bio & Experience

Law Practice
  • Law-Firms
    1963 – 1990: Member of McKenna Conner & Cuneo 
    1990 – 2000: Member of Belin Rawlings & Badal  (Managing partner)

  • Specialties in law practice
    Trial lawyer specializing in business litigation and in trust and estate litigation; advisor to non-profit organizations

Consulting
  • Belin Associates: 2000 - present

Board Memberships
  • The Ahmanson Foundation, Los Angeles – trustee 1980 – 2002
  • Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York – trustee 1992 – 2007 (Vice-Chairman for last ten years)
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art (trustee 1978 – 2003; board president and chair 1986 – 1994; elected life trustee 2003)
  • Carnegie Institution of Washington (trustee 1999 to present)
  • Other: Member and co-chair of Board of Advisors of the UCLA School of Arts and Architecture; member of Board of Advisors of the UCLA Medical School; member of board of trustees of Los Angeles Philharmonic Association; member of board of governors of the Music Center of Los Angeles; member of board of trustees of Los Angeles World Affairs Council

Education and previous work
Daniel Belin received his undergraduate degree in Mathematics from the University of Michigan, from which he was graduated Phi Beta Kappa.  He worked as a mathematician in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Project Mercury before entering Harvard Law School, from which he graduated in 1962.