We are pleased to announce that Dan Blau has earned Martindale Hubbell’s AV Preeminent Peer Rating.  

Daniel is a constitutional advocate and criminal defense attorney. He focuses on criminal appeals and trial defense in serious felony cases. Dan began his career as a law clerk for the Honorable Linda M. McGee, the Chief Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals.  He holds an undergraduate degree in Public Policy Studies from Duke University, minoring in Political Science and certified in Health Policy.  Dan attended law school at the University of North Carolina where he graduated with honors in 2007.  He is a member of the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina since 2005 and a career-long member of the North Carolina Bar Association, its Constitutional Rights and Responsibilities Section, the Criminal Law Section, and the Appellate Law Section. He has written and presented extensively on issues of legal ethics for defense lawyers.  He is an AV Preeminent Peer Rated Lawyer by Martindale Hubbell.

The Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ are an objective indicator of a lawyer’s high ethical standards and professional ability, generated from evaluations of lawyers by other members of the bar and the judiciary in the United States. The General Ethical Standards rating denotes adherence to professional standards of conduct and ethics, reliability, diligence and other criteria relevant to the discharge of professional responsibilities. The Martindale AV Preeminent Peer Rating is the oldest and most broadly respected peer rating in the United States.

Over more than a decade, Dan Blau has handled thousands of felony, misdemeanor, and criminal traffic charges in North Carolina’s state and federal courts, along with dozens of state and federal appellate and post-conviction matters. He is extensively experienced with every stage of the criminal process. Though Dan focuses a significant portion of his practice on the meticulous issues of state and federal appeals, the foundation of his law practice surrounds complex criminal defense matters, including drug offenses, sex crimes, violent crimes, firearms and weapons violations, and criminal traffic matters.