Daniel Balserak

Dan joined Becket in 2026 to expand the firm’s government affairs capacity. As Deputy Government Affairs Director, he helps Becket identify and defeat emerging threats to its clients’ religious liberty.

Before joining Becket, Dan was Associate General Counsel and Director of Religious Liberty at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. He previously worked in the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights, where he was Chief of Policy & Information in the office’s Conscience & Religious Freedom Division. He also served as Deputy General Counsel at the Archdiocese of Washington.

Dan majored in philosophy at Dartmouth College and studied law at the University of Virginia. His wife and four children lovingly indulge his goal of visiting all the national parks.