

Danny Tobey
Partner, Chair
A lawyer, medical doctor, and successful software founder, Danny has been involved in some of the most consequential biomedical and technological legal issues of the day. Danny is the 2023 Financial Times Innovative Lawyer of the Year and led Business Insider’s 2022 list of top lawyers helping companies adopt artificial intelligence (AI). He leads DLA’s team helping Fortune 10, 50, 500 and global brands cross-industry navigate new and disruptive technologies like AI, including risk mitigation, governance, and litigation. Danny represents leading life sciences and healthcare companies in matters involving FDA, CMS, HHS, commercial parties, and claimants. The U.S. Library of Congress gave Danny a Burton Award recognizing "the best of the best writers in the legal profession" among the nation's top 1,000 largest firms.
Danny is a world-recognized leader in the law and regulation of AI. He sits on the World Economic Forum’s AI Governance Alliance and the Executive Committee of the United Nation’s AI for Good law track. Danny is a founding member of the Health AI Partnership with the Mayo Clinic, Duke, Berkeley, and others, and sat on Pfizer's Digital Health Scientific Advisory Board. He moderated the closed-door Ministerial Roundtable in Morocco on Improving Health Outcomes in Africa through Innovative Solutions and has hosted the Principal Deputy Commissioner of FDA, U.S. Senators, and others for fireside chats on key issues of public concern. Danny is a frequent invited speaker on AI, including for the Attorney General Alliance, National Association of Corporate Directors, the Business Council, Stanford Rock Center for Corporate Governance, Association for the Advancement of AI, and many others.