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Robert N. Dunn
Email: rdunn@tisdale-law.com
Robert has specialized in Maritime and Admiralty litigation since his admission to the bar in 1974. He has handled cases in five United States District Courts, various state courts, and in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth and Seventh Circuit. He has handled cases involving personal injury to Jones Act Seamen and passengers, loss of life, navigation, collisions and groundings, recreational boats, cargo damage, salvage, and cases in other areas of Maritime Law. He is admitted to the practice of law in New York, Illinois, Michigan, and Colorado as well as numerous federal courts. He served as an adjunct professor of Admiralty Law at the Detroit College of Law from1980 through 1987. He is an active member of the Maritime Law Association of the United States serving on the Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee and is a member of the Connecticut Maritime Association. He is a certified mediator and a listed arbitrator for the BOAT/US Salvage Arbitration Program. Robert is a member of the New York County Lawyers’ Association and serves on the Admiralty Law Committee and Committee on Ethics. |
Robert N. Dunn joined the firm in 2008 of counsel. He graduated from Michigan State University in 1968 with a Bachelors Degree in Humanities. After graduation he joined the Aircraft Carrier USS INTREPID as a Division Officer. He served on the INTREPID for two years until being assigned to United States Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island as an instructor of Naval Tactics and Ship Handling. After being honorably discharged from the Navy in 1971, Robert attended law school at Detroit College of Law which is now associated with Michigan State University. He graduated from Law School in 1974 and was awarded an LL.M. in Labor Law from Wayne State University in 1983. 