Dan Garrison has over 15 years of corporate restructuring, business bankruptcy, commercial litigation, and corporate and real estate transaction experience. He holds an AV® Preeminent™ rating, the highest professional designation awarded by Martindale-Hubbell, the primary professional rating organization for attorneys. He also is listed in the 2010 edition of Southwest Super Lawyers®, a designation limited to the top 5% of attorneys in the southwestern United States, and has been named to the "Top Lawyers" list for bankruptcy by Arizona Business Magazine. In 2007, he received the "Turnaround of the Year' Award" from the Arizona Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association.
Dan is an honors graduate of the University of Utah College of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif, was a member of the Utah Law Review, and ranked nationally in a moot court competition. Following graduation, he clerked for the Honorable Dee V. Benson of the United Stated District Court for the District of Utah. Prior to founding his own firm, Dan practiced with regional, national and international firms such as Snell & Wilmer, Squire Sanders, Gallagher & Kennedy and Shughart Thomson & Kilroy.
Dan also has significant "real world" business experience. He is a founding principal of Andante Ventures and Andante Properties, both of which are involved in real estate investment. He has served as President, CEO and Director of a wholesale company, General Manager of a multi-location retail company, and was the founding Program Manager of a community mediation service.
Dan is a frequent panelist, speaker and writer for the Arizona State Bar, the American Bankruptcy Institute, and various other professional organizations. He is a member of the Alumni Board of Trustees of his law school. Dan's other community and professional involvement has included service as a community mediator and arbitrator, appointment as a judge pro tempore, chairing a state licensing commission, and election as President of the Young Lawyers Division of the Utah State Bar. He is licensed to practice in the state and federal courts in Arizona and Utah.