Education: University of Minnesota Law School
Degree: JD
Year: 1987
Honors: magna cum laude

Dan has tried more than 30 cases to conclusion in courts in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and California. He has practiced in both state and federal courts across the country. Dan currently serves on the Board of Directors for Nilan Johnson Lewis.

Key Practice Experience

• Commercial and business tort litigation
• Trade secrets litigation
• Products liability litigation
• Fire and explosion cases
• Construction litigation

Key Industry Experience

• Industrial and Construction Equipment
• Manufacturing
• Financial Services
• Solid Waste Industry
• Gaming, including Indian Gaming
• Warehousing
• Building Construction

Representative Cases/Transactions

• Associated Milk Producers Inc. v. Atlas Copco (industrial fire loss)
• Driscoll v. Standard Hardware, et al. (industrial equipment failure claim)
• Target v. Shazam (breach of contract)
• Royal Concrete v. Professional Services Ind. (construction defect/professional negligence claim)
• Staffworks v. Coastal Pacific Foods (contract and trade secrets claims)
• Fate v. BFI (landfill expansion)
• BFI v. Hennepin County (constitutional challenge to county ordinance)
• American Summit Mortgage v. Goldade (non-compete enforcement)
• CATCO v. Dorso Trailers (breach of contract)
• Bank of America v. Churchill Capital (breach of contract and commercial fraud claims)
• Schramm v. Village Chevrolet (pregnancy discrimination claim)
• Siewart v. Allied Waste (workers’ compensation retaliation claim)

Professional Recognitions/Honors

• Multi-year recognition by peers in Minnesota Super Lawyers®, including top 40 honors for business litigation

Selected Publications/Presentations

• Recent Publications/Presentations:
• Chair, Federal Bar Association, Minnesota Chpt., 2008 Seminar
• Presenter, 2006 Business Law Institute, “Inadvertent Partnership, Can You Manage the Risk?”
• Chair, Federal Bar Association, Minnesota Chpt., 2008 Seminar
• Chair, Expert Witness Seminar
• Presenter, “Emerging Case Law – Trends and Topics in Electronic Discovery”
• Presenter, “Experts and the Spoliation of Evidence”

Professional Associations

• Federal Bar Association, Minnesota Chapter, former Member, Board of Directors; former Vice President, Legal Education
• Hennepin County Bar Association, Member, Bench and Bar Committee
• Minnesota State Bar Association
• Wisconsin State Bar Association
• American Bar Association

Community Involvement

• Fundraiser, American Cancer Society
• Youth Soccer Coach

Bar Admissions

• Minnesota State Courts
• Wisconsin State Courts
• U.S. Court of Federal Claims
• U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
• U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit

Other Education

• M.A., University of Minnesota, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow
• B.A., University of Minnesota