Dan, a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, concentrates his practice on complex commercial and class action litigation, corporate investigations and white collar criminal defense, and defamation.

Previously a federal prosecutor in Philadelphia, Dan headed a number of grand jury investigations and prosecuted many complex and lengthy cases. He was promoted to the Special Prosecutions Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, where he specialized in complex investigations and political corruption cases. He was an instructor at the U.S. Attorney General’s Advocacy Institute in Washington, D.C., and was awarded a Special Commendation for Outstanding Service by the U.S. Department of Justice for his prosecution of an international drug smuggling ring.

Dan has tried more than 35 cases to verdict, some lasting as long as six weeks. His trials have included two class action cases tried to verdict and three RICO cases tried to verdict. In 2005, a jury returned a verdict after a 2½ week trial in favor of a defendant he represented in a federal class action trial. In 2004, he was involved in the largest class action price fixing case in the history of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Over the past 30 years, Dan has represented major corporations throughout the country in their litigation, including International Paper Company, EnerSys, Symbol Technologies, Inc., Erie Insurance Group, Carpenter Technology Corporation and Sovereign Bancorp, Inc.

Dan was appointed to the Hearing Committee for the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and was also selected to head an investigative panel on the qualifications of a Pennsylvania Superior Court Judge candidate as part of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Judicial Evaluation Committee. He also was a gubernatorial appointee to the Governor’s Judicial Advisory Commission for Berks County.

As published in Philadelphia magazine, Dan was recognized as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 by being selected by his peers as among the top 5 percent of lawyers in the Commonwealth.

Education:
The Dickinson School of Law, J.D., 1975
Denison University, B.A., cum laude, 1972

Bar Admissions:
Pennsylvania

Court Admissions:
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Tax Court
U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Professional Associations/Civic Affiliations:
United Way of Berks County, Board of Directors
Berks County Bar Foundation, Board of Directors
American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow
Pennsylvania Bar Association, President's Planning Committee, member; Multijurisdictional Practice of Law Task Force, Former Co-Chair; House of Delegates, former member; Section on Litigation, former council member
Caron Treatment Centers, Board of Directors, Former Chair of the Board of Directors
Berks County Chamber of Commerce, former Vice Chair and Board of Directors member
South Mountain YMCA, Board of Directors; former President