Dan Hancock

Dan’s practice covers a broad spectrum. He helps clients navigate the minefield that is the health care industry, dealing with complex regulatory issues, structural and compliance concerns, HIPAA issues, government investigations, and when all else fails, litigation. Dan also helps clients navigate contracting issues, with a particular focus on data security and privacy concerns. Dan also works in trademarks, intellectual property transactions, and related litigation for clients in all types of businesses who are looking to proactively protect their interests or who have to defend them.

Dan also specializes in litigation technology, including e-discovery and electronic resource coordination.

Dan served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, where he primarily prosecuted civil health care fraud and assisted US Attorneys’ Offices nationwide with updating their e-discovery platforms, policies, and practices.

Dan is a 2011 graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Law, and had the honor to serve as a law clerk for United States District Court Chief Judge Jennifer B. Coffman of the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky until 2013. Before law school, Dan designed and developed websites in central Kentucky.

University of Kentucky College of Law (J.D., 2011; magna cum laude; Order of the Coif); University of Kentucky (B.A., English & Classics, 2000)

Kentucky (2011); Eastern District of Kentucky; Western District of Kentucky; Southern District of Indiana; Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals; Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

You Can Have It, But Can You Hold It?: Treating Domain Names as Tangible Property, 99 Ky. L.J. 185 (2011)

Contracts and Contract Management, 2024 KBA Corporate House Counsel CLE Seminar

Kentucky Bar Association; American Health Lawyers Association; International Legal Technology Association

Dan is a runner, a bit of a geek, and a Roman history nut. He enjoys spending time with his wife and two kids and their two dogs.

Community Involvement: Dan volunteers for Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Bluegrass, and is a Fall 2018 Graduate of Get on Board, a program provided in Lexington by The Plantory designed to train interested individuals to be qualified non-profit board members.