Daniel J. Marcet is Counsel at Seeger Weiss, where he brings nearly a decade of complex federal litigation and trial experience. A seasoned litigator, Daniel has tried over twenty federal jury trials across two federal districts, as well as handled several federal appellate arguments.
Before joining the firm, Daniel served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida. During nearly five years in the Southern District of Florida, Daniel routinely represented the United States in high-stakes, complex criminal matters. In total, he first-chaired fifteen trials and second-chaired several more, including trials in the federal court in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, and Key West, Florida. He also briefed several appeals, handled appellate oral arguments, and led investigations in a wide array of matters, including fraud, tax, national security, export controls, money laundering, narcotics, and violent crime.
In the Middle District of Florida, Daniel became the Chief of the National Security Section, where he oversaw all national security investigations and prosecutions throughout the District, including cases involving criminal False Claims Act violations, international sanctions, export controls, espionage, terrorism, and cybercrimes. In that capacity, he continued to handle complex criminal investigations and trials while supervising Assistant United States Attorneys throughout the District. He also served as the Corporate Voluntary Disclosure coordinator for the District, where he handled sophisticated investigations into large corporations that came forward to disclose internal wrongdoing. He has led local, national, and international trainings for U.S. and foreign law-enforcement officials on topics like federal investigations and trial practice.
Prior to his time with the Department of Justice, Daniel began his legal career as a law clerk for the Honorable Mark L. Wolf of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Thereafter, he served as a law clerk for the Honorable Stanley L. Marcus, of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Daniel attended Williams College, where he graduated in 2011 with highest honors in Economics, while also playing four years of varsity baseball. He received a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2014, graduating cum laude. He also served as a Supervising Editor on the Harvard Law Review and authored comments discussing class action arbitration waivers and constitutional issues.