Daniel A. Platt, Esq., has been an arbitrator and a mediator since 2021 and has acted as a neutral in numerous matters involving health care payor/provider, commercial, real estate, consumer and ADA disputes. Prior to joining JAMS, Mr. Platt practiced for more than 35 years as a trial attorney focusing on complex commercial litigation matters, including health care, real estate, leasing, tax credits, food manufacturing, aviation, trade secrets and other business and contract issues.

Mr. Platt has experience trying cases in both state and federal courts, regularly defending and prosecuting matters in the real estate, health care, ERISA, securities, consumer class action cases, aviation, banking and financial services, food manufacturing and processing, and hospitality industries. He has also represented clients in disputes involving partnerships, breach of contracts, securities, commercial leasing, trusts and estates, and employment. Mr. Platt has represented both health care providers and health care payors, and brings a strong understanding of both sides of the table to his ADR practice. He has extensive experience advising health care providers, third-party administrators and insurance providers in connection with claims involving denial of medical benefits, claims of underpayment, billing, unfair competition, breach of administrative services agreements, theft and misappropriation of trade secrets, improper termination of services contracts, coverage disputes, and employee benefit plan member and insured claims. Mr. Platt has experience litigating Medicare reconciliation matters, and he has represented medical device companies in various licensing agreement disputes.

Mr. Platt applies a flexible approach to mediating disputes, ranging from facilitative to evaluative, depending on the facts, circumstances, parties and status of the case. His broad experience helps him to establish the trust and confidence of principals, carriers and counsel.

Representative Matters

• Aviation
• Represented parties in and served as Arbitrator for numerous breach of contract actions relating to lease, storage, charter, regulatory compliance and maintenance agreements. 
• Represented commercial aviation trading companies regarding commercial jet parts, engines and engine part transactions 
• Represented parties in and served as Arbitrator for disputes involving Fraud
• Represented parties in matter involving breach of aircraft engine lease 
• Represented parties in claim involving failure to accurately disclose condition of parts
• Represented parties in matter alleging failure to provide full engine records 
• Represented parties in matter alleging failure to report usage
• Business Commercial
• Represented parties in and served as Mediator and Arbitrator for numerous breach of contract claims
• Represented parties in and served as Mediator and Arbitrator for numerous breach of partnership agreement actions
• Represented parties in and served as Mediator and Arbitrator for numerous misappropriation of trade secrets disputes
• Represented parties in and served as Mediator and Arbitrator for numerous shareholder/member/owner disputes
• Represented parties in matters involving receiverships
• Represented parties in and served as Mediator and Arbitrator for numerous fraud and breach of fiduciary duty matters
• Represented parties in food manufacturing dispute between co-packer and supplier over exclusive supply agreement
• Represented parties in food manufacturing dispute between co-packer and supplier over claims of fraud
• Represented parties in food manufacturing dispute over theft of recipe 
• Represented multiple biomedical device manufacturers and owners in various licensing disputes 
• Employment Law
• Represented employers in numerous wrongful termination and discrimination cases
• Represented parties in and served as Mediator and Arbitrator for numerous breach of employment agreement disputes
• Represented parties in and served as Mediator and Arbitrator for numerous breach of noncompetition agreement claims
• Represented parties in and served as Mediator and Arbitrator for numerous misappropriation of trade secrets claims
• Represented parties in and served as Mediator and Arbitrator for numerous violation of wage and hour law matters
• Represented parties in and served as Mediator and Arbitrator for numerous PAGA claims
• Health Care
• Represented health insurance companies, third-party administrators, medical billing companies, pharmacy benefit managers and ambulatory surgery centers in matters involving denials of managed care claims and benefits, trade secrets, unfair competition, audits, billing, coding and Medicare reconciliations
• Represented parties in and served as Mediator and Arbitrator for numerous breach of administrative services agreement matters
• Represented parties in numerous breach of purchase and sale agreement actions
• Represented parties in numerous consumer claims actions 
• Represented parties in and served as Mediator and Arbitrator for numerous matters involving commercial claims
• Represented parties in and served as Mediator and Arbitrator for numerous payor/provider claims
• Represented parties in and served as Mediator and Arbitrator for numerous utilization management disputes
• Represented parties in numerous breach of noncompete agreement disputes 
• Represented parties in class action claims regarding denial of benefits 
• Represented parties in workers’ compensation lien consolidation cases 
• Represented parties in and served as Mediator and Arbitrator for numerous PAGA cases regarding medical billing fraud
• Represented parties in pharmacy benefit management cases, including private labeling
• Represented parties in and served as Mediator and Arbitrator for numerous disputes involving specialty pharmacies
• Represented parties in and served as Mediator and Arbitrator for  numerous matters involving medical billing and collections
• Represented parties in disputes involving RICO claims 
• Represented parties in and served as Arbitrator for litigation matter involving Medicare billing
• Represented parties in disputes involving Dialysis billing and collections 
• Represented parties in disputes involving air ambulances 
• Represented parties in and served as Mediator and Arbitrator for numerous disputes involving State regulatory matters
• Represented parties in disputes involving short-term health care policies 
• Arbitrated appeals matter regarding denials and independent physician reviews 
• Real Property
• Represented builders, owners, operators and developers in connection with partnership disputes, financing, entitlements, construction defects, trespass, commercial unlawful detainer cases, tax credit syndicators in low-inco me-housing disputes with developers, and oil and gas companies with respect to drilling rights
• Represented parties in breach of contract cases for allegedly failing to complete a development
• Represented parties in and served as Arbitrator for numerous matters involving low-income tax credit financing
• Represented parties in and served as Arbitrator for numerous disputes
• involving title claims
• Represented parties in numerous commercial lease disputes
• Represented parties in numerous lease reformation disputes
• Represented parties in numerous construction defect matters
• Represented parties in and served as Arbitrator for numerous specific performance cases
• Represented parties in numerous quiet title cases 
• Represented parties in matters involving fraud in connection with leases and partnership agreements
• Represented parties in numerous environmental damage claims 
• Represented parties in disputes involving dissolution of partnerships and sale of property
• Represented parties in numerous receiverships disputes 
• Represented parties in numerous Breach of lease disputes

