Top-tier Wisconsin litigation counsel

Dan Conley is an experienced trial lawyer who has represented corporations, executives and lawyers in state and federal trial and appeals courts in Wisconsin and across the country. With over 30 years of experience in roles ranging from law clerk (E.D. Wis.) to trial advocate to business advisor, expert witness and trustee, he represents clients in:

• Business disputes and litigation
• Class actions
• Crisis response
• Legal malpractice defense

A “lawyer’s lawyer,” Dan maintains a band 1 rating from Chambers USA and has successfully represented clients in mediation and arbitration in addition to his trial advocacy. He has significant experience handling cases in Wisconsin's Commercial Court Pilot Program, leading and serving on Wisconsin and 7^th Circuit bar and local rules committees in helping clients and in courts throughout Wisconsin both as lead and local counsel.

Dan leads the crisis management team. He previously served for many years as legal counsel to Quarles and is a past chair of the firm's Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group and Class Action team.

Bar Admissions

• Wisconsin

Education

• University of Wisconsin - Madison (B.A., with distinction, 1981)

• University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1985)
  • Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice William A. Bablitch, judicial intern (1984)
  • Wisconsin Law Review

• "Ethics - Teaching Your Team How Attorney Client Privilege and Document Discovery Work (And Do Not) Before The Lawsuits or Investigations Start"
• Business Law Training: Crisis Communications: Finding Out What Happened and Controlling Your Message in the Face of Intense Media or Other Scrutiny
• U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements Are Enforceable

Seminar

• 11th Annual Specialized CLE for In-House Counsel
• 2014 Annual Legal Ethics Seminar
• 2015 Annual Legal Ethics Seminar
• 2016 Annual Legal Ethics Seminar
• 2017 Annual Legal Ethics Seminar
• 2018 Annual Legal Ethics Seminar
• 2019 Annual Legal Ethics Seminar
• 2020 Virtual Legal Ethics Seminar
• 2021 Annual Legal Ethics Seminar
• 2021 Annual Legal Ethics Seminar Video Replay
• 2021 Annual Legal Ethics Seminar Video Replay #1
• 2021 Annual Legal Ethics Seminar Video Replay #2
• Annual National Quarles & Brady Legal Ethics Seminar
• Annual National Quarles & Brady Legal Ethics Seminar Replay
• Annual National Quarles & Brady Legal Ethics Seminar Replay
• Annual National Quarles & Brady Legal Ethics Seminar Replay
• Business Law Training - Can You Keep A Secret? Work Product and the Attorney-Client Privilege From the C-Suite to Trial (And Everywhere in Between)
• Business Law Training: Crisis Communications: Finding Out What Happened and Controlling Your Message in the Face of Intense Media or Other Scrutiny
• Quarles' Annual Legal Ethics Seminar
• Quarles' Annual Legal Ethics Seminar
• Quarles' Annual Legal Ethics Seminar (2022 Program Replay)
• Quarles' Annual Legal Ethics Seminar Webinar Replay
• Quarles' Annual Legal Ethics Seminar Webinar Replay
• Quarles' Annual Legal Ethics Seminar Webinar Replay
• Quarles' Annual Legal Ethics Seminar Webinar Replay
• Quarles' Annual Legal Ethics Seminar Webinar Replay
• Quarles' Annual Legal Ethics Seminar Webinar Replay
• Quarles' Annual Legal Ethics Seminar Webinar Replay
• Video Replay - 2014 Annual Legal Ethics Seminar
• Video Replay - 2014 Annual Legal Ethics Seminar
• Video Replay - 2014 Annual Legal Ethics Seminar
• Video Replay - 2015 Annual Legal Ethics Seminar
• Video Replay - 2015 Annual Legal Ethics Seminar
• Video Replay - 2015 Annual Legal Ethics Seminar
• Video Replay | 2016 Annual Legal Ethics Seminar
• Video Replay | 2017 Annual Legal Ethics Seminar
• Video Replay | 2018 Annual Legal Ethics Seminar
• Video Replay | 2019 Annual Legal Ethics Seminar
• Video Replay | 2020 Annual Legal Ethics Seminar
• Video Replay | 2020 Annual Legal Ethics Seminar