Our own shareholders, Sarah Florer and Roland Wiederaenders, have been building Alt Investing Made Easy into a platform that connects investors, entrepreneurs, and business leaders with the kind of legal insights that matter. Their most recent guest was someone close to home, litigator Dan Bitting.
This conversation was less about definitions and more about what fiduciary duties and disclosure really mean when the stakes are high. Dan has the ability to take difficult concepts and make them practical, whether it is explaining the highest duty the law recognizes or showing how a small oversight in disclosure can unravel an entire case.
His path from engineering student to English major to high-honors law graduate reflects something we value deeply at FBFK Law: diverse experiences create stronger leaders. And Dan’s approach in the courtroom shows the same blend of rigor and creativity we believe defines excellent lawyering.
One of the stories Dan shared came from the Camp Mystic case, a family dispute that reminded us fiduciary duties extend well beyond corporate doors. Spouses owe them, siblings owe them, and transparency is as much about stewardship as it is about business.
Dan also reminded us that juries come with lived experience. Someone on that jury has been left out. Someone has been lied to. When you recognize that truth, you understand why candor, clarity, and communication matter before a case ever goes to trial.
Outside of work, Dan writes music and plays piano at firm events. He compares trial work to jazz improvisation where you have to take unexpected turns and still find your way back home. That’s the art of legal creativity.
For alternative investment professionals, his advice was simple: over-prepare, over-disclose, and over-deliver. Because most lawsuits never make it to trial, but the best outcomes happen when both sides know you are fully prepared to go the distance.
At FBFK Law, we know the line between transactional work and litigation is thinner than it looks. Experience, judgment, and trust make the difference. That is why conversations like this matter, as they remind us that the same foundation we build our firm on, relationships and trust, is what carries through in the toughest corners of business law.
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