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R. Rogge Dunn is a trial lawyer who loves trying cases. He has litigated complex business, employment, partnership and insurance disputes throughout the country and tried cases to a jury verdict in four states. He has represented clients in disputes arising in Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Scotland, Qatar and throughout the U.S.

From 2003 to the present, Mr. Dunn has been recognized by Texas Monthly as a Texas “Super Lawyer” and by D Magazine as one of the “Best Lawyers in Dallas” from 2003 - 2006. He was also selected as one of the top 100 attorneys in DFW metroplex by Texas Monthly in 2005 and 2006.

Legal and news publications have sought his opinion on legal issues, including: The CBS Evening News, The Wall Street Journal,  The New York Times, BBC Radio, MSNBC, U.S. News & World Report, The NBC Today Show, USA Today, The National Law Journal, Texas Lawyer, Entrepreneur Magazine, The American Bar Association Journal, The Dallas Morning News, Court TV Radio, and The Dallas Business Journal. Mr. Dunn regularly appears as a legal commentator for television and radio stations.

Mr. Dunn is one of only 25 attorneys in Texas who is Board Certified in both Civil Trial Law and Labor and Employment Law.

Although approximately two-thirds of his practice involves representing corporate defendants, Mr. Dunn has won settlements and judgments that have netted more than $250 million for his plaintiff clients, including million dollar jury verdicts in Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas.

Two of his closing arguments were recorded for the Million Dollar Arguments audio tape series.

Mr. Dunn was the lead attorney for the subrogating insurance carriers in the New Orleans Fairgrounds racetrack disaster. The $58 million verdict he won in that case stands as the largest products liability verdict in Louisiana history.

Mr. Dunn has tried cases involving wrongful death, employment matters, partnership disputes, industrial property disasters, Qui Tam, products liability, construction issues, whistleblowing, breach of contract, breach of warranty, fiduciary duties and other business disputes. In addition, he has obtained TRO's, injunctions and other equitable relief in venues throughout the nation.

Mr. Dunn represents corporations, executives, insurance carriers and individuals in a variety of cases involving commercial disputes, employment law, catastrophic subrogation losses, partnership issues, arbitration, class actions, business torts, breach of contract, “business divorce,” shareholder oppression, non-competes, trade secrets, Qui Tam and significant personal injury matters.

Mr. Dunn has represented three of Barron’s Top 100 Wall Street Brokers.

Mr. Dunn received a B.A., cum laude, with Departmental Distinction in English, from Southern Methodist University in 1980. He received a J.D., with honors, from the University of Texas in 1983. At the University of Texas Law School, he served as a Note Editor of the Texas Law Review from 1982-83 and was a member of the Board of Advocates from 1981-83. He clerked for the Honorable Reynaldo Garza of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals from 1983-84.

Mr. Dunn is a prolific active author and speaker. He authored the Triple Threat Discovery book distributed by James Publishing. He co-authored the Texas Trial Plans and Forms book published by James Publishing. He also authored the discovery chapter and the forms for Texas Employment Law, a two-volume series published by James Publishing, and serves on its Editorial Advisory Board. He has written more than twenty articles on a variety of legal issues.

Mr. Dunn taught at Southern Methodist University as an Adjunct Professor for fourteen years. Mr. Dunn is a partner in the law firm of Clouse Dunn Khoshbin LLP.

Karen L. Hirschman is a partner at the firm of Vinson & Elkins in Dallas, Texas, and Co-Chair of the Dallas Litigation Section. She specializes in large complex business disputes. She has tried cases in state courts in Texas, and in federal courts in Texas and other states involving antitrust, patent and trade secret, legal and accounting malpractice, business torts and employment discrimination disputes.

Ms. Hirschman received a J.D. with honors from the University of Texas School of Law in 1983. She served as a Note and Research Editor of the Texas Law Review in 1982-1983. She obtained an M.A. from the University of Texas in 1978, and a B.A. from the University of Delaware with high honors in 1973. She clerked for the Honorable Barefoot Sanders, United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, from 1983-1984.

Ms. Hirschman is a frequent lecturer and speaker at ABA and State Bar seminars. She is active in civic affairs, and is currently serving on the Board of Directors of Young Audiences, a nonprofit organization dedicated to arts education. She also co-chairs the Women's Career Development Council at Vinson & Elkins.

Contributing Author

Michael A. Oropallo has been involved in the litigation and trial of complex civil matters for almost 20 years. Initially concentrating on toxic tort and environmental litigation, for the last 15 years his practice has also involved the litigation of intellectual property cases, such as copyright, trademark, trade secrets and patent matters in federal courts throughout the United States. Mr. Oropallo is a regular speaker and writer on trial tactics and skills and is admitted to the bars of New York and Pennsylvania.  He is a partner in the Syracuse office of the law firm Hiscock & Barclay.

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