About Daniel Fruchter

Dan Fruchter is a partner at Singleton Schreiber's Spokane office and managing partner of the firm's Whistleblower and False Claims Act practice group. His work focuses on consumer and financial fraud, environmental protection, personal injury, fire litigation, public entity, and civil rights law. Mr. Fruchter brings decades of Department of Justice service prosecuting False Claims Act, health care fraud, environmental violations, and other complex civil and criminal matters.

In 2023, he received the prestigious Director's Award from the Executive Office for United States Attorneys; in 2024, the Anti-Fraud Coalition honored him with the Honest Abe Award for Integrity in Government for his False Claims Act work with whistleblowers. Cases in which Mr. Fruchter has been lead attorney have returned billions of dollars to the public. He received his B.A., magna cum laude, from Tulane University, and his J.D., with highest honors, from the University of Maryland School of Law.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Singleton Schreiber

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A Miami federal jury found Tesla 33% liable for a 2019 Key Largo crash that killed a 22-year-old woman and severely injured her boyfriend, awarding $243 million including $200 million in punitive damages in the first federal trial over a fatal Autopilot accident.

U.S. District Court, S.D. Florida (Miami) · 2025Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$16.4 millionVerdict

A San Diego County jury awarded $16,420,725 to Jane Neely after a diseased tree branch broke from a state-maintained oak and fell across State Route 79 near Warner Springs, crushing the 75-year-old motorcyclist beneath it and leaving her permanently paraplegic.

San Diego County Superior Court · 2022Motorcycle AccidentsRead the full story →
$12 millionVerdict

A federal jury awarded $85 million against San Diego County after deputies tased, beat, and hogtied Lucky Phounsy during a 2015 mental health crisis; the county later settled for $12 million after the judge vacated the wrongful-death damages and ordered a new trial on that portion.

U.S. District Court, S.D. California (San Diego) · 2022Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University of Maryland School of Law
J.D.
Tulane University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Washington

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