Overview
Dan represents businesses and individuals in commercial, real estate, and tort litigation. As an experienced litigator with first chair trial experience, Dan has handled scores of eminent domain cases on major infrastructure projects around the state of Indiana, including the extension of I-69 along 24 miles south of Indianapolis, and assisted in the appeal of novel issues in Indiana eminent domain law. Dan’s real estate litigation experience also includes prosecuting and defending complaints for adverse possession and quiet title and the defense of creditor interests in hundreds of real estate foreclosure actions involving both residential and commercial properties.
Beyond real estate, Dan works to protect the interests of his clients in a wide variety of litigation. As a member of the firm’s General Liability Service Group, he represents clients in products liability, personal injury, and premises liability matters. His commercial litigation and arbitration experience includes breach of contract, discrimination claims, post-employment restrictive covenants, unfair competition, claims for breach of fiduciary duty, shareholder disputes, and securities broker malfeasance. Dan’s clients include individuals and businesses across various industries, including construction, transportation and manufacturing, among others.
As the risks and expense of litigation continue to rise and the business environment becomes ever more digitally connected, Dan is well-equipped to navigate these challenges with his clients. He has experience working with national and local vendors to cost-effectively manage the review and production of hundreds of thousands of documents, and he has represented clients in numerous successful mediations and other forms of alternative dispute resolution.
Outside of the office, you can find Dan cheering on his kids and their friends at gymnastics meets, choir performances, and little league games, or doing light work on his family’s small farm.
Experience
Honors
- Selected to the Super Lawyers "Rising Stars" list: 2019, 2020
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Education
Indiana University Maurer School of Law, J.D., 2009, cum laude
Wabash College, B.A., 2005, magna cum laude
Admissions
- Indiana