Dan Kappes

Dan Kappes is a San Francisco litigation attorney who focuses in the areas of commercial liability, healthcare litigation, unfair business competition, fraud, complex business disputes, intellectual property (IP), and corporate and governmental investigations.

Mr. Kappes is an experienced and nimble litigator who focuses his practice on the defense of corporate clients. He has represented numerous Fortune 500 companies and businesses faced with complex business disputes, consumer class actions and regulatory enforcement matters. Mr. Kappes has spent a decade delivering creative arguments and innovative solutions for clients with the goal to resolve matters expeditiously. He is a trusted advisor to many businesses.

Mr. Kappes has extensive experience representing large healthcare organizations and individual hospital systems. He is an experienced advocate and has litigated pricing disputes, False Claims Act cases, rate cases, privacy breaches, government investigations and other complex healthcare disputes.

Mr. Kappes also represents corporate clients faced with complex business disputes involving contractual breach claims, fraud, unfair and deceptive business practices, business torts, and actions brought by consumers, state attorneys general and government bodies.

Additionally, Mr. Kappes represents clients in copyright, trademark and trade secret matters as well as various related contractual and complex business disputes involving business torts. He has represented and counseled clients in a variety of industries regarding their IP rights, including aviation, apparel, technology and music.

Mr. Kappes has also made public service and charitable work an important part of his practice. He is a member of the San Francisco office's Diversity Committee, mentoring team and Auction for a Cause. In the community, Mr. Kappes is a parent-volunteer at Piedmont Unified School District, the Alameda County Community Food Bank and the Homeless Advocacy Project. In his free time, he enjoys cycling and fly-fishing.