Daniel C. Horn, Esq.
dhorn@modicanhorn.com
Founding Partner | Complex Litigation & Trial Practice
Daniel C. Horn focuses his practice on complex insurance defense and civil litigation, representing insurance carriers and their insureds in matters ranging from pre-suit evaluation through jury verdict. Daniel has served as first-chair trial counsel in multiple first-party and third-party cases and has taken multiple cases to verdict in personal injury, wrongful death, and other civil litigation matters.
Daniel's experience spans the full litigation lifecycle, including early exposure analysis, pleadings and dispositive motion practice, written discovery, depositions of fact and expert witnesses, expert witness development, mediation, arbitration, hearing practice, jury trial, and post-trial motions. Daniel has litigated a broad range of matters involving first- and third-party coverage disputes, catastrophic injuries, industrial accidents, automobile liability, premises liability, medical malpractice and healthcare litigation, and other complex liability matters.
Daniel’s background also includes substantial public service work. Before beginning his legal career, he served as a combat medic in Iraq in support of the Global War on Terrorism. During law school, he interned with the Office of the Chief Counsel at NASA’s John F. Kennedy Space Center. He later served as an Assistant State Attorney in Florida’s Ninth Judicial Circuit, where he worked in the misdemeanor, felony, and juvenile divisions and developed the courtroom and trial foundation that informs his practice today.
Education
J.D., cum laude — University of Miami School of Law
Armando Alejandre Endowed Scholarship • Dean's Merit Scholarship • Dean's Fellowship • Dean's List
B.A., Political Science with Honors (Minor: Business Law), cum laude — Florida Atlantic University
University Honors Program Graduate • President's List • Dean's List
Bar Admissions
▪ All Florida State Courts
▪ U.S. District Court — Middle District of Florida
▪ U.S. District Court — Northern District of Florida
Recognitions & Honors
▪ AV Preeminent rating from Martingale-Hubbell (2026)
▪ Best Lawyers in America "Ones to Watch" — Insurance Law (2024–2025)
▪ Best Lawyers in America "Ones to Watch" — Personal Injury Litigation, Defendants (2024–2025)
▪ Super Lawyers "Rising Stars" — Civil Litigation (2025-2026)
▪ Advanced International Advocacy Course, University of Oxford (Gerald Bennett Scholarship, 2024)
Military Service
▪ Combat Medic, United States Army — Fort Wainwright, AK
▪ Veteran, Operation Iraqi Freedom — U.S. Army 25th Infantry, Lightning Hero of the Day
dhorn@modicanhorn.com
Founding Partner | Complex Litigation & Trial Practice
Daniel C. Horn focuses his practice on complex insurance defense and civil litigation, representing insurance carriers and their insureds in matters ranging from pre-suit evaluation through jury verdict. Daniel has served as first-chair trial counsel in multiple first-party and third-party cases and has taken multiple cases to verdict in personal injury, wrongful death, and other civil litigation matters.
Daniel's experience spans the full litigation lifecycle, including early exposure analysis, pleadings and dispositive motion practice, written discovery, depositions of fact and expert witnesses, expert witness development, mediation, arbitration, hearing practice, jury trial, and post-trial motions. Daniel has litigated a broad range of matters involving first- and third-party coverage disputes, catastrophic injuries, industrial accidents, automobile liability, premises liability, medical malpractice and healthcare litigation, and other complex liability matters.
Daniel’s background also includes substantial public service work. Before beginning his legal career, he served as a combat medic in Iraq in support of the Global War on Terrorism. During law school, he interned with the Office of the Chief Counsel at NASA’s John F. Kennedy Space Center. He later served as an Assistant State Attorney in Florida’s Ninth Judicial Circuit, where he worked in the misdemeanor, felony, and juvenile divisions and developed the courtroom and trial foundation that informs his practice today.
Education
J.D., cum laude — University of Miami School of Law
Armando Alejandre Endowed Scholarship • Dean's Merit Scholarship • Dean's Fellowship • Dean's List
B.A., Political Science with Honors (Minor: Business Law), cum laude — Florida Atlantic University
University Honors Program Graduate • President's List • Dean's List
Bar Admissions
▪ All Florida State Courts
▪ U.S. District Court — Middle District of Florida
▪ U.S. District Court — Northern District of Florida
Recognitions & Honors
▪ AV Preeminent rating from Martingale-Hubbell (2026)
▪ Best Lawyers in America "Ones to Watch" — Insurance Law (2024–2025)
▪ Best Lawyers in America "Ones to Watch" — Personal Injury Litigation, Defendants (2024–2025)
▪ Super Lawyers "Rising Stars" — Civil Litigation (2025-2026)
▪ Advanced International Advocacy Course, University of Oxford (Gerald Bennett Scholarship, 2024)
Military Service
▪ Combat Medic, United States Army — Fort Wainwright, AK
▪ Veteran, Operation Iraqi Freedom — U.S. Army 25th Infantry, Lightning Hero of the Day
