Daniel W. Koenig

Dan Koenig practices in the area of civil litigation with a concentration in insurance coverage, bad faith litigation, tort litigation and commercial litigation. A significant portion of his practice consists of wrongful death and personal injury litigation involving motor carriers.

Mr. Koenig graduated from Duke University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. Mr. Koenig received his law degree in 1997 from Southern Methodist University School of Law in Dallas, Texas, where he was an articles editor for the International Law Review Association and published an article, "Direct Taxation and Member State Liability in the European Community," in the American Bar Association's publication, The International Lawyer, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1997.

Mr. Koenig participated in the National Institute for Trial Advocacy's 7-day intensive Trial Skills Program at the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Law from May 20-26, 2006.

Mr. Koenig also is a co-author of:

Amicus Curiae brief in the Supreme Court of North Carolina on behalf of the Trucking Industry Defense Association, North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company, Inc., v. Terry Davis Armwood, Jr.; Et al.

"Who's Responsible for Financial Responsibility?",  Defense Research Institute's Trucking Law Committee, In-Transit, August 2007.  The article features a recent NC Court of Appeals decision which held that a liability policy for a commercial vehicle automatically provides minimum of $750,000 of coverage, despite the owner requesting and paying for lesser coverage.