Profile
Dan Campbell is an associate attorney in the Grand Blanc office, where he practices municipal, employment, and insurance defense. He has experience in No-Fault defense litigation, including first-party, first-party provider, UM/UIM No-Fault claims, and appellate work. Dan also successfully obtained dismissals of numerous medical-provider suits through Motions for Summary Disposition.
A Michigan Defense Trial Counsel member, Dan serves on its Membership, Awards, and Winter Meeting committees. In 2021, Dan was published in the MDTC’s Michigan Defense Quarterly for an article he co-authored: “Common Law Fraud: A Sea Shanty Worth Reviving?”
Dan graduated summa cum laude from Ferris State University with a Bachelor of Science. He later obtained his Juris Doctorate from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School, attending on a full-tuition Honor’s Scholarship and graduating magna cum laude. During law school, he earned Certificates of Merit in Constitutional Law II, Evidence, and Drafting. Dan was also a senior associate editor for the WMU-Cooley Law Review and competed on Cooley’s inaugural Bankruptcy Moot Court Team, which earned a top 25 finish at the 28th Annual Duberstein National Moot Court Competition in New York City.
Outside the classroom, Dan was an active member of Cooley’s student body, gaining valuable legal experience through various internships and externships. He served as a Student Bar Association senator and mentored 1L students. Dan also interned for the Honorable Joseph. J. Farah in the 7th Circuit Court for Genesee County. Later, he externed for the Genesee County Prosecutor’s Office, practicing under MCR 8.120 in the Office’s Warrant and Pre-Trial Divisions for the 67th District Court for Genesee County, as well as the City of Flint.
Dan graduated from L’Anse Area High School in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. He currently lives in Fenton, MI, with his wife and three children. Dan enjoys spending time with his family, golfing, hiking, and collecting sports and entertainment memorabilia in his spare time.
Areas of Practice
- Employment Law
- Insurance Defense
Education
- Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 2021
- Law Review: Senior Associate Editor
- National Bankruptcy Moot Court Team
- Certificates of Merit: Constitutional Law II, Evidence, and Drafting
- Honor’s Scholarship Recipient
- Ferris State University, Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude, 2007
Bar Admissions
- Michigan
Memberships
- State Bar of Michigan – Insurance and Indemnity Law Section
- American Bar Association
- Michigan Defense Trial Counsel – Membership, Awards, and Winter Meeting Committees
Publications
- “Common Law Fraud: A Sea Shanty Worth Revising?” Michigan Defense Quarterly, December 2021