Daniel J. Zollner Member

Daniel J. Zollner is a Member in Dykema's Insurance Industry Group in the Chicago office. Mr. Zollner's practice focuses on ERISA, insurance and commercial litigation and counseling. With regard to ERISA matters, he handles employee benefit litigation, stop loss litigation and administrative hearings, and advises on plan provisions, third party administrators, employee benefits, and stop loss issues relating to coverage.

In his insurance practice, Mr. Zollner handles litigation involving first and third party insurance claims, intergovernmental self-insured pods, bad faith claims, professional liability claims, the residual market, handles administrative hearings before state regulatory authorities, and advises on insurance coverage issues and policy wording.

Mr. Zollner has tried 24 jury and bench cases to verdict, eight administrative hearings to ruling, and four arbitrations to judgment. He has also briefed and argued 22 federal and state appeals, and has been lead defense counsel in 26 insurance and consumer class action lawsuits.

Mr. Zollner directly handles lawsuits in Cook, DuPage, Kane and Will Counties, the Northern and Central Districts of Illinois, the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan, and the Northern District of Indiana. He also supervises litigation nationwide for clients.