About Daniel
Daniel R. Santola Albany, New YorkPartner, since 1987phone (518) 465-5995(800) 540-8742fax (518) 426-4012email Email MeDaniel R. Santola is a senior partner and co-founder of Powers & Santola, LLP. His practice is limited to the representation of catastrophically injured individuals, the field of law in which he has over 25 years experience.After graduating from Albany Law School, he became an assistant professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. In 1987, he and longtime friend and colleague, John K. Powers, decided to form the firm of Powers & Santola, with a simple mission statement: To provide our clients with the best possible legal representation.Dan has spent more than twenty-five years teaching various topics within the specialty of personal injury law, covering subjects such as construction accidents, medical malpractice, trial tactics, evidence and products liability. He has lectured for the Office of Court Administration in its Continuing Legal Education programs for judges and court attorneys, the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers, the New York Trial Lawyers Association, the New York State Bar Association, the Albany County Bar Association, the American Board Of Trial Advocates, Albany Law School, the Capital District Trial Lawyers Association, Albany Medical Center, Syracuse University Law School, and a number of other scholastic and professional institutions.
Daniel R. Santola Albany, New York
Daniel R. Santola is a senior partner and co-founder of Powers & Santola, LLP. His practice is limited to the representation of catastrophically injured individuals, the field of law in which he has over 25 years experience.After graduating from Albany Law School, he became an assistant professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. In 1987, he and longtime friend and colleague, John K. Powers, decided to form the firm of Powers & Santola, with a simple mission statement: To provide our clients with the best possible legal representation.
Dan has spent more than twenty-five years teaching various topics within the specialty of personal injury law, covering subjects such as construction accidents, medical malpractice, trial tactics, evidence and products liability. He has lectured for the Office of Court Administration in its Continuing Legal Education programs for judges and court attorneys, the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers, the New York Trial Lawyers Association, the New York State Bar Association, the Albany County Bar Association, the American Board Of Trial Advocates, Albany Law School, the Capital District Trial Lawyers Association, Albany Medical Center, Syracuse University Law School, and a number of other scholastic and professional institutions.
Practice Areas
Case History
Professional Affiliations
Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs, Albany (2015)
- Lawyer of the Year: Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs, Albany (2012)
- Recognized: Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
- Recognized: Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
- Recognized: Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
- Practice Area: Medical Malpractice Law
- Practice Area: Personal Injury Litigation
- Practice Area: Product Liability Litigation
- Special Focus: Automobile
- Special Focus: Automobile Collision
- Special Focus: Birth Trauma
- Special Focus: Brain Injury
- Special Focus: Catastrophic Injury
- Special Focus: Construction
- Special Focus: Hospital Malpractice
- Special Focus: Medical Malpractice
- Special Focus: Medical Negligence
- Special Focus: Nursing Homes
- Special Focus: Personal Injury
- Special Focus: Premises Liability
- Special Focus: Product Liability
- Special Focus: Professional Malpractice
- Special Focus: Wrongful Death
- Selected as one of New York State's Top Ten Lawyers, upstate region, by Super Lawyers in 2011
- American Trial Lawyers Association - Top 100 Lawyers (Multi-year listing)
- New York Magazine's "New York Area's Top Lawyers"
- Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers (Multi-year listing)
- Super Lawyers' Magazine "Super Lawyer" Designation in Medical Malpractice (Multi-year listing)
- Martindale-Hubbell "AV" Peer Rating (Multi-year listing)
- "Who's Who in American Law" (Multi-year listing)
- "Who's Who in America" (Multi-year listing)
- "Who's Who in the East" (Multi-year listing)
- "Who's Who in the World" (Multi-year listing)
- Selected as Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers for 2012 Medical Malpractice
- Powers & Santola, LLP is nationally ranked as a Tiear 1 Law Firm (top ranking) by US News and World Report - Best Lawyers in America in the field of Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, and Products Liability
- Selected as Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers for 2014 Medical Malpractice
- Chosen as one of the Best Lawyers in America for over 25 consecutive years