About Dan Rowan
Dan Rowan Cortright educated at the West Coast. He earned a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles, and later took his Juris Doctor from the University of San Francisco School of Law, receiving his J.D. in 1999. Those educational steps set a practical direction instead of an academic one. He moved into law practice and stayed in roles that required hands-on courtroom and transactional work.
His early years in practice have been spent at based companies. In 2002 he joined Jeffer Mangels Butler & Marmaro LLP as an associate. He moved to Walsworth Franklin Bevins & McCall LLP in 2005 and rose to senior associate. In 2009 he took a role at Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith as an associate, gaining exposure to larger firm procedures and client portfolios. Those stops through the 2000s read as continuous progression thru legal proceedings and civil practice environments.
By 2019 Cortright was serving as senior counsel, a role he held at both Tyson Mendes and O Brien Law. Those positions positioned him in advisory and supervisory roles, handling matters that required experience and court decision. Two years later he launched a new chapter. In 2021 he have become the principal lawyer at The Rowan Firm, the workplace he now heads. His office location is listed under that company call.
He is licensed to practice in California and before the Ninth Circuit. He additionally keeps club within the Sonoma County Bar Association, indexed as current since 2021. Those affiliations mirror ongoing engagement with nearby and federal practice groups rather than bar management or educational appointments.
Colleagues describe his profession as continuous and practical. He has moved from associate posts into senior counsel roles after which into firm management. The work has covered legal proceedings and client counseling throughout civil things. He has knowledge in each boutique and large-firm settings, which has shaped how he manages cases and client expectations.
Cortright’s practice nowadays is centered at The Rowan Firm, the place he takes on cases arising in California and appeals within the Ninth Circuit. He continues to work from that workplace and stays active in the local bar association. His recent practice makes a speciality of civil legal proceedings and appellate matters out of his Sonoma County base.
