Daniel P. Tighe represents clients in business disputes and regulatory proceedings in state and federal courts throughout the United States. His practice is wide-ranging. He represents clients in class actions, contract disputes, cases related to insurance claim handling, intellectual property disputes and in proceedings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. Dan advises companies and their directors in connection with derivative litigation and independent investigations.
Dan has served as the co-chair of the Steering Committee for the Boston Bar Association’s Business and Commercial Litigation Section, as a hearing officer for the Board of Board Overseers and he has led investigations as Special Counsel to the Board of Bar Examiners. He often serves on continuing legal education panels related to various civil practice issues.
From 2013 through 2018, Dan was a partner and Co-Chair of the Litigation Department at Prince Lobel Tye, LLP. From 2001 through 2013, he was a partner at Boston’s Griesinger, Tighe & Maffei, LLP and from 1990-2000, he was an associate and partner at Hale and Dorr LLP. He also worked as a Special Assistant District Attorney in Middlesex County.
- Lead counsel to national retailer in TCPA class action subject to successful appeal decided by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in 2021.
- Lead counsel to insurer in 2021 TCPA class action dismissed by the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
- Lead counsel to national publisher in successful defense of case brought in United States District Court for the District of Nevada.
- Lead counsel to Boston-based insurer in successful defense of class action cases in Massachusetts and Michigan related to claims handling issues.
- Represented, on a pro bono basis, a number of undocumented immigrants facing deportation proceedings.
- Lead counsel in putative class action alleging inappropriate practices related to large commercial insurance programs; defeated class certification and obtained summary judgement.
- Lead trial counsel in bad faith claims handling case; obtained defense verdict on all issues after several week-long trial.
- Co-counsel to various parties alleging that they were the true founders of Facebook. This case was dramatized in the movie The Social Network.
- Co-counsel for medical device company accused of patent infringement, resulting in defense verdict after jury trial in District of Massachusetts.
- Lead trial counsel to securities broker exonerated after lengthy federal jury trial in District of Massachusetts alleging trading on insider information.
- Lead trial counsel to software provider in jury trial over contract dispute resulting in jury verdict in excess of $1,400,000.
- Lead counsel to Massachusetts-based logistics company in California consumer class action related to rebate programs.
- Lead trial counsel to policyholder in case against carrier resulting injury verdict awarding more than $1 million.
- Represented Boston-based underwriter in class action lawsuits based on allegations about the manner in which issuers and underwriters distributed shares of stock in connection with 309 stock offerings. Described as one of largest class actions ever filed.
- Co-counsel to patent licensee in successful bench trial in Southern District of Ohio.
- Counsel to defendants in derivative lawsuit in which SJC stated law related to derivative lawsuits, ultimately leading to changes in Massachusetts Corporations Act.
