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Daniel Mosley

Overview

W. R. Berkley’s 2024 proxy identified him as a BDT & MSD Partners partner and head of family advisory services.⁠[1]

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Key facts

Education

Mosley earned a BS and JD at the University of Alabama and an LLM at New York University School of Law.⁠[2]

Cravath and BDT

Mosley was a Cravath, Swaine & Moore partner from 1987 to June 2018, a BDT & Company partner from 2018 through 2022, and a BDT & MSD Partners partner and head of family advisory services from January 2023.⁠[1]

Theranos Financing and Family Investment

The Ninth Circuit identified Mosley among people solicited for Theranos’s 2014 Series C-2 financing. The subsequent restitution order named Mosley Family HoldingsMosley Family HoldingsMosley Family Holdings LLC is a family investment entity that invested in Theranos and was named as a victim in the 2023 criminal restitution order.Open the full entry, LLC as the victim; Mosley testified about its investment. The family investment should not be attributed to Cravath or BDT.⁠[3][4]

Directorship and Restitution

Mosley became an independent W. R. Berkley director on January 1, 2023. On May 16, the court awarded Mosley Family Holdings $5,999,997 for Theranos losses, jointly and severally payable by Holmes and Balwani.⁠[4][2]

Nonprofit Governance

W. R. Berkley’s appointment announcement identified Mosley as Pinkerton Foundation chairman and former Greenwich Hospital chairman.⁠[2]

Sources

  1. W. R. Berkley Corporation — 2024 Proxy Statement (opens in a new window)
  2. W. R. Berkley Corporation Elects Daniel L. Mosley as a Director (opens in a new window)
  3. United States v. Elizabeth A. Holmes; United States v. Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani (No. 22-10312 et al.), Opinion (opens in a new window)
  4. Order on Restitution, United States v. Holmes and Balwani, No. 5:18-cr-00258-EJD, Document 1760 (opens in a new window)