Dan Richardson is an associate in Sullivan & Cromwell’s Litigation Group and a member of the Firm’s Supreme Court and Appellate Practice and Antitrust Group. His practice focuses on complex civil litigation and appeals related to antitrust, intellectual property, and securities.
Mr. Richardson maintains an active pro bono practice focused on protecting the rights of transgender youth. He has represented minor plaintiffs in a challenge to a state ban on gender-affirming medical care and has authored briefs in cases involving transgender discrimination in public schools.
After graduating the University of Virginia Law School—where he was selected as the Editor-in-Chief of the Virginia Law Review and was awarded the Faculty Award for Academic Excellence as the top student in his class—Mr. Richardson clerked for Justice Stephen G. Breyer of the Supreme Court of the United States and Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He also served as a Bristow Fellow in the Office of the Solicitor General at the U.S. Department of Justice.
Mr. Richardson serves on the Intellectual Property Committee of the ABA Antitrust Section.