Honors, Memberships, and Professional Activities

Memberships and Affiliations

• Bar Admissions: California (1987), Texas (2014), and New York (2016)
• Association of Business Trial Lawyers
• Health Care Administrators Association
• California Society for Healthcare Attorneys
• Panelist, American Health Law Association
• Panelist, Dispute Prevention & Resolution, Inc.
• Former Panelist, American Arbitration Association
• Panelist, FINRA
• Panelist, National Arbitration and Mediation
• California Bar Association
• Los Angeles County Bar Association
• Texas Bar Association
• New York Bar Association
• Montana Bar Association

Selected Awards and Honors

• Best Lawyer, Commercial Litigation, The Best Lawyers in America, 2021–2023
• Southern California Super Lawyer; Business Litigation, Civil Litigation Defense and General Litigation; Thomson Reuters; 2007, 2010–2020
• AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell

Selected ADR Trainings

• Mediating the Litigated Case, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine Caruso School of Law, 2020
• Certificate in Advanced Negotiation Skills, Harvard University – Division of Continuing Legal Education, 2020
• Alternative Dispute Resolution Program, United States District Court for the Central District of California

Background and Education

• Partner, Loeb & Loeb LLP, 2011–2023
• Partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, 2004–2011
• President, Pacific Aviation Group LLC, 2000–2004
• Vice President/General Counsel, Southern California Aviation LLC, 2000–2004
• Owner, Platt & Associates, 1995–2000
• Associate, McCambridge Deixler Marmaro & Goldberg, 1989–1995
• Associate, Adams Duque & Hazeltine, 1987–1989
• J.D., Fordham Law School, 1987
• B.S., Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, 1984