DANIEL J. ORLANDO

Dan works largely with entrepreneurs, small and medium size business owners, real estate investors, and individuals to help them achieve their professional and personal goals. In his time as an attorney, Dan has helped clients open and develop numerous businesses, and guided clients on countless mergers and acquisitions, contract drafts and negotiations, and real estate transactions ranging from several thousands of dollars to tens of millions of dollars in size.

Dan also has extensive experience in the areas of estates and civil litigation. Dan prepares estate plans and probates estates for his clients, and has successfully settled, tried, and argued cases and appeals on his clients' behalf. Dan is currently admitted to practice before the State trial and appellate courts in Ohio, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, and the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Dan completed law school in just two and a half years and ranked first overall in his class. He then scored in the 100th Percentile on the February 2018 Ohio Bar Exam. Prior to law school, Dan obtained a degree in corporate finance from the Fisher College of Business at the Ohio State University.

While in law school, Dan served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Kathleen B. Burke in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Dan also served as an editor of the Akron Law Review, Secretary and Treasurer of the Sports and Entertainment Law Society, and as an Academic Success Program Fellow in Contracts and Civil Procedure II. He was an advocate in the 2017 ABA National Moot Court Competition in Philadelphia, PA, and received the Outstanding Advocate Award in Akron Law's 2017 Summer Trial Academy.

Outside of his practice, Dan enjoys spending time with his wife and daughter and being active and outdoors. Dan especially enjoys biking and is a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

• Ohio
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit