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BIOGRAPHY Daniel H. Erskine received his graduate legal training at The George Washington University Law School where he earned an LL.M. (or Master of Laws) in International and Comparative Law. As part of his LL.M. program, he studied International Human Rights and Refugee Law at New College, Oxford University in the summer of 2005. Attorney Erskine’s thesis entitled, Reforming Federal Personal Injury Litigation by Incorporation of the Procedural Innovations of Scotland and Ireland: An Analysis and Proposal, presented a new method for litigating personal injury cases in United States federal courts. The Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law published Attorney Erskine's thesis as the Lead Article in the Winter 2007 edition of the Journal. In addition, Attorney Erskine's independent research project focusing on the dispute between the United States and the European Union over European customs rules and regulations was published as the Florida Journal of International Law’s lead article in 2006. Attorney Erskine completed his undergraduate legal education at Suffolk University Law School where he earned his Juris Doctor degree. After earning a staff position on the Journal of High Technology Law, an honor board, Attorney Erskine was elected as the Content Editor of the Journal for the 2002-2003 publication cycle. Attorney Erskine’s student note entitled Satellite Digital Audio Radio Searching for Novel Theories of Action, 1 J. HIGH TECH. L. 135 (2002), and his book review entitled, A Review of Raymond R. Coletta’s Biotechnology and the Creation of Ethics, 1 J. HIGH TECH. L. 1 (2002), were selected for publication in the Journal by his peers. Attorney Erskine also earned the Harold Goodwin, Jr. Legal Advocacy Scholarship and Best Advocate Award. During Attorney Erskine's first year of law school, and every subsequent year, he competed nationally as a student attorney on the school’s mock trial teams. Attorney Erskine concluded his third year of law school by winning the school's intrascholastic mock trial competition. Finally, Attorney Erskine completed studies in Public International Law and Comparative Constitutional Law in London, England during the summer of 2001. Granted advanced standing and advanced placement, Mr. Erskine earned a bachelor’s degree with a double-major in political science and philosophy from Boston College in three years. Mr. Erskine also represented the College as a member of Men's Foil Squad on the school’s Division I Varsity Fencing Team. He received Athletic Director's Awards for Distinguished Academic Achievement as a Varsity Athlete each year of his membership on the Team. Mr. Erskine was also admitted to the Golden Key National Honor Society and the Phi Sigma Tau National Honor Society in Philosophy. Permitted by the College’s faculties of Political Science and Philosophy, Mr. Erskine undertook graduate courses in each department as an undergraduate student. He completed a senior independent research project on the Scottish Parliament, which resulted in a one hundred plus page paper on the Parliament's history and modern day procedural structure. Mr. Erskine later returned to Boston College as a Special Graduate Student in the Philosophy Department. Immediately upon graduation from law school, Attorney Erskine served as the Compliance Manager for a small business involved in the international and domestic relocation of industrial production facilities as well as individual product lines. After Attorney Erskine was admitted to the practice of law, he assumed the role of outside counsel for the company. While completing his graduate legal education in Washington, D.C., Attorney Erskine was selected for a judicial clerkship at the District of Columbia Superior Court. His clerkship focused on the area of Child Abuse and Neglect in the Family Court Branch of the District of Columbia Superior Court. After completing his clerkship and graduate legal studies in Washington, D.C., Attorney Erskine entered into the private practice of law in New York State. In 2007, to better serve clients, Attorney Erskine established an office in Stamford, Connecticut. He currently practices law in both New York, from his office in New York City, and in Connecticut out of his Stamford office. Attorney Erskine delivered papers at both international and domestic academic conferences. His law review articles on various subjects addressing domestic, comparative, and international law were published by nationally known academic journals. His opinion pieces appeared in The National Law Journal, an award winning weekly newspaper of the legal profession. Attorney Erskine also appeared on national television as a commentator in his role as an international attorney. From 2007 to 2009, Attorney Erskine served as an appellate attorney who litigated appeals in child abuse and neglect proceedings for indigent clients by appointment from the Connecticut Commission on Child Protection. Attorney Erskine is a member of The New York State Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section (NYSBA), The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (City Bar), & The Law Society of England & Wales (Law Society).  |
Education THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIV. LAW SCHOOL LL.M. in International & Comparative Law, 2006
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