1997
University of Tulsa College of Law, Tulsa, Oklahoma J.D.
Honors: Phi Delta Phi International Legal Fraternity
1994
University of South Carolina B.A.
South Carolina, 1997
Oklahoma, 1998
U.S. District Court District of South Carolina, 1999
U.S. District Court Northern District of Oklahoma, 1998
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1999
U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals, 1998
U.S. Supreme Court, 2007
Super Lawyers
2019 AV Preeminent Rating by Martindale-Hubbel
Million Dollar Advocates Forum
National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 – 2012
American Institution of Personal Injury Attorneys 10 Best Attorneys – 2019
America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators – 2017
Daniel L. Draisen is a native of Anderson, South Carolina. A graduate of Westside High School, he received his B.A. from the University of South Carolina in 1994, and obtained his law degree from the University of Tulsa in 1997. Mr. Draisen has case experience in all federal and state courts. In addition to casework for clients, he has served on the Practice and Procedures Committee and the Ethics Advisory Committee of the South Carolina Bar. Mr. Draisen was elected to serve as a Delegate in the SC Bar House of Delegates, and is the regional chair and the 10th Circuit chair for the SC Resolution of Fee Disputes Board.
Mr. Draisen is known by his clients as accessible, willing to listen, ready to take action, and aggressive on their behalf. He achieves success by going “one step further than the other guy.” When he is not working, you can find Mr. Draisen spending time with his wife (an Anderson native), three children, and three kids–goat kids, that is! The Draisens own and operate a family farm in their spare time.
Car, Truck, Motorcycle, or Boating Accident Litigation
Civil Litigation
Personal Injury
Real Estate and Construction Litigation
Contract and Collection Disputes
Business Litigation
Workers’ Compensation
Probate and Estate Litigation
Nursing Home Neglect
Medical Malpractice
Fire Loss & Insurance Litigation
Anderson County Bar Association, Member
Tulsa County and Bar Association, Member
American Bar Association, Member
American Association for Justice, Member
South Carolina Association for Justice, Member
Phi Delta Phi International Legal Fraternity, Member
Draisen, Daniel. “The Model Rules of Professional Conduct and Their Relationship to Legal Malpractice Actions: A Practical Approach to the use of the Rules.” Journal of the Legal Professional.
