Daniel E. Bright - Shareholder, State College
Professional/Civic Involvement:
American Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Centre County Bar Association, National Association of College and University Attorneys
Member, Harris Township Ad Hoc Open Space Committee
Pro Bono Solicitor, Boalsburg Fire Company
Pro Bono Volunteer, Mid Penn Legal Services
Publications/Honors/Speaking Engagements:
"Recycling and the Law" instructor, Professional Recyclers of Pennsylvania, April 2012
Estate Planning Update, Penn State University Retiree Benefits Fair, 2006-2010
Legal Update, Professional Recyclers of Pennsylvania Spring Meeting, May 2010
Business Succession Planning, Centre County Chamber of Business and Industry, Chamber U, August 2008
Recycling & the Law, Professional Recyclers of Pennsylvania, April 2008
Contract Law, In-House Training, Penn State University Procurement Office, February 2008
Pennsylvania Uniform Trust Act, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, October 2006
Security Interest Basics, Risk Management Association, September 2006
Fundamentals of Estate & Trust Administration, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, October 2005
Phone: 814-238-4926
Email: debright@mqblaw.com
Since joining McQuaide Blasko in 1987, Daniel E. Bright has concentrated his practice on estate planning and administration, business and finance transactions, and tax-exempt organizations. He leads the firm's business and corporate practice group and has represented numerous Central Pennsylvania corporate clients in major transactions. His recent roles have included:
- Local counsel, $5 million corporate asset acquisition
- Borrower's counsel, $30 million Industrial Development Authority Revenue Bond to finance addition to continuing-care retirement community
- Lender's counsel, $3.5 million bridge loan to finance construction of apartment complex
- Borrower's counsel, $150 million fixed-rate bond issue
- Transaction counsel, $15 million wholesale electricity purchase agreements with several vendors
- Lender's counsel, $5.3 million loan for permanent financing of a hotel
- Lender's counsel, $1.7 million refinancing of low-income tax credit apartment complex
- Transaction counsel, negotiation and preparation of dual-use agreement between owner and minor-league baseball team for ballpark
- Grantee counsel, $25 million Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant for construction of client's facility
- Transaction/borrower's counsel for the development, construction, and operation of a $30.8 million continuing-care retirement community
- Ongoing solicitor and transaction counsel, long-term waste disposal agreements for Mifflin and Centre County Solid Waste Authorities
Prior to joining McQuaide Blasko, Mr. Bright was a U.S. Naval Reserve officer in the Judge Advocate General's Corps and then a senior staff attorney for The Ayco Corporation (then a subsidiary of American Express), offering estate-planning advice and seminars for high net worth clients. He has built on that experience for more than 20 years and currently provides ongoing representation to approximately 770 estate planning clients and 30 to 50 estates.
A McQuaide Blasko shareholder, Mr. Bright also represents nonprofit organizations in matters ranging from formation to obtaining tax-exempt status to gift planning.
Focus of Practice:
Estate Planning/Administration
Tax-Exempt Organizations
Business and Finance Transactions
Bar Admissions:
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
U.S. Military Courts
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
Education:
L.L.M., Taxation and Commerce, Dickinson School of Law of The Pennsylvania State University, 1991
J.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 1981
B.A., Allegheny College, cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1978