Daniel is Managing Partner of BMB. He was appointed a partner at Butler McIntyre Butler in 1999. He specialises in the areas of defamation, personal injury, workers compensation and estate litigation.

Daniel completed his Law degree at the University of Tasmania in 1990. He separately graduated from that University with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

He has a strong interest in genealogy with his work in that regard covering a period of over 30 years. He has travelled to the Netherlands numerous times to undertake intensive research in this area.

Daniel's obvious interest in researching family history places him in a strong position when formulating legal argument in estate litigation as many interesting arguments are based on intriguing family histories.

As the firm's specialist in defamation law, Daniel has a solid knowledge of the Defamation Act 2005 and advises significant media companies such as the publishers of The Mercury on such matters on a daily basis.

Daniel is past chairman of the Parole Board of Tasmania and past president of the Law Society of Tasmania as well as a former member of the Attorney-General's Civil Disbursement Fund. He is a member of the Council of the Law Society of Tasmania, a member of the Andrew Inglis Clarke Law Library Management Committee and Honorary Solicitor to the Tasmanian Family History Society Inc.