Bryan D. Daly

Los Angeles

Practice Type: Litigation

Specialty: White Collar and Civil Fraud Defense

Daly is a former assistant United States Attorney for the Central District of California who specializes in white-collar defense for some of the country's largest companies. Recently, he's taken on a new client: Lance Armstrong.

The seven-time Tour de France winner has seen several former teammates come forward in recent years, admitting they doped and accusing Armstrong of the same. Armstrong denies the accusations. A grand jury in Los Angeles has been investigating the claims for over a year, with no charges filed.

"Accusations started coming in May of last year when Floyd Landis came out publicly and said, 'I doped, and not only me, but also Mr. Armstrong,'" Daly said, adding that the two hadn't ridden together since 2004. "I was hired about a week or so after that public announcement."

Handling such a high-profile case has its unique trials. Anyone can go to the press and make accusations, and that leads to inaccurate reporting, he said."There are people who dislike him for his success," he said.

Landis stands to get as much as 35 percent of any funds recovered by the government.

"The thing that's a little bit troubling is when these people are saying, 'I'm seeking redemption and I want to do the right thing and, by the way, let me tattle tale on my teammate.' Those things just don't square with me.," he said.

Dealing with the country's highest profile defense consumes only a fraction of Daly's time. An expert in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act defense as well as False Claims Act matters, Daly is the go-to attorney for Northrop Grumman Corp., CVS Caremark Corp. and GE Aviation.

Daly represents JM Eagle in a multi-state False Claims Act federal case and Blue Shield in a recission case brought by the Los Angeles city attorney.

- ROBERT PIERCE