Dan Hassinger
Dan Hassinger has practiced law for 15 years and has years of trial experience defending DUI charges and serious felony cases.
Before entering legal practice, he served 15 years in law enforcement, including several years as an undercover detective, years investigating fraud and financial crimes, direct DUI investigations, management of a DUI enforcement program, and formal training in standardized field sobriety testing and evidentiary breath testing.
He founded Lakewood Ranch Law, PLLC to bring that legal and investigative perspective to people facing DUI, driver’s-license, fraud, and serious criminal matters.
A Defense Practice Built Around Evidence
An arrest, license suspension, or criminal investigation can threaten a person’s freedom, work, reputation, and ability to drive. Dan built Lakewood Ranch Law to give clients direct access to counsel and a defense grounded in the record—not assumptions.
In DUI and driver’s-license matters, the criminal charge and the administrative license action may move on separate tracks. The defense should identify both at the beginning and examine the stop, observations, standardized field sobriety tests, video, statements, testing, records, and deadlines.
The firm also represents clients facing fraud and economic-crime investigations and serious drug allegations, where financial records, digital evidence, searches, possession, knowledge, weight, and intent may control the case.
No lawyer can promise an outcome. Lakewood Ranch Law provides candid assessment, deliberate preparation, and clear communication about the work ahead.
Meet Attorney Dan Hassinger
TRIAL LAWYER · FORMER LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
Before practicing law, Dan served 15 years in law enforcement, including several years as an undercover detective. His work included drug and other covert investigations involving confidential informants, surveillance, court-authorized interception of communications, fraud and financial-crime investigations, and evidence development.
During his law-enforcement career, Dan conducted DUI investigations, later managed a DUI enforcement program, and completed formal training in standardized field sobriety testing and evidentiary breath testing. That background informs a disciplined review of the stop, officer observations, standardized field sobriety tests, video, breath-testing procedures, and supporting records.
Dan has practiced law for 15 years. His legal experience includes years of trial work defending DUI charges and serious felony cases, as well as substantial work in DUI-related administrative driver’s-license hearings. He approaches the criminal case and the license case as distinct proceedings that must be coordinated from the outset.
Dan’s broader legal career has included trial practice, legal counseling, and service as corporate general counsel. That work contributes to his handling of serious fraud and economic-crime matters involving business records, financial evidence, communications, and competing explanations of intent.
Dan is a veteran and a graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law. He is admitted to practice in Florida, Illinois, and Missouri. He founded Lakewood Ranch Law, PLLC after making Lakewood Ranch his home.
Serving Manatee, Sarasota & DeSoto Counties
Lakewood Ranch Law represents clients facing DUI charges, driver’s-license consequences, fraud and economic-crime investigations, and serious drug allegations throughout Manatee, Sarasota, and DeSoto counties. The firm serves Lakewood Ranch, Bradenton, Palmetto, Parrish, Ellenton, Anna Maria Island, Sarasota, University Park, Siesta Key, Osprey, Nokomis, Venice, North Port, Arcadia, and surrounding communities.
The office is located in Lakewood Ranch. Meetings are available by appointment. If you have a court date, license notice, subpoena, active investigation, or other immediate deadline, call (941) 313-2559.
How Dan Approaches a Defense
• Evidence before assumptions. The analysis begins with what was observed, recorded, collected, tested, and documented.
• Both tracks identified early. DUI charges and administrative license consequences may require separate action on different schedules.
• Direct attorney involvement. Clients receive focused attention to the person, the accusation, the record, and the consequences that matter most.
• Candid advice. The goal is a clear assessment of the evidence, the available options, and the work required next.
Past experience does not guarantee a future result. Every case depends on its own facts, evidence, law, procedure, prosecutor, and court.
A Serious Problem Deserves a Clear Plan
If you have been arrested, received a driver’s-license notice, learned of an investigation, or face a court date or deadline, contact the firm promptly. Keep the first message brief and avoid sending confidential details before a conflicts check.
Call (941) 313-2559 to discuss the immediate issue and the next step. Contacting the firm does not create an attorney-client relationship; representation begins only after conflicts review and a written agreement.