In March of 2018, Danny accepted a position with Truck Wreck Justice, PLLC, a firm that specializes in tractor-trailer and commercial bus litigation. In October 2020, Danny received his Truck Accident Law Certification from the National Board of Trial Advocacy. With this firm, Danny is able to utilize his 20 years of experience, trial skills, and learning to best help those injured by the reckless and negligent acts of these companies and their drivers. Recently, Danny received a judgment in North Georgia for $4,565,120.42 for a negligent company hiring an unqualified driver and a similar judgment in the Eastern District of Tennessee for $1,266,922.27. Portions of both judgments were paid under the MCS-90. Danny also served as co-counsel in Hamer v. Duffy, 2026 S.D. 4, in which the South Dakota Supreme Court held on February 4, 2026, that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations establish the standard of care for commercial drivers in South Dakota and that an unexcused violation may constitute negligence per se — a landmark ruling for truck cases tried in that state. In 2021, Danny was named the Tennessee Trial Lawyer of the Year, an award voted on by his peers. Danny served as President of the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association from 2024–2025.
Danny has earned the reputation of being willing to try his cases and for using cutting-edge techniques to achieve full justice. Danny is also known as always willing to lend support and give helpful advice to other lawyers pursuing justice. He considers being a dean of the deposition college and a faculty member of the Keenan Trial Institute his greatest professional achievement and has taught hundreds of attorneys trial and litigation skills necessary to hold wrongdoers accountable. Danny has also authored the Tennessee chapter in the book, Negligence: Purpose, Elements and Evidence, The Role of Foreseeability in the Law of Each State, ISBN 978-0-9980073-3-5 (2018) and a chapter in the ABA’s Truck Accident Litigation, 4th edition, ISBN 978-1-63905-573-9. Danny serves on the Board of Regents of the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys and on the board of the Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group of the American Association for Justice.
