Daniel P. Neelon

Mr. Neelon focuses his practice on business transactional and business advisory matters (both domestic and international) and litigation related to business and professional disputes. Business Transactional and Advisory Practice Mr. Neelon's experience includes providing advice, documentation, negotiation and strategies concerning the following: Acquisitions, mergers and dispositions of securities and assets Broker-dealer contracts Company plans for bonuses, profit-sharing and stock options Company investigations of incidents and employees Corporate governance Corporate legal strategies Corporate organization Domestic and transnational business contract negotiation and preparation Energy exploration and development (onshore and offshore), and mining investments Executive compensation Executive evaluation Hiring and releasing employees Investment banking and financing relationships Joint ventures related to mining, oil and gas, and other businesses Leases of real estate Private securities placements Restaurant acquisitions and dispositions Select tax issues Securities compliance opinions Technology and patent licenses Sample Business Transactions and Corporate Representation Representation of an entrepreneur regarding a foreign bank acquisition Representation of an oceanographic instrument development and manufacturing company in patent license acquisitions, sublicensing, international instrument sales, and contracts with national and government-funded research institutions. Representation of developing technology companies in the preparation of stock appreciation rights plans, stock option plans, stock grants, and related deferred compensation issues. Representation of companies and shareholders in multi-million-dollar merger, acquisition, and share exchange transactions. Civil Litigation Practice Mr. Neelon's experience includes civil litigation in the following areas: Business contract disputes Commercial Collections Fraud (business and financial) Securities fraud Legal malpractice Medical malpractice State taxation of natural resources Trade secret misappropriation Unfair and deceptive trade and business practices Sample Litigation Matters Complex, multistate commercial and securities litigation Obtained multiple settlements in federal securities fraud case Obtained preliminary and permanent injunctive relief and damage settlement in trade secret misappropriation case Obtained federal bankruptcy court order denying a debtor's discharge from bankruptcy on the basis of fraud Obtained unanimous opinion of The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts Insurers Insolvency Fund v. Smith, 458 Mass.561 (2010) Lead attorney in litigating and obtaining a seven-digit settlement of a shareholder derivative action representing over 30 plaintiffs against an issuer of securities and a securities law firm in claims based on securities fraud, misrepresentation and malpractice, 2002 Lead trial attorney in Texas commercial and estate fraud case, resulting in a $1.8 million aggregate judgment based on an approximate $1.366 million jury damage verdict, 1997 (upheld on appeal) Lead attorney in stopping, based on constitutional grounds, a southwestern state's attempts to collect approximately $800,000 of severance taxes from a petroleum company's operations on a Native American reservation, 1989 Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Daniel P. Neelon included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Massachusetts Super Lawyer® or New England Super Lawyer® in Business Law or International Law in Boston Magazine or Super Lawyers® publications, 2004-2010 and 2014-2022. Thomson Reuters' Super Lawyers(R) Business Edition Annual Directory 2018 Million Dollar Advocates Forum, Member President, Barnstable County Bar Association, 2010 - 2011 Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation Other Sources of Feedback About Daniel P. Neelon Included on the 2026Massachusetts Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2024 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2023 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2022 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2021 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2020 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2019 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2018 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2017 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2016 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2015 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2014 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2010 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2009 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2008 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2007 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2006 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2005 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2004 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list

• Attorney & Owner

• Chuska Resources Corporation and Subsidiaries, Director, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, 1988 - 1992
• Languages
• Italian

• Massachusetts
• Texas
• U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts
• U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
• Specialties and Certifications
• Mongolia, Certificate of Foreign Admitted Lawyer