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Profile

Dan is a seasoned litigator with decades of experience, serving clients in large and small matters through all aspects of legal disputes. Dan primarily represents consumers in class actions and persons who have been personally injured, including tenants harmed by mold in water-damaged buildings. Dan practices and lectures extensively in the field of Information Law, serving as discovery counsel in class actions teaching Civil Discovery at Lewis & Clark Law School.

Outside the office, Dan actively volunteers with multiple churches, and he is an avid Scouter with his local Boy Scout troop, having served as Scoutmaster and merit badge counselor.

Professional & Civic Activities

  • Oregon Trial Lawyers Association
  • Uniform Civil Jury Instruction Committee, Chair
  • Advisory Committee on Civil Justice – Discovery Working Group

Admissions

  • Oregon
  • Washington
  • California

Education

  • J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, J.D., 2005, magna cum laude
  • Southern Oregon University, B.A., 2002, magna cum laude

Thought Leadership

  • “Privacy at the Crossroad: Adapting to an Uncertain Future,” Lewis & Clark Law School Data Privacy Group, Keynote Address, February 2025.
  • “Crafting Effective ESI Protocols for MDLs, Class Action, and Complex Litigation,” Thomson Reuters (WestLegalEd) and Legal Cyber Academy, Panelist, January 2025.
  • “What Attorneys Should Know About eDiscovery Today,” Thomson Reuters (WestLegalEd) and Legal Cyber Academy, Panelist, November 2023.
  • “Cost, Confidence, and Control,” Xchange Conference, Moderator, September 2023.
  • “Legal Hold Notification: Revisited,” PREX Conference, Moderator, September 19-21, 2022.
  • “Getting the Greenlight: How to Secure Legal Project Funding,” PREX Conference, Moderator, September 28, 2021.
  • “Assessing Your Data Maps in a Newly Distributed World,” PREX Summit Series, Moderator, July 21, 2020.
  • “Rule 30(b)(6) Depositions in Litigation: Deposing or Defending Corporate Witness Depositions,” Thomson Reuters, Panelist, June 11, 2020.
  • “Responding to Civil Investigative Demands (DID) and Subpoenas,” Government Investigations & Civil Litigation Institute, Moderator, October 8-10, 2018. Speaker and panelist on various eDiscovery topics at PREX 2018 and PREX 2019.
  • “Technology Disruption in the Ethical Practice of Law,” Oregon Association of Defense Counsel, Panelist, June 16, 2018.
  • “E-Discovery 2018: Key Issues and Practical Guidance on E-Discovery for Corporate and Outside Counsel,” Thompson Reuters, Panelist, May 10, 2018.
  • “eDiscovery Overview or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love ESI,” Inns of Court, Southern Oregon, Speaker, April 12, 2018.
  • “Authentication of Evidence 2.0,” Legalweek West Coast, Panelist, June 12, 2017.
  • “Proportionality, Early Preservation, Production and Sanctions Under the New Rules Developing New Techniques Early in the Matter to Avoid Costly Missteps,” Innovation in E-Discovery Conference presented by Sandpiper LLC, Moderator, February 15, 2017.
  • “New Rules of E-Discovery: Everything You Need to Know,” Thompson Reuters, Panelist, January 23, 2017.
  • “Making the Business Case for Defensible Disposition,” Co-author, Information Law Journal, Summer 2016.