Daniel Press | McLean Bankruptcy Lawyer

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About Daniel

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.
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 Boards of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, the National Consumer Bankruptcy Rights Center, and the Northern Virginia Bankruptcy Bar Association, and was previously the NACBA State Chair forthe District of Columbia. He a member of the Section Council of the Consumer Bankruptcy Section of the Maryland State 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. He is rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell, has been listed as a Super Lawyer for 2012-2018, and is listed in Washington, DC’s Best Lawyers by Washingtonian Magazine.

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Experience

Partner

Chung & Press, P.C.

1993 - Present

Admission

Verified Virginia

1994

Verified District Of Columbia

1989-08-04

Verified Maryland

1989

Education

The Johns Hopkins University

BA (Chemistry and Biology)

1985

Recognitions & Achievements

Associations
  • Northern Virginia Bankruptcy Bar Association Director
    2014 - Present
  • National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys Board Member
    2013 - Present
  • Consumer Bankruptcy Section, Md. State Bar Board Member
    2008 - Present
  • American Bankruptcy Institute, Consumer Bankruptcy Committee Education Director
    2012 - 2014
  • National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys DC State Chair
    2010 - 2013
  • McLean Bar Association Director/Treasurer
    1998 - 2012
Honors / Awards
  • Distinguished Service Award National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys
    2012
  • Super Lawyer Super Lawyers Magazine
    2012
  • Magna Cum Laud Georgetown University Law Center
    1988
  • James McTigue Writing Award Georgetown University Law Center
    1987

Founded 1993

Chung & Press, P.C. Highlights

Bankruptcy & Debt, Real Estate, International, Intellectual Property, Election & Political

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