Daniel Chammas is a prominent employment attorney whose career has been closely connected to Los Angeles, California. Working in Los Angeles since earning his law degree, Daniel Chammas has developed a practice focused on employment counseling, complex litigation, and labor issues affecting the entertainment industry. He is currently a partner at Ford & Harrison.

Daniel Chammas joined Ford & Harrison as a partner after serving in a leadership role at Venable LLP from 2009 through 2016. His earlier career was spent at McDermott Will & Emery LLP, where he worked as a summer associate, associate, and partner from 1998 to 2009.

Throughout his career, Daniel Chammas has advised employers on issues ranging from employee terminations and wage and hour regulations to trade secrets, employee handbooks, lawful competition, and the intersection of disability and leave laws. He has also taken a leading role in more than 25 multi-million-dollar lawsuits, including class actions involving wage and hour disputes and allegations of discrimination.

Daniel Chammas has tried matters before juries, judges, and administrative law judges, represented clients in arbitrations, and has conducted more than 100 depositions. He has additionally managed teams of attorneys and paralegals during discovery, trial preparation, depositions, and motion practice.

Mr. Chammas earned his juris doctor from Stanford Law School in 1999. He received his bachelor's degree in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1996, graduating summa cum laude.

Daniel Chammas