Daniel Hull

A litigator and lobbyist with life-long professional ties to Washington, D.C., Dan Hull practices in the areas of commercial litigation (primarily U.S. federal courts and ADR abroad), environmental law, employment practices law, and legislative affairs. A cum laude graduate of Duke University (B.A. History), Dan was awarded a grant by Duke's Public Policy Science Institute to work as a legislative assistant in health and environmental policy for Senator Gaylord Nelson (D-Wis) in Washington, D.C. (93rd Congress). He is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati College of Law, where he was an editor of the Cincinnati Law Review. Following law school, Dan worked as a legislative assistant to Representative Bill Gradison (R-Ohio) in Washington, D.C. in the areas of energy and environment (95th, 96th Congresses). Later, he joined the Washington, D.C. office of Rose, Schmidt, & Dixon as an associate and, eventually, a partner in the firm's litigation and environmental law groups. Between 1989 and 1992, he split his time between its Washington, D.C. and Pittsburgh offices and eventually became the head of the firm's environmental litigation department. On March 17, 1992, Dan founded the firm now known as Hull McGuire PC for the purpose of focusing on business law, commercial litigation, regulatory matters and legislation (lobbying). Dan is a member of the bars of the District of Columbia, Maryland, California, and Pennsylvania. He is admitted to practice before a variety of federal trial and appellate courts and the U.S. Supreme Court. He regularly publishes articles and editorials and speaks concerning litigation, environmental law, the legal profession, and international practice. Dan is available to speak about these and other topics. Internationally, since 1997, Dan has participated in, moderated or served as a speaker in conferences of the International Business Law Consortium in England, Wales, Germany, France, Austria, Spain, Canada, Hungary, Italy, Mexico and Argentina. He is a member of both the International Bar Association and the Congress of Fellows of the Center for International Studies in Salzburg, Austria. He is listed in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in American Law. In recent years, Dan has also helped well-established writers and authors turn their fiction and non-fiction works into feature films by production companies and studios in California and New York. Born in Washington, D.C., Dan was raised in Michigan, Illinois and Ohio. He is a graduate of Indian Hill High School, in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was Senior Class President, played tennis and basketball, and was an Eagle Scout. He lives in San Diego, California. Locally, in San Diego, between 1998 and 2004, Dan was an active member or officer of the Rancho Bernardo Planning Board, a land use and zoning board chartered by the City and County of San Diego, and serving a community of 45,000. In 2004, Dan was the Chief Fundraiser in San Diego for Wesley Clark For President and was elected a Clark delegate to the Democratic National Convention. Dan's personal 'blawg' is at www.whataboutclients.com. What About Clients, a popular blawg with a world-wide audience, is about the art of making clients safe and happy. The blawg puts special emphasis on how corporate boutique firms can court, service and keep Fortune 500 clients.