After a number of years as a starving actor, and jobs ranging from waiter to stuntman to private investigator to paralegal, Torbenson enrolled at the University of Denver College of Law and received his J.D. in 1998. Torbenson began practicing criminal defense law at the law firm of Newell and Martens, and eventually became partner in the firm then named Newell and Torbenson. In 2003, Dane decided to broaden his practice to include other areas of the law, and joined the firm of his law school classmate and trial and appellate competition partner Randy Corporon. Since 2003, Dane has been engaged in a general litigation practice, with primary emphasis on family law and criminal defense litigation. In 2015, Torbenson joined The Law Office of Alexandra White PC.