Daniel Byron Email & Phone Number

Byron has experience in the areas of media law, intellectual property and complex business litigation. He was First Assistant United States Attorney, U.S. Southern District of Indiana from 1967 to 1969. Byron earned his undergraduate degree in 1959 from Indiana University, A.B., his law degree in 1962 from Indiana University Maurer School of Law, J.D., and his admission into the Indiana Bar in 1962. He served in the U.S. Army (Inf. and J.A.G.), with active duty from 1962-1966. Dan has tried a number of jury and court trials over the years in state and federal courts, and has briefed and argued appellate cases before the Indiana Court of Appeals, the Indiana Supreme Court and the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Dan also briefed and argued the case of Fritz v. U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, a class action suit, before the Supreme Court of the United States. In 2007, he was selected by the International Senior Lawyers Project to lead a team of West African attorneys working in Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone to end impunity for violence against journalists, publishers and broadcasters and combat laws that limit freedom of expression in those countries (Nov. - Dec. 2007). For history of the trip and updates of the cases handled, see http://www.dbyroninghana.blogspot.com.In 2012 he was again selected by the International Senior Lawyers Project to travel to Mongolia for one month (Sept. 1 to Oct. 1) to mentor a number of defense attorneys who have undertaken cases relating to the protection of journalists and the rights of free press and free speech. He conducted training workshops for judges, prosecutors, journalists and media companies regarding defamation cases including sedition, criminal libel and civil libel matters. International law as well as the law of Mongolia and the United States was addressed. For history of the trip, see http://www.dbyroninmongolia.blogspot.com/

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