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DANIEL SCHUMACK Tel. 703-934-4656 Bar Licenses: Virginia, District of Columbia, Maryland Dan Schumack represents law firms and lawyers on these risk management issues in the D.C. metropolitan area: :.bar complaint defense :.disciplinary investigation response :.fee dispute litigation and arbitration :.law firm partnership agreements (and unwinds) :.solo/small firm continuity and succession plans :.private ethics advice Most engagements are privately retained and/or reimbursed through professional liability insurance. Dan has also been court appointed in the District’s disciplinary system to defend the interests of lawyers who are allegedly incapacitated; and to liquidate the files and trust accounts of deceased or incapacitated lawyers. He has also been appointed as Special Bar Counsel in the District when Bar Counsel has been conflicted-out of an investigation. Peer Appointments: Dan has been a member of the D.C. Bar’s Legal Ethics Committee since July 2019 and became the Committee's Vice Chair on July 1, 2023. He has also been serving as a civil motions conciliator in Virginia's Fairfax Circuit Court since 2004. He has previously served as a Hearing Committee Chair in the D.C. Bar’s Disciplinary System (1998-2000) and as Vice Chair of the D.C. Bar’s Professional Conduct Rules Review Committee (2007-2009). Dan has also served as: Secretary to the D.C. Bar’s Board of Governors; a member of the D.C. Bar’s CLE Committee; a member of the D.C. Bar's Communities Committee; a member of the D.C. Bar’s Practice Management Advisory Service Committee; and as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Kidney Foundation of the National Capital Area. Ethics Presentations: Dan is a regular presenter of continuing legal education courses on trust account compliance and other ethics-focused issues. See course titles. More: Dan is a 1987 graduate of American University's Washington College of Law. He is a member of APRL, the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers, and peer review rated AV-Preeminent in Martindale-Hubbell. Notice: Use of this website does not create an attorney-client relationship. © SCHUMACK + GUGGENHEIM PLLC, Fairfax, VA, USA |