Daniel R. Eliav

Daniel R. Eliav is a licensed attorney with more than a decade of experience.  Daniel is the owner and founder of Eliav Legal, a Los Angeles law firm serving businesses throughout California. Practice areas include corporate law, healthcare compliance, labor and employment, and real estate. Daniel provides high quality professional services in the formation, licensing, and on-going compliance of businesses, as well as counsel for commercial transactions.

Daniel received a Bachelor of the Arts degree from UCLA in 2006, a Master of Public Health degree from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health in 2008, and a Juris Doctor degree from Loyola Law School in 2011. Throughout his studies, Daniel focused on gaining practical experience by working for various entities, including the UCLA Health System, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, the medical malpractice firm of Bonne Brides, and the United States District Court for the Central District of California. 

Following law school, Daniel worked in various roles at the UCLA Health System, including assisting with the transition to a newly built hospital and compliance work for the Venice Family Clinic. Next, Daniel moved to Sacramento where he worked for Covered California, the State’s newly created department implementing the Affordable Care Act. His responsibilities at Covered California included drafting regulations, negotiating multi-million dollar contracts, and tending to the day-to-day legal needs of the agency. 

After two years with Covered California, Daniel accepted a position with the Los Angeles office of Nixon Peabody. Daniel remained with Nixon Peabody for four years until he was invited to join Sheppard Mullin. As an Associate at two prominent law firms, Daniel served a wide variety of clients from start-ups to some of the largest public and private entities in the country. He helped countless businesses incorporate, develop, and grow their business in compliance with federal and state laws. In addition, Daniel gained extensive experience on a wide variety of mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and other types of investments.