DAN chairs the firm’s Information Technology practice and advises both public and closely-held companies on matters of information technology and intellectual property law. His skilled counsel in the IT arena covers computer software development, license, acquisition, subscription, implementation, service level agreements and various Internet, website and e commerce matters.
Dan also handles copyright and trademark applications across all business sectors and represents clients in all forms of intellectual property disputes, including patent, copyright and trademark infringement actions, as well as complex computer system litigation. He uses intellectual property law, contracting practices and dispute resolution techniques to help clients - creators and users, buyers and sellers, licensors and licensees - protect and grow their businesses.
Active in the community, Dan serves as an adjunct faculty member of Cleveland Marshall College of Law, where he lectures on intellectual property and information technology issues, as board chair of the Greater Cleveland Film Commission and as a board member of NEOSA (né the Northeast Ohio Software Association). He is a member of the Cleveland Metropolitan, Ohio and American Bar Associations and a graduate of Leadership Cleveland.
Before law school, Dan worked as a systems analyst for General Motors. He served as a law clerk to Chief U.S. District Judge Frank J. Battisti, was admitted to the Attorney General’s Honors Program and practiced as a trial attorney with the U.S. Justice Department before joining Jones Day. He later served as Director of the Office of School Monitoring and a Special Master for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Dan began his tenure with Calfee in 1994, becoming a partner in 1998.