Dan Ritterbeck

Dan Ritterbeck helps innovative businesses navigate complex legal challenges, protect their intellectual property, and pursue growth with confidence. His practice spans business and IP counseling, commercial contracting, trademark and brand protection, litigation, FDA regulatory matters, and fractional general counsel services. As a member of Scale LLP’s Dual-Use and Emerging Defense Technology team, Dan advises startups and established businesses on IP strategy, government and commercial contracts, and the legal and regulatory challenges that arise as they develop, commercialize, and scale their technologies.

Dan brings a distinctive perspective shaped by his experience in private practice, federal government service, and the sciences. A seasoned patent litigator and former FDA regulatory counsel, he has handled high-stakes disputes across a range of technologies and advised on complex regulatory issues affecting the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. With a degree in chemistry and prior hands-on experience as an analytical chemist in the pharmaceutical industry, Dan combines legal, regulatory, and technical insight to help clients anticipate risks, protect their interests, and seize opportunities.