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Brian Mickelsen is a founding partner and dynamic trial lawyer whose practice includes high-stakes catastrophic injury, wrongful death, and bad faith litigation.
He has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America as "Ones to Watch" and has been featured in national and local media outlets across the country, including the New York Times, Reuters, ABC, Seattle Times, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and the Post and Courier. Prior to forming Mickelsen Dalton LLC, Brian practiced in Atlanta, GA at a personal injury firm during which time he obtained multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements for his clients. He is experienced in handling all types of South Carolina personal injury cases including premises liability, negligent security, product liability, sexual assault, government liability, traumatic brain injury, trucking, motor vehicle and motorcycle accidents, and wrongful death cases.
Brian has litigated in 12 different states, from coast to coast, and has published and presented at numerous CLE seminars on topics ranging from voir dire, spoliation of evidence, admissibility of social media, and negligent security litigation.
Brian never shies away from a fight. He is passionate about taking on large corporations and insurance companies that mistreat and take advantage of individuals and families. He goes above and beyond for each client and is relentless until full justice is achieved. Since founding Mickelsen Dalton LLC, Brian has obtained over $20 million in verdicts and settlements, taken on the largest privately-owned nursing company in the country, and exposed the hospitality industry for knowingly participating in the sex trafficking of women.
Brian is licensed in South Carolina, Georgia, and Washington State and is fluent in Spanish.

Education
    J.D., University of South Carolina School of Law
    B.A. in History, Brigham Young University
Bar Admissions
    Georgia
    Washington
    South Carolina
Professional Memberships
    American Bar Association
    Georgia Bar Association
    South Carolina Bar Association
    Washington State Bar Association
    Georgia Trial Lawyers Association
    South Carolina Association for Justice
    Washington State Association for Justice
 

Mr. Dalton is a founding partner at Mickelsen Dalton and a dedicated attorney with a passion for his clients. He represents people that have experienced life-changing events or crises due to the acts of someone else and find themselves facing powerful or well-connected interests. Prior to forming Mickelsen Dalton, Danny worked for law firms across South Carolina and Georgia where he was part of teams obtaining several eight-figure settlements and verdicts. Danny and his cases have been featured in news outlets across the country, including South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina, and Illinois. Danny has successfully litigated high-stakes cases in the areas of premises liability, inadequate security, catastrophic auto accidents, commercial vehicle collisions, medical malpractice, motorcycle accidents, and Wrongful Death.

Prior to law school, Danny worked in strategy roles for large technology companies. Danny made a career switch after his family suffered a loss and he was able to see, first hand, the positive impact that a good attorney can have on the lives of individuals and families. Mr. Dalton graduated from the Charleston School of Law with top honors and is licensed to practice law in both South Carolina and Georgia. Throughout his career, Mr. Dalton has insisted on learning from the best and has learned the practice of law alongside some of the top attorneys in the region.

Education

    J.D., Charleston School of Law – Summa Cum Laude

    B.Sc., Brigham Young University – Business Strategy

Bar Admissions

    South Carolina

    Georgia

Professional Memberships

    American Bar Association

    South Carolina Bar Association

    Georgia Bar Association

    South Carolina Association for Justice

    Georgia Trial Lawyers Association

Matt focuses his practice on healthcare and white collar litigation, using his experience as both an Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) in the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina, where he was cross-designated to handle both criminal and civil matters, and as an Assistant Solicitor in South Carolina’s First Circuit Solicitor’s Office. He has had more than 20 criminal jury trials tried to verdict, in addition to a three-week complex civil trial involving faulty construction claims while in private practice. As an AUSA, Matt tried a number of complex cases involving health care fraud, environmental crimes, whistleblower complaints, international money laundering, bank fraud, international maritime treaties, and human trafficking. Matt has successfully led grand jury investigations and prosecutions of a wide range of white-collar crimes involving more than 20 different federal agencies. He has successfully tried two human trafficking cases in federal court including the case of United States v. Damon Jackson, et al, which involved a complex conspiracy between 10 co-defendants and over 100 victims. He has also argued before the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

 Matt earned his JD from the Charleston School of Law in 2009 and his Masters in Health Administration (“MHA”) from the Medical University of South Carolina in 2012. He earned his undergraduate degree in History from Sewanee: The University of the South in 2005.