Daniel M. Press is a bankruptcy lawyer with the law firm of Chung & Press, P.C., in McLean, Virginia, and Greenbelt Maryland. A 1988 magna cum laude graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, he was an editor of the Georgetown Law Journal. He received his B.A. from The Johns Hopkins University. After graduating from law school, Mr. Press served as a judicial law clerk for Judge Jaime Pieras Jr. in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.
Mr. Press and his law partner Brett Weiss are the authors of Chapter 11 for Individual Debtors, published by Collier/Lexis-Nexis, and present “Bootcamp” training on Chapter 11 for individuals.
Mr. Press practices in the Bankruptcy and Federal District Courts in the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia, as well as other U.S. Appellate, District and Bankruptcy Courts around the country. He is a member of the Board of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys and the National Consumer Bankruptcy Rights Center, and was previously the NACBA State Chair for the District of Columbia. He is a member of the Section Council of the Consumer Bankruptcy Section of the Maryland State Bar Association, a director of the Northern Virginia Bankruptcy Bar Association, and previously served as the Education Director of the Consumer Bankruptcy Committee of the American Bankruptcy Institute. He is a regular speaker on bankruptcy and related topics at Continuing Legal Education seminars and programs locally and nationwide.