Daniel is a founding partner of Johnson Garcia LLP—a plaintiff, personal injury firm located in Houston, Texas. Daniel is a 2004 graduate of South Texas College of Law where he graduated as Valedictorian, won multiple national and state moot court championships, including the American College of Trial Lawyers National Moot Court tournament in New York, and was a member of and an Articles Editor for the South Texas Law Review. Following his graduation from STCL, Daniel served in federal clerkship positions in the Southern District of Texas for Federal District Court Judges John D. Rainey and Gray H. Miller. At the conclusion of his clerkships, he joined the litigation section of Fulbright & Jaworski LLP (now Norton Rose Fulbright) where he practiced until transitioning to Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP (now Eversheds Sutherland LLP). Daniel eventually became a senior partner at Sutherland and was named Managing Partner of the Houston office before ultimately leaving to open Johnson Garcia LLP in January 2016. Over the last 7 years, Johnson Garcia LLP has recovered more than $250 million for its clients by handling a variety of personal injury cases, including wrongful death actions, brain injury cases, catastrophic burn cases, 18-wheeler crashes, offshore and maritime injury cases, and other serious injury claims. Daniel is a Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation, has been consistently recognized as a Super Lawyer by the Texas Lawyer publication, and is a member of various bar associations in Texas.