Daniel founded the Type 1 Action Foundation in 2016 to provide better resources and education to the Type 1 Diabetes community and to protect the rights of people with Type 1 Diabetes. Through the Type 1 Action Foundation, Daniel has helped thousands of individuals understand and enforce their rights in schools and workplaces, developed free legal and educational resources, and built a nationwide network of attorneys to assist people with Type 1 Diabetes requiring legal representation.

After spending the first ten years of his legal career at major law firms, Daniel founded Phelan Law, P.C., a New York-based boutique law firm representing businesses and individuals in sophisticated commercial transactions and complex business disputes. In addition to his legal career, Daniel played professional baseball while living with Type 1 Diabetes.

Daniel was the first attorney in the United States to focus a law practice on protecting the rights of people with Type 1 Diabetes and has helped strengthen legal protections for people with Type 1 Diabetes through disability discrimination matters brought in United States District Courts across multiple federal circuits, as well as through special education matters involving students with Type 1 Diabetes. Daniel regularly speaks at conferences and galas throughout the United States about the rights of people with Type 1 Diabetes, as well as his personal experiences growing up and playing professional baseball with Type 1 Diabetes, in an effort to empower people everywhere to overcome their adversities.

Publications

• Healthline - New York Lawyer Takes on Diabetes Discrimination

• Uniquelimade - Fighting Discrimination and Living with Type 1 Diabetes