Biography

Mr. Dunn is an associate in the Commercial Litigation practice area of Seyfarth Shaw LLP.  His practice areas include complex commercial litigation, commercial real estate litigation, environmental litigation, commercial insurance litigation, bankruptcy litigation, securities litigation, and commercial tort actions including fraud, defamation and tortious interference with a contract or business relationship. 

Cases representative of Mr. Dunn’s practice include a  commercial real estate dispute where an outgoing, holdover tenant was held liable for trespass damages to the incoming tenant; a multi-million dollar bankruptcy proceeding seeking recovery of allegedly fraudulent transfers from an indenture trustee; an Article 78 Petition seeking to restrain development of a land marked building for failure to comply with the State Environmental Quality Review Act; a breach of contract and fraud action between a publishing entity and a software provider; a breach of contract, fraud and defamation action against a television producer claiming millions in damages; and a dispute between a Non-Governmental Organization and its former director involving claims of defamation, unjust enrichment and breach of fiduciary duty.  In addition to commercial litigation, Mr. Dunn is actively involved in pro bono work for clients referred to Seyfarth by the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts.

While in law school, Mr. Dunn conducted research for the reporter of the Restatement (Third) of Restitution and Unjust Enrichment, focusing on breaches of fiduciary duty where the measure of damages is disgorgement of profit by the faithless fiduciary.  Mr. Dunn also was involved with the B.U. Civil Litigation Program, where he represented indigent clients in landlord-tenant, housing discrimination, and social security disability cases.  Mr. Dunn was also actively involved in the moot court program at Boston University and continues to volunteer his time as a moot court judge at area law schools.
Prior to law school, Mr. Dunn spent five years in a graduate program in microbiology conducting experiments on protease production and regulation by the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa.  In addition to his research duties, Mr. Dunn was a lecturer and a graduate teaching assistant for Ohio State’s Dental School and College of Biological Sciences, respectively, teaching undergraduate, graduate and professional students courses in molecular immunology, molecular virology, microbiology and medical microbiology.

Education

J.D., Boston University (2005)
        Best Oralist, 2004 Region I Finals, A.C.T.L. National Moot Court Competition
        Winning Team, Boston University's Albers Moot Court Competition
        Best Oralist, Boston University's Stone Moot Court Competition
        2002 Dean's Award for Contracts
Ohio State University (Graduate program in Microbiology, 1997-2002)
B.S.,   Ohio State University (1997)
           Presidential Scholar

Admissions

• New York

Courts

• U.S. District Court for the Southern and Eastern New York