Danielle E. Tepper

Danielle Tepper’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation. She represents public and private companies in connection with contract, fiduciary duty, tort, employment, and other disputes in federal and state courts, as well as in arbitrations.

Representative Matters

• Representation of the NWHI Litigation Trust and the successor indenture trustee for certain unsecured notes of Nine West Holdings, Inc. to pursue claims relating to a 2014 transaction in which Nine West’s predecessor was purchased, certain of its businesses were sold off, and its shareholders received more than $1 billion for their shares.

• Representation of a youth-serving not-for-profit organization against previously time-barred negligence claims that were revived pursuant to New York’s Child Victims Act.
• Representation of a media company in an internal investigation concerning compliance with consumer privacy laws.

Prior to joining Friedman Kaplan, Ms. Tepper was an associate at Pryor Cashman LLP. 

Outside the Office

Ms. Tepper is a member of the Project Development Committee of the Law Firm Antiracism Alliance, a coalition of more than 250 law firms collaborating with legal services organizations to amplify the voices of communities and individuals impacted by racism, to better use the law as a vehicle for change that benefits communities of color, and to promote racial equity in the law. She also is a member of the New York County Lawyers Association and serves as co-chair of its Committee on Women in the Law. Ms. Tepper was selected as a member of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity’s 2021 class of Pathfinders, a program offering leadership and career development training for high-performing, early-career attorneys.