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Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Commercial Transactions; Indian Gaming Law; Indian Business; Civil Litigation

Additional Information: Dan Amory has over twenty-five years' experience in representing clients in business disputes and related litigation, and is one of the most experienced attorneys in Maine in this area of practice. He has been listed in Best Lawyers in America since 1987 in the field of creditor’s rights. He has also represented Native American tribes in commercial transactions and related litigation, in ventures and disputes ranging from manufactured housing to radio stations to Indian gaming. Dan is listed in Chambers & Partners USA, an independent guide to the top lawyers in the United States, in the category of Native American Law, and highlighted for his work in the area of Corporate/Bankruptcy.

Dan has extensive business and litigation experience in business reorganization, lender liability, fraudulent transfer, fraud, misrepresentation, RICO and other issues relating to troubled companies, both within and outside the Bankruptcy Court. He has represented a wide range of players in that context, including secured creditors, unsecured creditors, equity owners, creditors committees, debtors and bankruptcy trustees. His skills include a result-oriented approach to complex commercial disputes and, where appropriate, aggressive use of litigation to shape a resolution.

Dan's clients include commercial lenders, businesses in a wide range of commercial disputes, and tribes in Maine, the Southeast and the Midwest. In representing Native American tribes, Dan uses his knowledge of complex commercial transactions, the importance of tribal sovereignty and the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to assist tribes in achieving their employment and economic development goals. He has represented tribes in negotiating development agreements and management agreements under the IGRA, as well as numerous other contracts relating to gaming enterprises. Where tribes have been unable to reach a satisfactory agreement, Dan has assisted them in developing and implementing creative litigation strategies.

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Firm Members: Mark Franco Kaighn Smith Catherine Alexander Elek Miller David Sherman, Jr. Susan Weidman