Daniel Greenberg

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Daniel Greenberg is a qualified barrister who works as legal adviser to the office of speaker's counsel in the House of Commons and as parliamentary counsel to law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner.

He was formerly parliamentary counsel to the Cabinet Office for nearly 20 years.

Career

After graduating from university, Greenberg started his career at the Lord Chancellor's Department as a legal adviser in civil policy in 1988.[1]

In 1991 he was appointed as parliamentary counsel to the Cabinet Office, where he worked until May 2010. His primary role with the Cabinet was to draft Acts of Parliament.[1]

In July 2010 he was appointed as a legal adviser to the office of speaker's counsel in the House of Commons and as parliamentary counsel to law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner.[1] His role with Berwin Leighton Paisner was approved by ACOBA "subject to the conditions that, for 2 years from his last day of service, he should stand aside from dealing with any matter about which he has confidential or privileged information acquired whilst in Crown service, and that, for 12 months from the same date, he should not become personally involved in lobbying UK Government Ministers or Crown servants, including Special Advisers, on behalf of his new employer or their clients".[2]

Affiliations

Education

Publications

  • Craies on Legislation, Sweet & Maxwell, 2012[1]
  • Stroud's Judicial Dictionary, Sweet & Maxwell, 2012[1]
  • Jowitt's Dictionary of English Law, Sweet & Maxwell, 2010[1]
  • How to Become Jewish (And Why Not To), Grosvenor House, 2009[1]

Notes

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Daniel Greenberg Linkedin, accessed 9 December 2014
  2. Twelfth Report 2010-2011 Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, accessed 9 December 2014