Assistant Professor of Law
Education
- J.D., University of Virginia School of Law
- B.S., St. John’s University
Areas of Interest/Teaching
- Evidence, constitutional law, contracts, civil procedure, Christian jurisprudence
Publications
- Residual Present Sense Impressions and Excited Utterances in the Social Media Age, 130 Penn St. L. Rev. 27 (2025)
- The Residual Exception’s Renaissance, 17 Geo. J.L. & Pub. Pol’y 737 (2019)
Biography
Professor Dunn joined Liberty University School of Law following a distinguished career in both private-sector litigation and public service. As a former commercial litigator at Venable LLP in Manhattan, he was a key member of the team representing the Extended Stay Litigation Trust, securing a favorable outcome in complex, multi-billion-dollar bankruptcy and restructuring litigation.
Following his four-year stint in big law, Prof. Dunn served as a law clerk for the Honorable Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Magistrate Judge Steven L. Tiscione of the Eastern District of New York. After these clerkships, he served as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Tennessee in the Constitutional Defense Division, where he had a significant role in the Tennessee National Guard deployment litigation.
Professor Dunn’s scholarship focuses on two primary areas. As a Fellow of the Georgetown Center for the Constitution, his current work addresses First Amendment jurisprudence, specifically regarding compelled speech. Separately, he has established a research agenda dedicated to the reform of evidence rules, including how procedural law can be adapted to the challenges of the digital age. His work has been featured in the Penn State Law Review and the Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy.
He is admitted to the New York Bar and the federal courts of the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and the Western and Middle Districts of Tennessee.
Above all, and as a Blackstone Fellow, Professor Dunn believes God is the ultimate lawgiver and that morality is grounded in Christ. He finds joy in discussing the intersection of faith and legal practice. In his spare time, he enjoys staying active with running, muay thai kickboxing, volunteering in church, and attending sports events.