Partner
Dan’s practice is devoted to civil litigation with an emphasis on significant commercial, product liability and premises liability disputes. He has extensive litigation experience in cases involving complex medical and scientific issues.
Dan has successfully tried numerous bench and jury trials in State and Federal Courts and has been engaged as counsel in a number of cases which resulted in published appellate decisions. He has longstanding relationships with a number of corporate clients by which he has been engaged as lead litigation counsel and as local, state or national coordinating counsel. Dan has extensive experience in managing a varied portfolio of litigation and other liability matters on behalf of corporate clients. Dan has been engaged by several law firms as their litigation counsel in connection with professional liability claims and lawsuits.
Since the advent of alternative dispute resolution, Dan has acted as an advocate in several hundred mediations, including pre-suit mediations.
Dan frequently speaks at continuing legal education and at client sponsored seminars on a variety of litigation related topics.
- Dan recently obtained a defense verdict for a national retailer in a trial involving claims of complex regional pain syndrome and near total disability. The trial involved the testimony of multiple physicians.
- Successfully represented a securities brokerage firm in an effort to enforce covenants against a former employee. This matter was widely reported in industry literature.
- Represented a product installer in the multiple cases arising from the Indianapolis Athletic Fie disaster.
- Obtained a dismissal of all claims in product liability litigation against a national manufacturer of sprinkler heads and valves in connection with a multi-million dollar fire.
- Obtained summary judgments for real estate developers in litigation arising from attempts by prospective purchasers to enforce what were claimed to have been binding agreements to purchase.
- Has obtained numerous favorable settlements and summary judgments on behalf of manufactures, distributors and installers of various products as to which exposures resulting in disease or death have been alleged.
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- Partner
- Business Disputes
- Catastrophic Injury Defense
- General Litigation & Dispute Resolution
- Toxic Tort Defense
Dan’s practice is devoted to civil litigation with an emphasis on significant commercial, product liability and premises liability disputes. He has extensive litigation experience in cases involving complex medical and scientific issues.
Dan has successfully tried numerous bench and jury trials in State and Federal Courts and has been engaged as counsel in a number of cases which resulted in published appellate decisions. He has longstanding relationships with a number of corporate clients by which he has been engaged as lead litigation counsel and as local, state or national coordinating counsel. Dan has extensive experience in managing a varied portfolio of litigation and other liability matters on behalf of corporate clients. Dan has been engaged by several law firms as their litigation counsel in connection with professional liability claims and lawsuits.
Since the advent of alternative dispute resolution, Dan has acted as an advocate in several hundred mediations, including pre-suit mediations.
Dan frequently speaks at continuing legal education and at client sponsored seminars on a variety of litigation related topics.
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Admitted to the Indiana Bar and U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of Indiana and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
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Hamilton College, B.A. – 1975
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Indiana University School of Law, J.D. – 1978
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Member of National Moot Court Team
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Selected for membership in the Order of the Barristers
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Law and Politics Magazine recognized Dan as an Indiana Super Lawyer in 2004 - 2009
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Admitted to practice pro hac vice before many state and federal courts outside of Indiana
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American (Member: Section on Tort and Insurance Practice), Indianapolis and Indiana State Bar Associations
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Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana
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Fellow: International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC)
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Defense Research Institute
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Indianapolis Lawyers Club (since 1996)
- Dan recently obtained a defense verdict for a national retailer in a trial involving claims of complex regional pain syndrome and near total disability. The trial involved the testimony of multiple physicians.
- Successfully represented a securities brokerage firm in an effort to enforce covenants against a former employee. This matter was widely reported in industry literature.
- Represented a product installer in the multiple cases arising from the Indianapolis Athletic Fie disaster.
- Obtained a dismissal of all claims in product liability litigation against a national manufacturer of sprinkler heads and valves in connection with a multi-million dollar fire.
- Obtained summary judgments for real estate developers in litigation arising from attempts by prospective purchasers to enforce what were claimed to have been binding agreements to purchase.
- Has obtained numerous favorable settlements and summary judgments on behalf of manufactures, distributors and installers of various products as to which exposures resulting in disease or death have been alleged.
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Born in Frederick, Maryland
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Admitted to the Indiana Bar and U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of Indiana and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
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Law and Politics Magazine recognized Dan as an Indiana Super Lawyer in 2004 - 2009
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Admitted to practice pro hac vice before many state and federal courts outside of Indiana
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American (Member: Section on Tort and Insurance Practice), Indianapolis and Indiana State Bar Associations
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Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana
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Fellow: International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC)
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Defense Research Institute
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Indianapolis Lawyers Club (since 1996)
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