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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 or reimbursed through professional liability carriers. 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, serving as Vice Chair starting in July 2023, and serving as Committee Chair starting in July 2024. The Legal Ethics Committee publishes interpretive guidance on gray areas in the D.C. Bar's Rules of Professional Conduct.
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 Rules of Professional Conduct Committee (2007-2009).
Dan has also previously 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; a civil motions conciliator in Virginia's Fairfax Circuit Court; and 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.
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