Before entering law school, Dan served in the United States Navy. He is the former president of both the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel (1994-1995) and the Association of Defense Trial Attorneys (2005-2006). He is a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Dan received the annual Defense Research Institute’s Fred Sievert award in 1994 for Outstanding Defense Bar Leader Of The Year and was selected for inclusion in
Illinois Super Lawyers® for the past 17 years. Dan has achieved an AV® Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell, which is a testament to the fact that a lawyer's peers rank him at the highest level of excellence. Additionally, he has been acknowledged by his peers as a "
Leading Lawyer" in a survey by Law Bulletin Publishing Company. He was selected by his peers in the 26th Edition (2020) and the 27th Edition (2021) of
The Best Lawyers in America® for Insurance Law.
