Attorney Biography
Daniel G. Skrip is a skilled litigator with decades of experience. He assists PDP in its municipal law department. This is Daniel's second tour with PDP. From 1999 to 2013, Daniel worked at PDP defending municipalities and their employees in federal and state courts and the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. For seven of those years, Daniel was a Partner.
On many occasions during his 14 years with PDP, Daniel was recognized as one of Massachusetts’s “Rising Stars” in the field of municipal defense by the publishers of LAW & POLITICS and Boston Magazine. Since departing PDP, Daniel earned a pilot’s certificate and then his certified instructor’s certificate before spending two years as a certified flight instructor at Horizon Aviation at the Norwood Municipal Airport. He is instrument-rated and licensed to operate multi-engine aircraft. Since 2016, Daniel has been town counsel for the Town of Nahant, the Commonwealth’s smallest municipality.
Daniel earned a pre-law degree from Pennsylvania State University in 1991 where he was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa academic fraternity and the football team. For the 1991-1992 season, he was awarded the Athletic-Academic Achievement Award. He graduated from Boston College Law School in 1995.
Daniel is an alumnus of the National Ski Patrol (Wachusett Mountain) and serves as legal counsel for NSP’s local region. He also coached Pop Warner football for many years in Newton.
Attorney Experience
Representative Matters
Ariel v. Town of Kingston, 69 Mass.App.Ct. 290 (2007)
Keenan v. Town of Weymouth Fire Department, 2006 WL 3258247 (October 31, 2006; MCAD)
Wood v. Town of Falmouth, 419 F.Supp.2d 3 (Dist. Mass. 2006)
Eldredge v. Town of Falmouth, et al., 662 F.3d 100 (1st Cir. 2011)
Awards & Recognition
- Selected to Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Stars List: 2005, 2009 - 2011
Association Memberships
- Massachusetts Municipal Lawyers Association
- Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association
- Lawyers-Pilots Bar Association
Presentations
- MCLE Municipal Law Conference (2016) - “Eyes in the Sky and Eyes on the Badge”
- MMLA COVID Weekley Review (July 2020) - Emergency Order #43 (Phase III)
Publications
- "SJC Applies Tort Claims Act Immunity to Private Nuisance Claims," MMA Municipal Advocate (July 2011)
- "Third-Party Actions/Associational Standing - Thompson v. North American Stainless," The Municipal Law Newsletter of the City Solicitors and Town Counsel Association (Winter 2011)
- “Noise Abatement - Logan Air Traffic over Nahant," Nahant Magazine (Winter 2020)
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