Attorney Profiles

Philip R. Dunn Jr.

Hartford, Connecticut

Farmington Personal Injury Attorney

phone (860) 278-4040
fax (860) 527-2500
email

Philip R. Dunn, Jr. Since joining the firm in 1988, Attorney Dunn has concentrated in the litigation of tort and contract claims, as well as employment litigation involving wrongful discharge, Title VII discrimination actions and age discrimination cases. He has wide experience litigating premises liability claims, including lead paint litigation, and is one of the few attorneys in Connecticut to try a lead paint poisoning case to a defendant's verdict. Attorney Dunn obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from Fairfield University in 1985 and obtained his Doctorate of Jurisprudence from the University of Connecticut in 1988. He was admitted to the Connecticut bar in 1988, to the U.S. District Court, District of the Connecticut in 1989, and to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 1995. He is a member of the Hartford County and Connecticut Bar Associations, as well as the Connecticut Defense Lawyers Association. Attorney Dunn is frequently asked to act as an arbitrator and fact finder by the Judges of the Hartford and New Britain Superior Courts.

Attorney Dunn has recently been elected to the Town of Farmington Planning and Zoning Commission, where he serves as a Commissioner.

 

Bar Admissions:
     Connecticut, 1988
     U.S. District Court District of Connecticut, 1989
     U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1995

Reported Cases

Hines v. Davis, 53 Conn. App. 836 (1999); Stack v. City of Hartford, 170 F.Supp.2d 288 (D.Conn. 2001); Stack v. Jaffee, 248 F.Supp.2d 100 (D.Conn 2003); Stack v. Perez, 248 F.Supp.2d 106 (D.Conn. 2003); Preston v. O'Rourke, 74 Conn. App. 301 (2002).