Mr. Westman’s practice focuses on labor, employment, and trade secret issues, including defending employers in Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower, wrongful termination, sexual harassment and discrimination litigation, counseling employers regarding prevention of disputes, and litigating trade secrets and non-competition disputes.  He has tried numerous employment cases to jury verdicts in favor of companies, litigated numerous preliminary injunctions, and has handled dozens of mediations and arbitrations of employment disputes.

"We are delighted to welcome Dan to our growing team," said Brian Busey, Managing Partner of Morrison & Foerster’s Northern Virginia office.  "He brings a dynamic practice and his employment law expertise represents a powerful complement to our full service corporate/technology practice."

Nicholas Spiliotes, Chair of the firm’s Business Department, said, "Dan’s arrival underscores our commitment to the expansion in this vital market and further enhances the firm’s ability to provide a full spectrum of services to our clients in the Mid-Atlantic region."

Mr. Westman is recognized nationally as an authoritative source on compliance matters relating to whistleblower policies, including Sarbanes-Oxley.  He is the lead author of the book Whistleblowing: The Law of Retaliatory Discharge, Second Edition (BNA Books 2004).  He has authored numerous publications, spoken at legal and industry conferences, and has testified before a Congressional subcommittee on proposed federal whistleblower legislation. 

Mr. Westman, said, "I am honored to join Morrison & Foerster’s dynamic and expanding Mid-Atlantic team.  Over the last 20 years I have admired the firm’s success in establishing a global reputation for legal excellence.  I look forward to helping to expand the firm’s practice in the Mid-Atlantic region, particularly in litigating Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower and trade secret issues."

Mr. Westman represented technology companies in Palo Alto, California from 1995 through 1999, and in the Northern Virginia technology corridor from 1999 to the present.  He received his J.D. degree from the University of Chicago Law School in 1981, and his B.A. degree from Stanford University in 1978, with distinction.

Morrison & Foerster announced the addition of six corporate partners to the Northern Virginia office last month.  Those partners are Lawrence T. Yanowitch, Thomas J. Knox, Jack L. Lewis, Charles W. Katz, Gregory M. Giammittorio, and John S. Harper.

Also joining the firm and rounding out the corporate group are:

Of Counsels

M. Scott Brown, The George Washington University Law School (J.D., 1994)

Elizabeth J. Dillon, Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law (J.D., 1995)

Thomas P. FitzGerald, The American University Washington College of Law (J.D., 1995)

Daniel N. Max, Fordham University School of Law, (J.D., 1994)