Daniel R. Michel obtained a Bachelor of Science in 1992 in International Business and Economics, from Madonna University. He graduated in 1996 from the University of Toledo, College of Law, Cum Laude.

He has been in private practice with the Defiance, Ohio law firm of ARTHUR, O’NEIL, MERTZ, MICHEL & BROWN CO., LPA since 1996, concentrating in the area of domestic relations law. Mr. Michel also handles other litigation, including personal injury, medical malpractice, and business disputes.

He is a member of the Board of Trustees for the Ohio Association for Justice; Chair of the Family Law Committee for the Ohio Association for Justice; immediate past chairman of the Negligence Law Committee for the Ohio State Bar Association; and on the Board of Editors for Ohio Trial Magazine.

Preparatory Education: Madonna University (B.S., International Business/Economics, 1993);

Legal Education: University of Toledo (J.D., cum laude, 1996). Note and Comment Editor, University of Toledo Law Review, 1995-1996.

Author:

• "The CERLA Paradox & Ohio's Solution to the Brownfield Problem," University of Toledo Law Review, Vol. 26:2, Winter 1995.

• "The Make Whole Doctrine," Ohio Trial, Vol. 12, Issue2, 2002.

• "The Collateral Source Rule and the Real Party in Interest Defense," Ohio Trial, Vol. 11, Issue 3, 2001.

• “Establishing Liability Coverage for Permissive Users,” Ohio Trial, Volume 13, Issue 2.

Member: Ohio State Bar Association; The Ohio Association for Justice; The American Association for Justice