Damon Dunn

• Cases arising under: Article III, Commerce and Bankruptcy Clauses, and First, Second, Fifth and Seventh Amendments to the Constitution;, securities and antitrust laws; commercial and consumer disputes, class actions; intellectual property, media, internet and advertising law; labor and employment; trusts; environmental remediation and miscellaneous disputes. Representation in Federal investigations and prosecutions of defendants, persons of interest and witnesses. Notable decisions include: Baker v. America’s Mortgage Servicing and Resolution Trust Corp. (CA 7th Cir.; federal instrumentalities); Brennan v. Kadner (Ill. App.: defamation); Chicago Tribune Company, et al. v. City of Chicago (N.D. Ill.: public access); Chicago Typographical Union v. Chicago Sun-Times (CA 7^th: labor injunctions); Chicago Style Productions v Chicago Sun-Times (Ill App.: copyright jurisdiction); Chrissafis v Continental Airlines (N.D. Ill.: Airline Deregulation Act preemption): FdG Logistics v A&R Logistics Holdings (Del.: mergers and acquisitions); Harrison v. Chicago Sun Times (Ill. App.: defamation); Hoffman v. Primedia (CA 7^th Cir.: employment law); Imperial Design v. Cosmo’s Designer Direct, et al. (Ill Supreme: First Amendment); Kapotas v. BGA et al (Ill. App.: speech torts); Knafel v. Chicago Sun-Times (CA 7^th Cir.: defamation); Marks v CDW Computer Centers (CA 7^th Cir.; securities fraud); Seith v Neal (Ill. App.: defamation); Sheehan v. Daily Racing Form, (CA 7th Cir.: age discrimination); Underwager v. Channel 9 Australia, et al. (CA 9^th Cir.: First Amendment extraterritoriality); USA v Security Industrial Bank, et al. (USSC: bankruptcy judges); Ward v. Succession of Freeman, et al. (CA 5^th Cir.: tender offers); Williams Electronics Games v. Garrity, et al. (CA 7^th Cir.: corporate fiduciaries).

Education:

• Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Institute of Technology, J.D., with High Honors
  • Bar and Gavel Society
  • Moot Court Society CJ
  • National Moot Court Competition Final Four
  • American College of Trial Lawyers’ Medal for Excellence
  • New York Bar Association’s Evans Hughes Trophy
• College of Wooster, B.A., with Honors

Admissions:

• Supreme Court of the United States
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Trial Bar)
• Admitted to Practice in Illinois

• “Top Lawyers of Chicago” (Chicago Tribune)
• “Illinois Leading Lawyer” for: Advertising and Media Law; Intellectual Property; Commercial Litigation; Civil Appellate Law; Civil Rights/Constitutional Law; and ADR (Top 5% of Peer Reviewed Illinois Lawyers)
• “AV” Peer Review Rating (highest Martindale Hubbell certification)
• Portrayed in Soulless, the case against R. Kelly, by James DeRogatis (Abrams 2020).
• Quoted in Publishing Executive; Entrepreneur; LA Times; Chicago Tribune; Chicago Sun-Times; Pioneer Press; Chicago Reader; Editor & Publisher; Law 360; Chicago Daily Law Bulletin; Daily Finance.

• ISBA, CBA
• Media Law Research Center Institute
• Panelist: Chicago Headline Club, DePaul University Center for Journalistic Integrity and Excellence, JMLS 61^st Annual IP Conference, Loyola University, and University of Illinois.

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