Practice Focus

Class Actions/Mass Actions/MDLs, Construction

Danielle Teutonico is an attorney in our Litigation Section. She works on a wide-range of commercial matters in both state and federal court.

Danielle is a member of the Association for Women Attorneys.

Prior to arriving at Fishman Haygood, Danielle was a litigation associate at Goodwin Procter in New York City. She worked in products liability, white collar criminal defense, securities litigation, commercial litigation, as well as arbitrations and mediations. She also represented pro bono clients in asylum and citizenship matters.

Danielle received her law degree, cum laude, from Tulane University Law School in 2018, where she served as the Senior Research Editor of the Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law and an Honor Board Justice. She also served as a writing fellow for the first year legal research and writing course and received a CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Trial Advocacy.

Education

  • J.D., cum laude, from Tulane University Law School, 2018
  • B.A. in Political Science from Tufts University, 2013

Publications / Presentations

  • Pajić v. Croatia: The European Court of Human Rights Continues the Incremental Trend Towards Equal Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Couples, 25 TUL. J. INT’L & COMP. L. 461 (2017).
  • Being Pulled Apart: The Competing Influences of the United Nations and Catholic Church on Abortion Laws in Latin America, 26 TUL. J. INT’L & COMP. L. 247 (2017).

Representative Matters

  • Represents nine Arizona-based firefighters who contracted testicular cancer through exposure to Aqueous Film-Forming Foams (AFFFs) contained in firefighting foam.
  • Represents GoAuto Insurance in three total loss class actions.
  • Successfully represented Sonder USA Inc. in a lawsuit related to mold issues at an apartment complex; the four-day trial was held in the Eastern District Court of Louisiana with Chief Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown presiding.