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I have a variety of experience in various general civil litigation matters including business and commercial litigation, insurance coverage disputes, healthcare liability defense, medical device liability defense, personal injury and business torts. I also represent media organizations and journalists in defamation actions and other matters.  I have been involved in a number of jury trials to verdict.  I also provide counsel to clients in the area of information privacy and cybersecurity including security incident investigation, security awareness and policy drafting, cyber risk management including insurance policy coverage consultation and breach response management.  Specifically in the area of healthcare, I counsel covered entities on a variety of matters pertaining to HIPAA Privacy Rule, Security Rule, and Breach Notification Rule compliance.. I have earned the Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US) credential through the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).. I also represent departing individuals as well as employers and closely held corporate entities in business separation and dissolution matters. My experience includes involvement in healthcare provider departures and I am familiar with the unique issues involved in provider transitions.  I also advise small and midsize private corporations and businesses in various areas including pre-formation considerations, entity selection, sales and acquisitions, general contract negotiations and corporate governance.

Dan Peel graduated in 1989 from Vanderbilt University School of Law, where he was an Associate Editor of the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law.  He received the American Jurisprudence Award for Appellate Argument.  Mr. Peel received his Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude, in history from the University of Memphis in 1985.  He was a Cecil C. Humphreys Presidential Scholar and a member of Phi Kappa Phi.. Mr. Peel is admitted to practice law in all state courts in Tennessee and Texas and in federal courts for the Western District of Tennessee and Northern and Southern Districts of Texas.  He is also admitted in the Fifth and Sixth Circuit Courts of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court.  Mr. Peel is a member of the Tennessee Bar Association and the State Bar of Texas.  He worked for two of the largest firms in Dallas - Locke Purnell Rain Harrell (now Locke Lord) and Haynes and Boone - before returning to Memphis, his hometown, in 1998.