Background
-Horn Aylward & Bandy, LLC, 2007-present
-Miller Law Firm, P.C., 1994-2007
-Niewald, Waldeck & Brown, P.C., 1992-1994
Professional Affiliations
-Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
-Past Chair - Construction Law Committee - Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
-Kansas Bar Association
-Missouri Bar Association
-Illinois Bar Association
-American Bar Association
Publications and Presentations
-"AIA Contracts -- Dispute Resolution Under the 2007 Revisions." Lorman Education Services presentation to the construction industry, January 29, 2008.
-"Construction -- Indemnification Issues," Presentation for the Kansas Bar Association Annual Meeting, July, 2007.
-"Intentional Acts and Injuries for Purposes of Insurance Coverage," Journal of the Missouri Bar, January-February, 1996, reprinted in Coverage, Publication of Litigation Section of the American Bar Association, July-August, 1996.
-Co-Author: "The Self-Insured Retention -- Issues Confronting Primary and Excess Carriers," Declarations, Winter 1993-94.
Recognitions and Awards
-Martindale Hubbell - AV rated
-"Lawyer of the Year" 2013 - For Construction Law by Best Lawyers in the United States
-"Forty under 40" recognition by Ingram's Magazine for business leadership in Kansas City
-"Best of the Bar" for construction attorneys, The Kansas City Business Journal
-"Super Lawyer" recognition in Missouri and Kansas, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
-Best Lawyers in Kansas City, recognition by Ingram's Magazine
-Top 100 Lawyers in Missouri and Kansas, KC Magazine, 2012
-Top 50 Lawyers in the Kansas City metropolitan area, KC Magazine, 2012
-Valedictorian (summa cum laude -- 4.0 GPA) -- Southwestern College
-University of Missouri, Kansas City School of Law
-UMKC-
-National Trial Team (Regional Champion)
-Moot Court Team
-Order of the Barristers
-Regional Client Counseling Team
-Recipient, Lewis F. Powell Award for Trial Advocacy
-Recipient, Thomas E. Deacy Memorial Trial Practice Award
Of Note
-Danne is a former member of the board of directors for the ALS Association-Keith Worthington Chapter (Lou Gehrig's disease), where he served as president and vice-president. He also served on the board of the Greenbrier Homes Association in Leawood, Kansas. Danne and his wife, Stephanie, have two children - Hannah and Braden.