Dan was born in San Diego, California, attended San Diego State College, Sacramento State College and obtained his Juris Doctorate, cum laude, in 1972 from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law. He was admitted to the California State Bar in 1972 and has been admitted to all California Courts, U.S. District Courts, Eastern and Northern Districts of California, the United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and Tenth Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Dan Wilcoxen: A Founding member and diplomat of the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys, member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA), member of Consumer Attorneys of California (formerly California Trial Lawyers Association or CTLA), Past President and current Board of Directors member of Capitol City Trial Lawyers Association or CCTLA, voted Advocate of the Year 1996, member American Academy of Attorney-Mediators, member American Arbitration Association, Arbitrator and Judge Pro Tem in Sacramento, Placer and El Dorado Superior Courts, Educational instructor for the University of California Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB), Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC), Sacramento Consumer Attorneys (SCA), Lorman Education Services, and University of San Francisco Law School, Intensive Advocacy Program, AV Rated by Martindale Hubbell.

Dan Wilcoxen is the founding and senior partner of the firm, specializing in medical, legal and professional malpractice, product liability, personal injury, insurance litigation, business torts, public contract bidding, wrongful discharge, construction litigation, insurance interpretation and bad faith litigation on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants.