Dan was born in Erie, Pennsylvania and was raised in Peabody, Massachusetts. He comes to Ransmeier & Spellman from the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office where he served for over 25 years. While at the Attorney General’s Office, Dan served as Chief of Staff, Chief of the Civil Bureau, and Director of the Federal Litigation Unit. Dan represented numerous state officials and state employees in over 100 state agencies in litigation in both Federal and State Courts. Dan is a past member of the federal court advisory committee. Dan is active in several groups supporting Concord High School Athletics.

Dan attended Georgetown University in Washington, DC where he graduated Cum Laude with a degree in Government. While at Georgetown University he was a member of the varsity baseball team. Following college, Dan graduated from Villanova University School of Law in Villanova, Pennsylvania, where he was president of the student bar association and a member of the Honor Board.

• 1979, New Hampshire Bar Association
• 1979, United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire
• 1984, First Circuit Court of Appeals
• 2000, Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
• 2001, United States Supreme Court
• 2003, Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals