Daniel Pietragallo is a Special Counsel in the Firm's Denver office, member of the Intellectual Property practice group, and Co-Chair of the Firm's Artificial Intelligence industry group. Mr. Pietragallo is a former Senior Assistant Attorney General for the State of Colorado, who focuses his practice areas on white collar litigation, cybersecurity, data privacy, and the emerging field of AI governance. Prior to joining the Colorado Attorney General's Office, he served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Allegheny County District Attorney's Office.

For the past seven years, Mr. Pietragallo has worked as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Denver's Sturm College of Law, where he created and teaches the class called Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, and Incident Response Practicum.

Mr. Pietragallo holds several advanced certifications in privacy and AI governance through the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). Specifically, he has earned the AIGP certification in artificial intelligence governance, a CIPP/US certification in US information privacy law, and the distinction of Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP).

Education

• University of Pittsburgh School of Law, J.D.
• University of Michigan, B.A., Political Science and Government

• CALI Awards for Excellence in Litigation and Negotiation

• Daniel Pietragallo, Speaker at the ISSA Seminar
• Daniel Pietragallo, Presenter at the IAPP AI Governance Global Europe 2025 Conference
• Daniel Pietragallo, Presenter at the CDLA Annual Conference
• Daniel Pietragallo, Presenter at NICB’s National Conference of Insurance Crime Attorneys
• Daniel Pietragallo, Presenter at IASIU
• Daniel Pietragallo, Panelist at the Rocky Mountain Information Security Conference
• Daniel Pietragallo, Panelist at the Attorney General Alliance – Annual Meeting
• Daniel Pietragallo, Panelist at the African Prosecutors Association Annual Conference
• Daniel Pietragallo, Speaker at Denver ISSA Privacy SIG Event
• The Building Blocks for Artificial Intelligence Governance
• Blame It on the Bot: Health Care Fraud and Compliance in the Age of AI