Daniel Isaacs is a partner in Goodwin’s Business Law Department. His practice focuses on advising emerging companies and investors throughout the corporate life cycle, including pre-incorporation planning and formation, venture capital and growth equity financings, mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, and general corporate representation and counseling. Mr. Isaacs represents clients in a variety of technology and life sciences industries, including digital health and healthcare, alternative energy and other clean technologies, climate tech, artificial intelligence and machine learning, cybersecurity, Fintech, blockchain and digital currency, new media, e-commerce, software, hardware, biotech, medical devices and diagnostics, and pharmaceuticals.
Mr. Isaacs is a member of Goodwin’s Hiring Committee.
Professional Activities
Mr. Isaacs is a member of the Boston Bar Association.
Professional Experience
Prior to joining Goodwin, Mr. Isaacs was an associate in the New York office of Sullivan & Cromwell and served as a law clerk to the Honorable Pierre N. Leval of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the Honorable Robert H. Cleland of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
During law school, Mr. Isaacs served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Jack B. Jacobs on the Delaware Supreme Court.
Credentials
Education
JD2012
Yale Law School
BA2009
University of Pennsylvania
Clerkships
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Honorable Pierre N. Leval
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Honorable Robert H. Cleland
Admissions
Bars
- Massachusetts
- New York
Courts
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Recognition & Awards
Mr. Isaacs was recognized as a 2022 Up & Coming Lawyer by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly.
Mr. Isaacs received the 2021 Robert B. Fraser Pro Bono Award, which is given annually by Goodwin to one associate and one partner that have made significant contributions to the firm’s pro bono efforts.
While attending law school, Mr. Isaacs was a senior editor for the Yale Law Journal and an editor-in-chief for the Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law and Ethics. He also served as Student Director of the San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project (SFALP) and the President of the American Constitution Society (ACS).
Additionally, while at Yale Law School, Mr. Isaacs was awarded the William K.S. Wang Prize for superior performance in corporate law.