Daniel D. McMillan (Dan)
Partner
Los Angeles
Tel: 1.213.243.2582
Fax: 1.213.243.2539
Email:
ddmcmillan@jonesday.com
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Dan McMillan specializes in complex commercial, business, and construction litigation. He is cochair of Jones Day's multidisciplinary construction practice. He represents owners, design professionals, and contractors in large construction disputes and in negotiating and drafting contracts for construction projects. In addition to construction industry matters, he has handled complex contractual disputes and claims involving federal and state securities laws, RICO statutes, false claims acts, and antitrust laws. Dan has substantial trial, law and motion, and appellate experience. He also has extensive experience with domestic and international ad hoc and administered arbitrations, mediations, and a variety of hybrid alternative dispute resolution mechanisms.
Dan is a member of the Disputes Review Board Foundation, the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators, the American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry, and the Forum's Steering Committee for Dispute Avoidance and Resolution. He is on the executive board of the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation and is a member of its Critical Infrastructure Task Force. He has been an adjunct professor at Loyola Law School, teaching appellate advocacy, and is an instructor for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, training attorneys on everything from deposition to trial skills. Dan currently serves on the Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation or JNE Commission that evaluates judicial candidates and reports to the governor of California.
A frequent speaker and writer on issues of interest to the construction industry and the legal profession, the many publications Dan has authored and coauthored include: "Prequalification of Contractors by State and Local Agencies: Legal Standards and Procedural Traps," 27 Const. Law. 21 (Spring 2007); "Price Escalation and Financial Hardship: Contractual Approaches to Dealing With Hyperinflationary Market Conditions," chapter 1 in Construction Law Update (Aspen 2006); "When Accidents Happen During Construction: Will Your Builder's Risk Insurance Cover the Damage?" Construction Briefings (June 2005); "Dispute Review Boards: Key Issues, Recent Case Law and Standard Agreements," 25 Const. Law. 14 (Spring 2005); "Federal and State False Claims Acts and Public Construction Projects," chapter in The Construction Business Handbook (Aspen 2004); "The Truth About False Claims," Cal. Law. 47 (Sept. 2003); and "An Owner's Guide to Avoiding the Pitfalls of Disputes Review Boards," 27 Transp. L.J. 181 (2000).
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California
Education
Loyola Marymount University (B.S. summa cum laude [first in class] 1983; Articles Editor, Law Review; J.D. summa cum laude [first in class] 1987)
Clerkship
Law Clerk to Chief Judge Charles Clark, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit (1987 term)