Dan’s practice focuses on representing institutional investors, lenders, and creditors in financial restructurings, litigation, and creditors’ rights. He is predominately known for his representation of bond holders, bond trustees, and other creditor groups in various distressed continuing care retirement communities and health care related entities nationwide. In addition, Dan has a broad practice in representing distressed tax-exempt debt holders in a number of other sectors ranging from hospitality and manufacturing to clients in distressed acquisitions and divestitures.
Dan is highly regarded for his client service and favorably recognized as a leading financial restructuring lawyer by key industry publications. He has lectured on legal and technical matters within the municipal and restructuring fields and also serves on boards and committees for both charitable and bankruptcy-related organizations.
Experience
Representative Senior Living Cases
- Representation of bond trustee in connection with five CCRC communities sponsored by SQLC with respect to bond obligations in excess of $500 million.
- Representation of bond trustee in connection with Epworth Living at the Ranch, a CCRC located in Oklahoma, with respect to bond obligations in excess of $110 million.
- Representation of bond trustee with respect to Park Place Christian Community of Elmhurst Project, a CCRC located in Illinois, with respect to bond obligations in excess of $130 million.
- Representation of bond trustee in connection with Clare Oaks, a CCRC located in Illinois, with respect to bond obligations in excess of $112 million.
- Representation of indenture trustee in connection with The Amsterdam at Harborside, a CCRC located in New York, with respect to bond obligations in excess of $225 million.
- Representation of bond trustee in connection with Upstate Senior Living, Inc. d/b/a The Woodlands at Furman, a CCRC located in South Carolina, with respect to bond obligations in excess of $75 million.
- Representation of master trustee and bond trustee in connection with Friendship Village of Schaumburg, a CCRC located in Illinois, with respect to bond obligations in excess of $122 million.
- Representation of master trustee and bond trustee in connection with Christian Horizons, a group of senior living facilities located in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, and Iowa, with respect to bond obligations in excess of $75 million.
Representative Hospital Cases
- Representation of master trustee and bond trustee in connection with Verity Health Systems, a California hospital system, with respect to bond obligations in excess of $425 million.
- Representation of bond trustee in connection with East Jefferson District Hospital, a Louisiana hospital organization, with respect to bond obligations in excess of $120 million.
- Representation of bond trustee with respect to Southeast Missouri Hospital Association d/b/a SoutheastHealth Hospital, a hospital organization located in Missouri, with respect to bond obligations in excess of $164 million.
- Representation of bond trustee in connection with a community hospital located in rural Georgia with respect to bond obligations in excess of $50 million.
viewpoints
Hospitals Remain Stressed, But Don't Blame the ACA (Modern Healthcare)
August 21, 2015 | Blog | By Daniel S. Bleck
News & Press
Three Mintz Attorneys Named 2025 BTI Client Service All-Stars
August 29, 2025|
Mintz’s Daniel Bleck to Receive First Team Honors as Smith’s “All Star”
November 25, 2024|
Fifty-Nine Attorneys Recognized as 2023 Massachusetts Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
October 12, 2023
Mintz is pleased to announce that 32 attorneys have been named Massachusetts Super Lawyers and 27 attorneys have been named Massachusetts Rising Stars for 2023.
BOSTON – Mintz has earned top rankings in the 2023 edition of Legal 500 United States guide. The firm is recognized in 14 practice categories, and 59 individual attorneys are also recognized in the guide, some in more than one category.
BOSTON –Mintz announced today that 39 of its practices and 81 of its attorneys earned recognition in the 2023 edition of Chambers USA, a guide to the country’s leading law firms.
35 Mintz attorneys have been named Massachusetts Super Lawyers and 25 Mintz attorneys have been named Massachusetts Rising Stars for 2022.
Best Lawyers® recognized 108 firm attorneys in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Notably, two Mintz attorneys – Poonam Patidar and Scott M. Stanton – received 2023 “Lawyer of the Year” awards, and 28 firm attorneys were included in the inaugural edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
Mintz Attorneys and Practices Recognized by Chambers USA 2020
April 24, 2020|
One Hundred Mintz Attorneys Ranked as Leaders by Best Lawyers 2020
August 15, 2019|
Mintz Recognized by Chambers USA 2019
April 26, 2019|
Chambers USA 2018 Ranks Mintz Attorneys & Practices
May 3, 2018|
Mintz Attorney Daniel S. Bleck Elected to American College of Bankruptcy
November 18, 2016|
49 Mintz Attorneys Featured in Chambers USA 2016 Guide
May 31, 2016|
Events & Speaking
Hospital Distress – The “Post” Pandemic Environment and Impacts on Hospital Restructurings and Sales
American College of Bankruptcy and BC Law
Boston College Law School
Look Before You Leap: Lessons Learned From CCRC Bankruptcies
American College of Bankruptcy
Denver, CO
Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisor’s (AIRA) 35th Annual Bankruptcy & Restructuring Conference
Healthcare Consolidation and Collaboration - Who will be the Winners and Who will be the Losers? Managing Constituents in the Face of Industry Disruption and Change
Boston, MA
Recognition & Awards
Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy
BTI Consulting Group: Client Service All-Star (2025)
Chambers USA: Massachusetts (Band 1) – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (2020 – 2026)
Chambers USA: Massachusetts (Band 2) – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (2004 – 2019)
Featured in Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2011 – 2027); Commercial Litigation (2023 – 2027)
Massachusetts Super Lawyers: Bankruptcy: Business (2006 – 2025)
Lawdragon 500 Leading U.S. Financial Restructuring, Litigation & Creditors' Rights Lawyers (2020 – 2024)
Recognized by The Legal 500 United States for Finance: Municipal Bankruptcy (2023 – 2024)
Led team that worked on a matter that received the 2020 Turnaround Management Association's Non-Profit Turnaround Award
Involvement
- Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy
- Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
- Member, Boston Bar Association
- Member, New Hampshire Bar Association
- Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
- Member, National Federation of Municipal Analysts
- Member, Turnaround Management Association
- Board Member, The Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation for Autism
