Attorney Daniel Ross, Ross|Melton, P.C., Austin, Texas

Daniel B. Ross
Austin, Texas


phone	(512) 961-7570 (866) 754-0266
fax	(512) 474-5306
email	Email Me (Daniel B. Ross)

Daniel B. Ross was born in Harvey, Illinois, in 1956 and grew up in Longview, Texas. He graduated from the University of Texas with a B.A. in the Plan II Honors Program with High Honors in May 1978. Upon graduation, he operated several successful businesses in Austin, Texas. After his career as an entrepreneur, Mr. Ross attended the University of Texas School of Law, from which he received his Juris Doctor in 1994. Mr. Ross was Associate Editor of the Texas Law Review , and was a member of several trial competition teams representing the University of Texas School of Law.

Beginning in 1994, Mr. Ross was associated with a firm in Austin, Texas, where he worked extensively on litigated matters, handling a varied caseload of Personal Injury and Business litigation.

In the course of his career, Mr. Ross has represented hundreds of clients and has become well known in the legal community for his tenacious, effective representation and his skill in negotiating the resolution of disputed matters. He has accrued civil trial experience including Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Insurance Bad Faith, Products Liability, and Consumer Law, and has extensive experience in Business Entity creation, Business Transactions, and general Business litigation.

Mr. Ross has tried numerous jury trials to verdict in District, County and Federal Courts. His appellate experience includes briefing and arguing in the Austin and San Antonio Courts of Appeal. He is licensed as an attorney by the Supreme Court of the State of Texas .

Auto Accidents
Truck Accidents
Motorcycle Accidents
Drunk Driver Accidents
Employment and Discrimination Law
Workplace Sexual Harassment and Employer Retaliation

Areas of Practice:: Animal Bites -- Plaintiff; Advertising; Affirmative Action -- Employee; Age Discrimination; Alcoholic Beverages; Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employee; Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employer; Animal Bites -- Defense; Asbestos; Assault & Battery -- Plaintiff; Bad Faith Insurance; Business & Commercial Law; Chemicals & Cosmetics; Civil Rights; Clean Air Practice; Cleanup & Superfund; Closely Held Businesses; Collections; Commercial Insurance; Construction Contracts; Construction Liens; Consumer Protection; Contracts; Debtor/Creditor; Deceptive Trade Practices; Defects; Dental Malpractice; Directors' & Officers' Liability; Directors' & Officers' Liability Insurance; Disability & Illness Discrimination; Discrimination; Elder Law; Eminent Domain; Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employee; Employee Rights -- Employee; Employee Rights -- Employer; Employment Contracts -- Employee; Employment Contracts -- Employer; Employment Discrimination -- Employee; Employment Discrimination -- Employer; Employment Law -- Employee; Employment Law -- Employer; Entertainment; Errors & Omissions Insurance; Estate Planning; Ethics; Ethics & Professional Responsibility; Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employee; Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employer; Federal Employer's Liability Act (FELA) -- Employee; Food & Agricultural Products; Formation & Business Planning; Franchising; Freedom of Speech; Gay & Lesbian Rights; Guardianships & Conservatorships; Hazardous Waste; High Technology; Insurance Malpractice; Insurance Subrogation; Internet; Joint Ventures; Landlord/Tenant; Legal Malpractice; Life & Health; Limited Liability Companies; Living Wills; Machinery & Tools; Mediation; Medical Malpractice; Medical Products & Devices; Motor Vehicle; Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Defense; Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff; Motor Vehicle Defects; Municipal Employment -- Employee; National Origin Discrimination; Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations; Nursing Home; Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) -- Employee; Other Professionals Malpractice; Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employee; Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employer; Personal Injury -- Defense; Personal Injury -- Plaintiff; Pesticides; Pharmaceutical Products; Police Misconduct; Powers of Attorney and Appointment; Premises Liability -- Defense; Premises Liability -- Plaintiff; Print Media; Professional Malpractice Law; Professional Responsibility; Property & Casualty; Property Damage -- Defense; Property Damage -- Plaintiff; RICO Act; Race Discrimination; Radio; Recreational Products; Religious Discrimination; Search & Seizure Protections; Securities Fraud & Insider Trading; Sex Discrimination; Sexual Harassment; Sexual Harassment -- Employee; Sexual Harassment -- Employer; Shareholders' Rights; Slip and Fall -- Defense; Slip and Fall -- Plaintiff; Transactions; Trusts; Wage & Hour Laws; Wage & Hour Laws -- Employee; Wage & Hour Laws -- Employer; Warranties; Whistleblower -- Employer; Wills; Workers' Compensation Fraud; Workers' Compensation Subrogation; Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff; Wrongful Termination -- Employee; Wrongful Termination -- Employer

Litigation Percentage:: 90% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:: Texas, 1994

Education:: The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, 1994
J.D.
Law Review: Texas Law Review, Associate Editor, 1992 - 1994; University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1978
B.A.
Honors: Plan II Honors Program with High Honors

Professional Associations and Memberships:: American Association for Justice; Member; Travis County Bar Association; Member

Past Employment Positions:: Mullen, MacInnes & Redding, Ltd., Associate Attorney, 1994 - 1995; Anderson Law Office, Associate Attorney, 1995 - 1996; Mullen, MacInnes & Redding, Ltd., Associate Attorney, 1996 - 1998

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