Daniel M. Shafer is a California attorney specializing in business/commercial, intellectual property, and media/arts/entertainment law.  He provides litigation, transactional, and corporate legal services to smart companies and business-minded individuals.

As a litigator, Mr. Shafer has extensive experience in patent infringement, trademark, trade secret, business torts, employment, and contract cases, among other practice areas.  He has represented plaintiffs, defendants, and third parties in California state trial and appellate courts; in federal district courts in California, Texas, Nevada, Washington, Florida, and Nebraska; and in the International Trade Commission in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Shafer also provides a broad array of business and corporate legal services, including contracts and licensing, intellectual property counseling, business formation, corporate governance, employment law counseling, commercial leases, and more.  He enjoys working with new and established businesses, tech companies, media/content companies, inventors, artists, musicians, and creative professionals of all kinds.