Biography
Daniel M. Gitner is the Chief of the Criminal Division in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. Mr. Gitner returned to the Office to assume that role on November 22, 2021.
Mr. Gitner was previously an Assistant United States Attorney in the Office for approximately eight years, from 1997 to 2005, serving in the Criminal Division. From 2003 to 2005, Mr. Gitner was Chief of the General Crimes Unit. During his tenure, Mr. Gitner received the Justice Department’s Director’s Award for Superior Performance, and in 2003 the Federal Law Enforcement Foundation named him the Federal Prosecutor of the Year. From 2005 to 2021, Mr. Gitner was a partner at Lankler Siffert & Wohl LLP, where he represented individuals and entities in white collar criminal and regulatory matters. He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
Mr. Gitner graduated cum laude from Cornell University in 1992 and as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar from Columbia Law School in 1995. Upon graduation from law school, Mr. Gitner served as a law clerk to the Honorable Naomi Reice Buchwald and then to the Honorable Barbara S. Jones, both of the United States District Court in the Southern District of New York.