
Daniel Klapman
Founding Member
(224) 260-3087
Daniel Klapman brings over 20 years of valuable commercial litigation experience to SWK Attorneys. He began his practice in the public sector with six years of investigative and prosecutorial experience at the Cook County State's Attorney's Office. He served in several different divisions including felony review where he trained and supervised many junior attorneys before moving to private practice in 2003.
Dan's combined knowledge of the law, business, and economics allows him to serve as a trusted advisor to his individual and business clients, and to devise litigation strategies to effectively present his clients' positions, whether to opposing counsel, judge or jury, so as to efficiently resolve complex disputes on behalf of his clients. He serves clients ranging from entrepreneurs to Fortune 500 companies in complex litigation cases before state and federal courts.
Dan has represented clients in matters including shareholder and other disputes, fiduciary duty cases, commercial contract claims, fraud, intellectual property claims, trade secret litigation, estate and trust issues, ERISA litigation with a focus on withdrawal liability, construction disputes, landlord-tenant cases, and general complex commercial litigation.

Admissions
Illinois, 1997
Courts
U.S. District Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Supreme Court of Illinois
Education
J.D. - Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1997
B.A. - University of Illinois, 1994