Dan McMillan represents owners, design professionals, and contractors in large construction disputes and in negotiating and drafting the full panoply of contracts for major projects. Equally comfortable in the boardroom as the courtroom, clients turn to Dan on their most challenging matters when judgment and experience matter most.
Dan is a member of the Disputes Resolution Board Foundation, the Association of International Energy Negotiators, the International Bar Association, and the ABA Forum on Construction Law. He served on the executive board of the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation, taught appellate advocacy as an adjunct professor at Loyola Law School, and has been an instructor for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Dan served on the California Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation (2007-2010), which evaluates judicial candidates and reports to the governor.
A frequent speaker and writer on issues of interest to the construction industry and the legal profession, his many publications include: State and Local Construction Projects: An Attorney’s Handbook (ABA 2017); Dispute Review Boards and the Construction Industry: The Song Remains the Same – Or Does It?; and “Truth or Consequences: California’s False Claims Act,” L.A. Daily Journal (Oct. 21, 2009).
Dan was recognized as a Law360 MVP in Construction (2020, 2025) and 2023 Lawyer of the Year for Construction Litigation by Best Lawyers in America.
