Daniel M. Traynor

PRACTICE AREAS

• Personal Injury
• Insurance Defense
• Coverage
• Insurance Bad Faith
• Business Litigation & Banking

Dan Traynor is involved in a statewide litigation practice in North Dakota. Dan has extensive experience in insurance defense, coverage questions, insurance bad faith, business and contract litigation, and personal injury litigation. Dan is Chairman of the Disciplinary Board of the North Dakota Supreme Court. He is a member and former President of the North Dakota Economic Development Foundation. Dan also serves on the board of the North Dakota Defense Lawyers Association.

Dan 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.

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 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.

Education

J.D. with Distinction, University of North Dakota School of Law, 1997
Elected to Order of the Coif

B.A., University of North Dakota, 1994

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

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

Professional & Bar Association Memberships

American Law Institute
American Bar Association
State Bar Association of North Dakota
Minnesota State Bar Association
Defense Research Institute