Daniel C. Fleming

Daniel C. Fleming is the V.P. and Partner of Wong Fleming and a litigator who has taken over 100 cases to jury verdict, and just as many cases in bench trials. He is Chair of the Banking, Finance & Bankruptcy Practice Group, Chair of the Products Liability and Mass Tort Litigation Practice Group, and Chair of the Commercial Litigation Practice Group. His jury trial, bench trial, and arbitration experience is wide-ranging and includes products liability, commercial disputes, employment litigation, civil rights, bankruptcy, and even international parental child abduction. Mr. Fleming received his undergraduate degree from Villanova University in 1981, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Modern Languages. He received his law degree in 1984 from Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and earned the American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law. Upon graduation from law school, he served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Joseph M. Hannon of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. He is a member of the California, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C., Bars and has been recognized as a Super Lawyer based upon his outstanding achievements as a lawyer. He is AV-rated and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, an honor society of lawyers and judges limited to one percent of the legal profession. Intel Magazine named him as one of New Jersey’s Best 50 Attorneys for 2022, and the New Jersey Law Journal awarded him its Unsung Hero recognition for 2022.

Bankruptcy

Mr. Fleming has litigated a variety of adversary proceedings, including preferences, fraudulent transfers, and objections to discharge. He has also litigated a wide range of contested matters, such as first day orders, cash collateral and adequate protection, relief from the automatic stay, executory contracts, objections to the adequacy of disclosure statements, and objections to plan confirmation. He is the co-author of an article appearing in the bankruptcy bar’s most notable journal, the American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review. He has also donated his time to the community by speaking to Philadelphia citizens about bankruptcy at the Philadelphia Bar Association’s People’s Law School forum. He was also invited to speak at the Southern District of New York’s bankruptcy conference on the dischargeability of taxes in bankruptcy.

Civil Trials

Mr. Fleming’s trial achievements include obtaining a multi-million dollar jury verdict for a commercial bank in a fraud and racketeering action in federal court. He has litigated and jury-tried numerous actions for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and for the now-defunct Resolution Trust Corporation. He has successfully tried contested foreclosure actions on behalf of commercial banks. He has also successfully co-tried numerous employment and civil rights actions against public entities, giving him unique insight into how to successfully defend against such claims. He is the first attorney to have successfully jury-tried a professional liability action for the RTC in the Northeast United States.

Products Liability

Mr. Fleming has defended some of the most prominent national and international corporations. For nearly thirty years, he has defended designers, manufacturers, and sellers in cases involving a wide variety of products liability defense litigation, including claims of design defect, manufacturing defect, breach of warranty, and failure to warn. He has successfully represented clients in cases ranging from industrial and commercial equipment design to improper warnings on over-the-counter medical supplements. Mr. Fleming’s approach to the defense of products liability actions includes consulting with the manufacturer’s engineers to develop a defense, retaining the right expert to support the defense, and effectively deposing the plaintiff’s experts, all while making sure that the defensive strategy brings value to the client in a cost-effective manner.