With nearly 20 years of experience assisting and representing clients, Dan Haws has successfully tried numerous cases throughout the Midwest involving product liability, wrongful death, transportation and insurance coverage. A dedicated attorney and an advocate of his clients, Dan has also handled hundreds of claims effectively (resolved through alternative dispute resolution and even old fashioned negotiation), and has argued numerous appeals in both state and federal courts. As shareholder, Dan is currently the president of Murnane Brandt and serves on the firm's management committee. He is admitted to practice in state, federal and appellate courts in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Dan is A-V rated by the Martindale Hubbell and has been repeatedly recognized by peers as a “Super Lawyer” in Minnesota Law & Politics.  In 1988, Dan received his J.D., cum laude, from Hamline University School of Law, where he was a member of the Silver Gavel Honor Society, and completed his undergraduate studies with a B.A. from Central College in Pella, Iowa, in 1984.

When not representing clients, Dan enjoys spending time with family, coaching his children's sports teams, fishing, golf and softball.

KEY PRACTICE AREAS

• General civil and business litigation, product liability, transportation litigation, construction litigation, insurance coverage and appellate practice.

REPRESENTATIVE CASES

• Middle-Snake-Tamarac Rivers Watershed Didtrict v. Stengrim, 2009 WL 367286 (Minn. Ct. App. 2009)
  Bundul v. Travelers Indem. Co., 753 N.W.2d 761 (Minn. Ct. App. 2008)
• Bach v. Case Corp., 2006 WL 28651 66 (Minn. Ct. App. 2006)
• Urban v. American Legion, et al., 723 N.W.2d 1 (Minn. 2006)
• Zutz v. Case Corp., 422 F.3d 764 (8th Cir. 2005)
• Walk v. Starkey Machinery, Inc., 180 F.3d 837 (8th Cir. 1999)
• Katzner v. Kelleher Constr., 545 N.W.2d 378 (Minn. 1996)
• ABC v. Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis., 513 N.W.2d 482 (Minn. Ct. App. 1994)
• Amoco Pipeline Co. v. Minnesota Valley Landscaping, Inc., 481 N.W.2d 557 (Minn. 1992)

HONORS

Leading American Attorney (American Research Corporation)
Minnesota Super Lawyer (Minnesota Law & Politics)
Top Personal Injury Lawyer (Minnesota Law & Politics)

MEMBERSHIPS

• DRI
• Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association
• American Bar Association
• Minnesota State Bar Association
• Wisconsin State Bar Association
• Ramsey County Bar Association