• Indiana

• Indiana University School of Law, J.D., 2001
• DePauw University, B.A., 1998

Dan concentrates his practice at the Firm in the area of construction and contract law, including litigation, dispute avoidance, and contract preparation and negotiation.  He works with contractors and other participants in the construction industry on a variety of matters involving payment and performance claims on public and commercial construction projects.  He also handles commercial lease disputes and litigation involving financial institutions.

Dan is a member of the American Bar Association’s Forum on the Construction Industry and is on the Steering Committee for the Forum’s Division 7 – Liens, Bonds and Insurance. Dan is a member of the construction and surety law section of the Indiana State Bar Association and is an adjunct professor of construction law and ethics for the School of Engineering and Technology at Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis.

• Selected for inclusion in Indiana Super Lawyers® Rising Stars, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

• Indianapolis Bar Association
• Indiana State Bar Association, Construction and Surety Law Section
• American Bar Association, Construction Industry Forum, Division 7
• Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis, Adjunct Professor of Construction Law and Ethics, School of Engineering and Technology

• Oh Where, Oh Where, Oh Where Have the Indiana Recovery Act Dollars Gone?
• CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS PREPARES FOR DEEP ROCK TUNNEL CONNECTOR BID
• Northern District of Ohio Finds Supplier of Crushed Stone Backfill Not To Be a "Subcontractor" Within the Meaning of an Insurance Policy
• Federal Appellate Court Concludes Unreasonable Delay Equates to Material Breach of Construction Contract
• FBT Client Completes Stimulus Project Ahead of Schedule
• Search Twice, Foreclose Once
• Joint Venturers: Will You Have To Share in the Liabilities of a Troubled Project?
• President Obama's Economic Stimulus Package: Are Your Ducks in a Row?
• Priority In Foreclosure: Mortgage Lien v. Vendor's Lien
• Indiana Court Of Appeals Addresses Good Faith Reliance On Payoff Statement

Past

• Downtown Indianapolis Kiwanis Club, Member, 2007 – present
• Giving Sum, Local Charitable Giving Organization, Member, 2008 – present
• IndyHub, Inc., Board of Directors, 2010- present
• The Hundred Club of Indianapolis, Member, 2011 - present

“Uniform Commercial Code in Construction Activities and Performance, Acceptance, Completion Factors” Federal Publications Seminars, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 11, 2011

“Surety Issues Related to Integrated Project Delivery” Surety Association of Indiana, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 19, 2011

“The State of Privileges” 2011 Annual Meeting for the Forum on the Construction Industry of the American Bar Association, Scottsdale, Arizona, April 14, 2011

“Joint Venture, Mentor-Protégé Programs and Teaming Arrangements” Surety Association of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN, February 23, 2011

“Developments in Standard Bond Forms and Inputs of the Construction Industry” Construction Risk Conference by the 30th International Risk Management Institute, Inc., Orlando, Florida, November 17, 2010

“Top 10 Legal Mistakes by Contractors” Indiana Construction Association, Indianapolis, Indiana, August 5, 2010

“Consensus DOCS 750:  A Competing Standard Form of Subcontract Agreement”
Indianapolis Masonry Contractors Association, April 14, 2009

“What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You:  The Use of ConsensusDOCS”
Indiana Construction Association, Annual Meeting, November, 2008

“What’s In Your Contract?  2007 AIA Revisions and ConsensusDOCS”
Indiana Construction Industry Conference, February 26, 2008

“Resolving Problems and Disputes on Construction Projects”
National Business Institute, June 2006

“Common Law Bonds”
presented to Division 7 of the ABA’s Construction Industry Forum, April 2005

“State-by-State Guide to Construction Contracts and Claims”
Aspen Law & Business (Indiana Chapter), 2002