Daniel M. Traynor

Email:  dantraynor@traynorlaw.com

Biography

Dan Traynor is involved in a broad litigation practice in Devils Lake, North Dakota.  He graduated with distinction from the University of North Dakota School of Law in 1997. During law school Dan served as an extern for United States District Judge Patrick A. Conmy.  After graduating from law school, he worked as a law clerk for Chief Justice Gerald W. VandeWalle of the North Dakota Supreme Court.

Dan has extensive experience in insurance defense, coverage questions, insurance bad faith, business and contract litigation, and personal injury litigation.  Dan is also City Prosecutor for the City of Devils Lake.

Dan was the tenth member of his family admitted to the Bar in North Dakota. He is licensed to practice in the state courts of North Dakota and Minnesota, the Federal District Court of North Dakota, and Tribal Courts in the area.

Dan is a member of the Defense Research Institute, North Dakota Defense Lawyers Association, the American Bar Association and is an Elected Member of the American Law Institute.

Areas of Practice

Insurance Defense; Personal Injury; Business Litigation; Coverage; Insurance Bad Faith

Education

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF LAW

Juris Doctor with Distinction (1997)

Elected to Order of the Coif 

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA

Bachelor of Arts (1994)

Admissions

State Bar Association of North Dakota (1997)

State of Minnesota (1997)

U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota

Spirit Lake & Turtle Mountain Tribal Courts

Memberships

American Law Institute

American Bar Association

State Bar Association of North Dakota

Minnesota State Bar Association

Defense Research Institute

North Dakota Defense Lawyers

Republican National Lawyers Association

Supreme Court Historical Society

Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity

Phi Delta Theta Fraternity

Reported Cases

City of Devils Lake v. Corrigan , 1999 ND 16, 589 N.W.2d 579.

Reeves v. Chepulis, 1999 ND 63, 591 N.W.2d 791.

City of Devils Lake v. Lawrence, 2002 ND 31, 639 N.W.2d 466.

City of Devils Lake v. Alford, 2003 ND 56, 664 N.W.2d 516.

Leevers Foods, Inc. v. VND, LLC, 2003 ND 198, 672 N.W.2d 445.