Mr. Dahl is a Shareholder at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck. Working primarily in the firm's Government Relations, Antitrust, Health Care and Litigation groups, Mr. Dahl provides strategic public policy and legal counsel. Mr. Dahl is a former deputy staff director and senior counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee, where he advised then-Chairman, Senator Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT), on legislative strategy concerning a wide variety of bills and constitutional amendments within the Committee's jurisdiction. During his five years with the Committee, his work included managing nominations for federal judgeships and senior U.S. Department of Justice positions, and conducting congressional oversight of federal law enforcement agencies. Mr. Dahl has also worked as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of Columbia, where he prosecuted felony drug distribution and firearms cases in D.C. Superior Court. He was specially assigned to handle criminal intellectual property cases involving illegal sales of pirated DVD movies and music CDs. Prior to his government service, Mr. Dahl practiced general commercial litigation for four years in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he handled a variety of civil matters relating to electric utilities, securities and contract disputes. He began his legal career as a law clerk for the Honorable Dee V. Benson, U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Utah. |