Dan manages Phelps Dunbar's gaming practice in all states in which the firm has offices - Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Florida. He is a partner in the firm's Jackson, Mississippi, office and has fourteen years experience representing gaming clients. Dan represents both domestic and international clients (including casinos, manufacturers, distributors, lessors, shareholders, officers, directors, key employees and other persons) before gaming authorities with regard to licensing, registration, findings of suitability, transfers of ownership, work permits, patron disputes, investigations, disciplinary proceedings and other regulatory matters. He has also represented clients in several other states regarding proposed gaming legislation and has testified as an expert witness before numerous legislative committees.

• University of Mississippi, J.D., 1973
• University of Southern Mississippi, B.S., 1971

• President, International Association of Gaming Attorneys (September 2005-September 2006)
• Member: Board of Trustees of International Association of Gaming Attorneys, Mississippi Association of Gaming Attorneys (founding member); Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance for the State of Mississippi (former member); The Mississippi Bar; Federal Bar Association; American Bar Association
• Co-Chair, Section on Gaming Law, American Bar Association, 2001
• Chairman, Gaming Section, Mississippi Bar Association, 2000-2001
• AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell
• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America (gaming) - 2005, 2006, 2007
• Listed in Chambers USA - 2005, 2006, 2007
• Listed in Super Lawyers - 2007