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Dani Chronister

Partner

dnc@bowwlaw.com
602-271-7780
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Overview

Assistant: Shari L. Swartz
602-271-7717, sls@bowwlaw.com

Dani started as a summer law clerk at Broening Oberg Woods & Wilson in 2017 and began as an associate in 2018. She was promoted to partner in 2023. Dani’s practice primarily focuses on defending lawyers in legal malpractice actions and Bar disciplinary matters. She serves as ethics counsel to lawyers and law firms and has first chair experience in discipline proceedings. Dani also defends other types of licensed professionals including insurance agents and agencies, veterinarians before the Arizona State Veterinary Medical Examining Board and healthcare providers at jails and prisons for constitutional and medical negligence claims. She also has experience in the areas of premises liability, automobile liability, insurance bad faith and dram shop claims.

Before becoming a lawyer, Dani graduated from the University of Missouri in 2015, magna cum laude, with a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism and a Minor in Business. She moved to Arizona to attend law school at Arizona State University. In law school, Dani worked as a research scholar for the Center for Public Health Law & Policy, where she co-authored several publications on various public health related topics. She also served on the board for the Health Law Society and Jurimetrics.

Education/Admissions
  • Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, J.D. 2018
    • William Pedrick Scholar
  • Jurimetrics Journal of Law, Science, and Technology: Associate Editor, 2016-2017; Notes & Comments Editor, 2017-2018; Outstanding Mentor Award, 2018
  • CALI Award Winner: Legal Method & Writing, 2015
  • Legal Method & Writing TA, Professor Alyssa Dragnich, 2016
  • The University of Missouri-Columbia
    • Magna Cum Laude, Bachelor of Journalism 2015

Admissions

  • State Bar of Arizona, 2018
  • U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, 2018
  • Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, 2021
Professional Recognition
  • Arizona Bar Association, Member 2018-Present
  • Arizona Women Lawyers Association, Member 2018-Present
  • Teen Lifeline, Golf Committee Member 2018-Present

Publications

  • Co-Author, Emerging Legal Threats to the Public’s Health, JLME (Summer 2018 Issue)
  • Co-Author, A Nation’s Response to the School Shooting in Parkland, Florida, The Network for Public Health Law Blog (Wed. Apr. 25, 2018)
  • Co-Author, The Opioid Epidemic and the Future of Public Health Emergencies, ABA Health eSource (Jan. 2018)
  • Co-Author, Redefining Public Health Emergencies: The Opioid Epidemic, Jurimetrics: The Journal for Law, Science and Technology (Fall 2017 Issue)
  • Public Health Preemption Plus: Constitutional Affronts to Public Health Innovations, Ohio State Law Journal (Oct. 3, 2017)
  • When Kids’ Lunches Get Schooled: Scaling Back the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act, The Network for Public Health Law Blog (Mon. Nov. 6, 2017)
  • Reforming Federal Powers to Control Emerging Infectious Conditions: CDC’s Regulatory Proposals, ABA Health eSource 2016 (Jan. 9, 2017)