Dan Hager is a founding partner of AV rated Roeca Haas Hager LLP and for more than twenty years has represented and counseled lawyers and law firms. He is a recognized expert in lawyers' malpractice prevention and legal ethics, providing consultations and related risk management services to lawyers, firms, and lawyers' E&O carriers nationwide. He also has extensive experience defending lawyers and other professionals against malpractice and malicious prosecution claims and representing clients in commercial and appellate litigation.

Dan has a unique background in malpractice prevention, ethics, and law practice management. He has served as national loss prevention counsel for major insurers, consulting with hundreds of lawyers to avoid claims, take corrective action, or mitigate damages. For seven years he was in-house counsel to the firms of Long & Levit and Landels Ripley & Diamond, establishing and overseeing their systems for preventing malpractice and ethics claims, resolving such claims when they arose, and counseling firm management on wide ranging issues. Dan has unmatched real life experience in all aspects of loss prevention and law firm management, including:

Complementing his loss prevention and ethics counseling, Dan has extensive experience defending lawyers and other professionals in malpractice, malicious prosecution, partnership disputes, and other litigation. He has represented lawyers in practice areas including: toxic torts, estate planning, criminal law, municipal law, workers compensation, personal injury, family law, real estate, immigration, elder law, construction defect, and commercial litigation. He represents lawyers in State Bar disciplinary proceedings and serves as an expert witness on ethical issues as well.

Dan speaks and writes frequently and has edited several malpractice-related publications. A sampling of his articles and presentations includes:

Managing Conflicts of Interest, Bar Association of San Francisco, 2006

The Impact of Substance Abuse on Professionals, California Association of Realtors, 2003

General Counsel’s Ethical Responsibilities, Attorney’s Committee of the California Association of Sanitation Agencies, 2003

“Reduce Your Malicious Prosecution Exposure,” San Francisco Lawyer, June/July 2002

Avoiding Malpractice Claims and Ethical Violations in Real Estate Practice, San Francisco Real Estate Roundtable, 1999

Ethical Traps for the Unwary - How to Avoid Legal Malpractice Suits, Bar Association of San Francisco, 1998

Law Practice Management and the Bottom Line, Law Firm Profitability Institute, San Francisco, 1997

Professional Liability Loss Prevention, Professional Liability Underwriting Society, Los Angeles 1996

Screening New Clients and Matters to Avoid Malpractice Claims and Unpaid Bills, Bar Association of San Francisco, 1995

Substance Abuse and its Impact on the Legal Community, Bar Association of San Francisco, 1994

"Measuring Quality," Legal Malpractice Report, Vol. 4, No. 3, 1994

"A Comprehensive Quality Program," Legal Malpractice Report, Vol. 4, No. 3, 1994

Effective Fee Agreements to Avoid Malpractice Claims and Fee Disputes, Bar Association of San Francisco, 1993

Dan received his bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1981. He received his law degree in 1985 from the University of California, Davis. He is admitted to practice in California state and federal courts. He is also a member of the Bar Association of San Francisco. Dan served on BASF’s Law Practice Management Section Executive Committee from 1993 – 1997, 2006 – present, serving as its Chair in 2007.

Contact Dan Hager at:

dhager@r2hlaw.com

415.901.4203 (direct)