After
graduating from Quigley South, Dan attended Niles College (1967-1969) and Loyola
University (1969-1971) where he received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science. From 1972-1976, he attended ITT-Kent College of
Law where he was awarded a Juris Doctor Degree. With
the desire to serve the Church of Chicago, Dan pursued the Diaconate Formation Program
(1988-1991) and was ordained a deacon.While attending law school, Dan worked as a branch manager for Talman Federal Savings and Loan. From 1976-1986, he worked for the City of Chicago as Chief Assistant, Corporation Counsel. Since then, Dan has held the position of Associate Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County of the State of Illinois.
Dan has served the Catholic Church of Chicago in many different ways. St. Jospahat is his present assignment as a deacon, but he has also served in that position at Our Lady of the Woods (1996-2001) and St. Barnabas (1991-1996). Since 1992, he has been a Field Advocate for the Archdiocesan Metropolitan Tribunal and a member of the Board of Advisors of Catholic Charities (1998-present) and St. Joseph Seminary (1999-present). He has been a member of the Diaconate Council since 1992, serving as vice chair from 1998-2002 and presently is the Chairman of the Council. Dan was also a member and chairman of the Board of Directors at Mount Assisi Academy, in Lemont, where his daughters attended.
Civic organization work is also a part of Dan's life. He is on the Board of Governors of the Catholic Lawyers Guild, an intervener and board member of the Lawyers' Assistance Program, an evening coordinator at PADS southwest, on the community advisory board of Haymarket House and is on the faculty of the National Judicial College.
As a Quigley alumnus Dan initiated a November Memorial Mass for Alumni and assisted in fund raising for Quigley's Annual Dinner. He and his wife, Martha, reside in the southwest suburbs and have two daughters, Kathryn and Margaret.