Daniel P. Lynch Email & Phone Number

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Pittsburgh Logistics Systems, Inc. is a middle-market company in Rochester, Pennsylvania engaged in third-party logistics. As Vice President and General Counsel, I was responsible for managing the legal department, providing a full range of legal services and solutions in all areas of business. I provided legal advice on general corporate, commercial and employment matters; ensured that all corporate governance was followed; performed dispute resolution and negotiation; drafted, reviewed and negotiated contracts, licenses and other contracting devices; and supervised and managed outside counsel who were assisting with litigation, corporate actions, employment issues and intellectual property, including service marks, copyrights and technology licensing. I reported to the CEO and was on the executive committee. The Human Resources and Facilities Departments reported up through me, and I was the Chair of the Security and Innovation Committees for the Company.

3E Software, Inc., was a start-up company located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that provided software to e-marketplaces. As the CEO, I was responsible for the overall management of the Company, which included operations, marketing, sales, finance, product development, and information technology. I established the organizational structure and strategic direction of the Company, raised the seed financing, managed the financial performance and forecasting, and hired and led the management team. In addition to the responsibilities of the CEO, I managed the legal department for the Company, including direct coordination of outside legal counsel.

While at Reed Smith, I was responsible for managing my own caseload; generating new business; managing client relations; and staffing the majority of my cases. My legal work included drafting motions, legal briefs and memoranda; editing motions, briefs and memoranda written by others; and appearing in court for trials, hearings, legal arguments and conferences. At Reed Smith, I served as the lead attorney in the majority of my caseload, oversaw teams of lawyers on most cases, and I managed an $18 million technology case. I focused my practice on complex commercial litigation with an emphasis in the areas of technology, financial services, construction, civil RICO, shareholder derivative actions, commercial contract and lease drafting and negotiating and First Amendment litigation.

Juris Doctorate

Executive Editor of the Law Review; National Trial Team

B.A., Mathematics

I am a 1989 honors graduate of Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, where I received a Bachelor of Arts degree in theoretical.