Dan has extensive experience litigating matters on behalf of individuals and businesses of all sizes in state and federal courts, as well as representing the interests of his clients in voluntary and court-ordered mediation.

In his family law practice, Dan advises and represents clients in matters relating to separation, divorce, and adoptions, including equitable distribution of property, alimony, and child custody.

Dan is a member of the Triad Collaborative Family Law Practice Group (www.triadcollaborative.com), which provides an alternative approach to resolving family matters in a private, efficient manner that seeks to minimize the financial and emotional strains associated with separation and divorce.

Dan also advises and represents businesses, religious organizations, and individuals in matters involving contracts, employment-related disputes, personal injury/wrongful death claims, insurance coverage disputes, estate disputes and will contests, unfair trade practices claims, among others.

Dan holds a B.A. in Political Science from Duke University and a law degree from SMU Dedman School of Law, where he served as Articles Editor for the International Law Review and was published in the ABA’s publication, The International Lawyer.

In the community, Dan has serves on the Board of Directors of Seven Homes (a foster care and adoption services agency) and FaithAction International House (helping immigrants meet their basic needs and turning strangers to neighbors); coaches volleyball at the YMCA; has been a presenter of the Parenting Under Two Roofs program at the Family Life Council; has served on various other community and church boards and committees; and has interviewed candidates for undergraduate admission for the Duke University Alumni Association.

Dan enjoys playing tennis, reading, playing the cello, spending time with his wife (Jennifer) and daughter (Nelessen), and coaching and watching his daughter play volleyball team.