Practice Areas
- Appellate Practice
- Damages Mitigation
- Long-Term & Elder Care Litigation
- Medical Malpractice Defense
- Pharmacy Litigation
- Premises Liability
- Products Liability
- Trucking & Transportation
Daniel is a partner in the firm's Savannah office. He is engaged in a broad civil litigation practice and specializes in the defense of hospitals, physicians, and long-term care facilities in high exposure cases throughout Georgia. Since 2004, he has practiced in Savannah, Georgia and successfully defended numerous complex medical malpractice cases with catastrophic injuries across the state. In addition to his defense medical malpractice cases, Daniel regularly handles a variety of general liability matters, including those involving premises liability and transportation liability. He also handles the defense of products liability cases, including those with issues related to the medical field.
Daniel is frequently asked to consult with risk managers and advise hospitals on a broad spectrum of legal and risk issues, including litigation risks, peer review, patient safety and development of facility policies and procedures.
Daniel is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell and has been recognized by his peers as a Georgia Super Lawyer in the areas of medical malpractice defense and personal injury defense.
Daniel was born and raised in Augusta, Georgia and has strong ties to the Augusta community, but he lives in Savannah, Georgia with his wife and their three children.
- State Bar of Georgia
- Georgia Court of Appeals
- Supreme Court of Georgia
- U.S. District Court, Middle and Southern Districts of Georgia
- AV Preeminent Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
- Georgia Super Lawyer
- B.A., Clayton College and State University (2001)
- Varsity Basketball Team, member
- J.D., Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University (2004)
- State Bar of Georgia
- Savannah Bar Association
- Georgia Defense Lawyers Association
- Has handled all phases of litigation, including trial and appellate experience
- Has taken and defended hundreds of discovery and evidentiary depositions of fact and expert witnesses
- Has successfully obtained numerous summary judgments for clients
- Has obtained defense verdicts in cases involving catastrophic lifelong injuries
- Has represented numerous physicians and nurses in connection with state licensing complaints and investigations
- Has represented many non-party witnesses and entities with respect to depositions and discovery requests
- Frequently consulted on various risk management issues and day to day operations of facilities and medical practices