Danielle N. Craft

Danielle N. Craft

Associate, Business & Commercial Litigation

Ms. Craft brings to the firm’s Business & Commercial Litigation Group over two years of experience as a federal judicial law clerk to the Honorable Judge Esther Salas and the Honorable Judge Susan D. Wigenton, United States District Judges in the District of New Jersey. She is well-versed in drafting dispositive motions, conducting legal research, navigating procedural issues, and handling e-discovery in complex commercial and criminal matters across federal and state courts.

Ms. Craft is also an active participant in both the firm and legal community. She is a member of the Gibbons Diversity Initiative and serves on the firm’s E-Discovery Task Force. In addition, Ms. Craft co-directs the Mock Trial Program and coaches mock trial teams at her alma mater, Seton Hall University School of Law.

Credentials

Education

Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude)

  • Order of the Coif
  • Articles Editor, Seton Hall Law Review
  • Mock Trial Board Co-Chair
  • Recipient, Mock Trial Board Dedication Award
  • Recipient, Appellate Advocacy Award for Best Brief on behalf of the Appellant
  • Recipient, Dean’s Scholarship
  • Recipient, Success Scholarship

Fordham University (B.A., summa cum laude)

  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Alpha Sigma Nu
  • Dean’s List

Professional Admissions

State of New Jersey

State of New York

United States District Court for the District of New Jersey

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Professional Activities

Mock Trial Board Co-Director, Seton Hall University School of Law, July 2023 – Present

Mock Trial Coach, Seton Hall University School of Law, January 2020 – Present

Judicial Clerkship(s)

Law Clerk to the Honorable Esther Salas, U.S.D.J., United States District Court, District of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, December 2019 – June 2020; June 2021 – September 2022

Law Clerk to the Honorable Susan D. Wigenton, U.S.D.J., United States District Court, District of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, June 2020 – June 2021

Legal Employment

Associate, Arnold & Porter LLP, Litigation and Intellectual Property & Technology Group, New York, NY, October 2018 – November 2019

Summer Associate, Arnold & Porter LLP, New York, NY, May 2017 – July 2017

Intern to the Honorable Stuart Rabner, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of New Jersey, May 2016 – July 2016