate 

Dan has experience at all stages of complex commercial and real estate litigation from inception to post-trial. Dan has prepared pre-litigation analysis, facilitated settlements, prepared and responded to complaints, drafted and responded to motions, argued hearings, deposed witnesses, worked with experts, managed all aspects of fact and expert discovery, and served on numerous trial teams. 

Community 

Dan is dedicated to serving the community and maintains an active pro bono practice in which he provides a variety of legal services to clients who do not have the resources to pay customary legal fees. Most recently, Dan served as first chair in a prisoners' rights jury trial before the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.