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Dan Canon
Attorney
Daniel J. Canon is a civil rights lawyer, law professor, writer, speaker, consultant, and activist based in the Midwest. He teaches civil rights, civil procedure, and clinical courses at the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law and practices primarily in the area of civil rights and business torts with Saeed & Little, LLP. Dan is consistently voted one of the region’s top lawyers in the area of individual/constitutional rights. He has argued before the 6th, 7th, and 9th Circuit Courts of Appeals, the Kentucky Court of Appeals, and the Kentucky Supreme Court.
Dan is best known as lead counsel for the Kentucky plaintiffs in the landmark Supreme Court case of Obergefell v. Hodges, which brought marriage equality to all fifty states. He was also plaintiffs’ counsel in Miller v. Davis, the highly publicized case in which couples were refused marriage licenses in Rowan County, Kentucky, and counsel for protesters in Nwanguma v. Trump. He has represented plaintiffs in numerous other high-profile civil and constitutional rights cases involving prisoners’ rights, wrongful convictions, abuse and overreach by law enforcement, academic freedom, and campus sex abuse.
His writing has been featured in numerous publications, including The National Law Journal, The Washington Post, Above the Law, Salon, and Slate. He has been quoted and profiled extensively in Time, The Wall Street Journal, Nightline, The New York Times, and many other national and international news sources. His book entitled PLEADING OUT: How Plea Bargaining Creates a Permanent Criminal Class was released in 2022 and widely praised.
Admissions:
- Kentucky
- Indiana
- Southern District of Indiana
- Northern District of Indiana
- Northern District of Illinois
- Eastern District of Kentucky
- Western District of Kentucky
- Sixth Circuit of Appeals
- Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
- Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
- United States Supreme Court
Education:
- University of Louisville Law School
- University of Louisville – Brandeis School of Law