Bio

Daniel Booker is a trial lawyer and a business counselor in antitrust and trade regulation and in an array of corporate governance and commercial matters, class actions, arbitrations and lawsuits. He was firmwide Managing Partner of Reed Smith LLP from 1992 until 2001. During his tenure, Reed Smith grew dramatically and became a global partnership. For more than 20 years, Dan has been listed among The Best Lawyers in America. He was named a Pittsburgh "Lawyer of the Year" five times in separate specialties (2011-2015). Currently, he appears in the categories of Antitrust Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law and Litigation–Antitrust. Dan has been recognized by Chambers USA, The US Legal 500, and Pennsylvania Super Lawyers as one of America's leading antitrust lawyers (2003-2022). In 2016, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award of The Legal Intelligencer. Dan currently serves as Immediate Past Chair of the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy. He is a past Chair of the Pittsburgh CLO, the Pittsburgh Regional Alliance, Penn’s Southwest Association, the Pennsylvania Lawyer’s Fund for Client Security, the Committee for Mellon Square, the Regional Air Service Partnership, the CLO Next Generation Campaign, CLO Cabaret Theater, CLO Academy of Musical Theater, the Allegheny County Bar Association Antitrust and Class Action Committee and the American Bar Association Antitrust Section Civil Practice Committee. He formerly served as a director of RTI International Metals, Inc.; Océ-USA Holdings, Inc.; HERC Development, Inc.; the Mon Valley Community Investment Fund; the Allegheny Conference on Community Development; the Duquesne Club; the United Way; the Boy Scouts; the Judicial Council of Pennsylvania; the Pittsburgh Glass Center; and the American Civil Liberties Union. He served for many years on the Steering Committee of the Pro Bono Institute; on the Visiting Committee of the University of Chicago Law School; in the Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County; and on the Allegheny County Democratic Committee. As a member of the statutory Charter Drafting Committee, he was instrumental in writing and securing voter approval for the Allegheny County Home Rule Charter, which was adopted by referendum in 1998. He is a recipient of the Senator John Heinz Award for Community Service and the League of Women Voters Good Government Award. In 2019, Dan was the volunteer leader of the successful effort by referendum to amend the City of Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter to create a dedicated Parks Trust funded by new tax revenues. In 2021, Dan received both the 25th Anniversary Mary Schenley Medal for Parks Stewardship and the 75th Anniversary CLOE award for contributions to the arts in Western Pennsylvania.