Mr. Dalton is an associate in the Corporate Restructuring and Creditors' Rights Group and a member of the firm's Business Litigation Department practicing in all areas of general business litigation. Mr. Dalton has a range of experience which includes matters involving breach of contract, creditor’s rights, shareholders’ disputes, construction litigation, real estate and property disputes, judgment enforcement, intellectual property disputes, and business torts litigation. Mr. Dalton practices in both state and federal courts.
Mr. Dalton earned his J.D. and LL.M. in International and Comparative Law from Cornell Law School in 2010. While at Cornell, Mr. Dalton served as Senior Acquisitions Editor for the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy, and spent time studying abroad in both Suzhou, China and London, U.K. Mr. Dalton received his B.A. in Philosophy and Political Science from the University of Southern California in 2006.
Mr. Dalton is committed to public service. He was one of the student organizers for the Cornell Law School alternative spring break trips to the Gulf Coast in the wake of hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Ike. He now volunteers his time assisting with immigration cases at the Public Law Center in Santa Ana, California.
Mr. Dalton is a member of the State Bar of California and the Orange County Bar Association.
Presentations
- "Young Attorney Perspectives," University of California Irvine School of Law, November 2012
- “Common Scams: Schemes, Methods and Warning Signs,” Investment Fraud Prevention, Cornell Law School Securities Law Clinic, Fall 2008
Publications
- Opening the Floodgate: Riverisland's Reversal of Penregrass Limitation to the Fraud Exception to the Parol Evidence Rule, Association of Business Trial Lawyers Newsletter, Winter 2013
- Q&A with the Hon. Jean P. Rosenbluth, Association of Business Trial Lawyers Newsletter, Summer 2012
- Rights for the Landless: Comparing Approaches to Historical Injustice in Brazil and South Africa 44 COLUMBIA HUMAN RIGHTS LAW REVIEW 171 (2012)
- Counterfeit Conspiracy: The Misapplication of Conspiracy as a Substantive Crime in International Law 17 ILSA JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW 1 (2010)
- Will the Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007 Make Securities Arbitration Fair? 15 PIABA BAR JOURNAL 3 (2008)