Dan Engstrand, Esq.
DONIGER & ENGSTRAND, LLP 12 Bayview Avenue Northport, NY 11768 (tel) 631.262.7400
Dan Engstrand Dan Engstrand, Esq. is a partner in the husband and wife divorce and commercial law firm of Doniger & Engstrand, LLP, located in Northport, NY. Formerly associated as a commercial litigator with the prestigious law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell, Senior Trial Attorney for the N.Y.C. Law Department in their Special Litigation and Medical Malpractice (SLAMM) Unit and Special Assistant District Attorney with the
Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, Dan has tried numerous complex cases to verdict in both the state and federal courts of New York. Dan has successfully acted as lead counsel in a major class action litigation in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York involving commercial litigation. In addition to having argued novel issues of law before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in a Section 1983 litigation, Dan has also appeared before the New York State Appellate Courts for the First and Second Departments.
Dan Engstrand presently concentrates in all aspects of Commercial Litigation and Federal Practice, focusing on Commercial and Corporate Litigation, Identity Theft and Compliance, Consumer Protection, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Section 1983 Civil Rights, Civil Forfeiture and Civil Racketeer Influence and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Litigation. In addition, Dan Engstrand counsels small and medium size corporations and charitable organizations by applying a litigator’s perspective to their issues prospectively to help them avoid lawsuits in the future. The commercial litigation skills he has honed as a litigator during the past 25-plus years has been effectively integrated into his partner’s divorce and family law practice involving family businesses and uncovering hidden assets.
Dan Engstrand also enjoys running the firm’s Equestrian Law department. Both Dan Engstrand and his wife and managing partner, Wende Doniger are avid equestrians who enjoy the riding sports of polo, fox hunting (scent hunt only) and show jumping. Based upon his broad range of experience in equine related matters, Dan Engstrand was appointed by Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy to be on the Suffolk County Equine Advisory Committee. In addition, Dan Engstrand recently served in a court-appointed capacity as a Temporary Receiver of a prestigious polo club located on Long Island and is oftentimes contacted by judges for assistance on various equine-related issues.
Dan Engstrand is a graduate of St. John’s University School of Law where he graduated second in his class, magna cum laude. He attended St. John’s Law School with a full academic tuition scholarship and was a member of the law school’s prestigious Law Review.
Dan Engstrand is also the proud recipient of the following American Jurisprudence Awards: New York Civil Practice I and II, Evidence I and II, Commercial Transactions, Corporations, Administrative Law, Agency, Trusts and Estates and Real Property.
As an active participant in the Suffolk and Nassau County communities, Dan Engstrand’s pro bono activities involve being on the United States District Court, Eastern District of New York’s pro bono panel. In addition, he has assisted families facing foreclosure through the Suffolk County Bar Association’s Pro Bono Settlement Conference Volunteers program. He has also represented Smithtown Hunt, Inc., one of Suffolk’s oldest non-profit, 501(c)(3), organizations which, for the past 100 years, has been dedicated to preserving Long Island’s land and natural resources as their general counsel for over a decade. Other pro bono activities include being corporate counsel to The Long Island Spinal Cord Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization based in Suffolk and dedicated to finding a cure for spinal cord injuries. In addition, Dan Engstrand is also a volunteer attorney advisor with the N.Y.S. Annual High School Mock Trial Tournament through the Nassau Academy of Law.
Dan Engstrand is a frequent lecturer at both the Suffolk and Nassau County Bar Associations in the fields of Federal Trial Practice, NYS Trial Practice, Identity Theft and IRC §501(c)(3) Charitable Organizations. Dan Engstrand was an Officer of the Suffolk Academy of Law and was the past chairperson of the Federal Court Committee. In addition, Dan Engstrand has taught Advanced Trial Advocacy for over ten years as an adjunct professor of law at his alma mater, St. John’s University School of Law.