Daniel C.

About Daniel C.

General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officers are getting the same question from their boards right now: what\'s our AI governance plan? Most don\'t have a good answer yet.I build AI governance programs for legal and compliance leaders at organizations adopting AI in regulated environments. Decision rights. Oversight structures. Vendor evaluation. Documentation that holds up under examination. Compliance readiness for the wave of state and federal AI regulation hitting in 2026 and 2027.Fifteen years inside regulated operations before I got here. AML/KYC enforcement at a Top 10 U.S. bank. Securities and private equity compliance at firms managing over $40 billion in combined AUM. Mass tort litigation including the national opioid MDL. Healthcare privacy. I currently evaluate frontier legal AI models at the product level — stress-testing whether AI-generated legal reasoning actually survives scrutiny.Five papers on SSRN covering AI governance frameworks, legal reasoning evaluation, and the structural risks of accelerated technology adoption. The REASON Framework — a rubric for auditing AI legal outputs — came directly from that work.If your organization is deploying AI in legal, compliance, or risk functions and you need governance architecture that satisfies regulators and protects decision quality, I\'m easy to find.JD, University of Connecticut. BA, Criminology & Criminal Justice, University of Maryland. Columbia Business School, Global Banking & FinTech. DC and Maryland bars. CAMS.

Experience

1. Senior Counsel & Ai Governance Advisor

   Axiom

   Jan 2023 — Present

   Embedded legal and compliance advisory for global financial institutions, alternative asset managers, and AI-native technology companies. Focus areas include AI governance, KYC/AML/sanctions, regulatory strategy, and compliance program design.Select engagement themes- Design AI-assisted KYC/AML and sanctions workflows balancing automation with human oversight and regulatory defensibility- Support generative AI evaluation and testing for legal and risk workflows — assessing outputs for accuracy, bias, and alignment with legal and style standards- Advise on SEC-registered fund compliance, building testing rubrics and reporting frameworks for CCO/GC visibility- Support complex onboarding, sanctions inquiries, and governance documentation for large global asset managers- Develop regulatory change management frameworks reducing compliance gapsAlso serve on Axiom\'s Legal Advisory Board (2025–Present), providing strategic guidance on AI fluency, legal innovation, and governance modernization.

Education

• University of Maryland

  Criminology and Criminal Justice

  2003 — 2007

• University of Connecticut School of Law

  Law

  2009 — 2011

• Columbia Business School

  Global Banking & FinTech

  2022 — 2023

• Hopkins School

  High School

  1999 — 2003

Skills

• Criminology
• Litigation Support
• Financial Services
• Management
• Intellectual Property
• Leadership
• Criminal Investigations
• USA Patriot Act
• Government
• Legal Research
• Legislation
• Public Policy
• Government Contracting
• Team Leadership
• Legal Writing
• Litigation
• Internal/External Audit
• Corporate Law
• Microsoft Office
• Bank Secrecy Act
• Research
• Business Operations
• Strategic Planning
• Kyc
• Westlaw
• Legal Documents
• Regulatory Compliance
• Discovery Process
• Project Management
• Criminal Defense
• Investigation
• Appeals
• Civil Litigation
• Customer Service
• Fraud
• Training
• Corporate Governance
• Trials
• Risk Management
• Legal Assistance