Law Firm Overview

With almost 40 years of combined legal experience, we serve clients throughout Mississippi and the Southeast area of the United States. 

Utilizing the latest technology to provide efficient and effective capabilities, our practice concentrates primarily on trucking defense, freight claims, insurance and products defense, professional errors and omissions defense, telecommunications, general corporate, commercial litigation,  and employment law including workers' compensation and Title VII.

David Dunbar, the firm's managing member, is a member of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel.  DunbarMonroe is listed in Best's Directory of Recommended Insurance Attorneys for legal ability and general recommendations. 

Our members are also active in the Transportation Lawyers Association, Trucking Industry Defense Association, American Trucking Association and the Conference of Freight Counsel which allows us to meet the unique needs of our trucking clients and their insurers.

With a legal team licensed to practice in U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi,  all state courts in Mississippi and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, our firm has a well-established reputation with our clients for effective legal representation.  Our professional staff allows us to provide an additional high level of legal expertise to assist our clients.

The objective of DunbarMonroe is to provide clients with the expertise, experience and personal attention necessary to evaluate, fairly represent and defend the client's best interests at reasonable expense.  Any member of our firm is available to discuss your legal representation needs and to further explain the depth and variety of services we provide to our clients.

Areas of Practice

• Personal Injury -- Defense
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Business & Commercial Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Construction Law
• Discrimination -- Race & Sex -- Title VII
• Election Campaign & Political Law
• Employment Law -- Overtime
• Employment Law -- Employer
• General Corporate
• Insurance Defense
• Insurance Law - Coverage & Bad Faith
• Litigation & Appeals
• Medical Malpractice
• Professional Errors and Omissions Defense
• Sexual Harassment
• Premises Liability
• State, Local & Municipal Law
• Telecommunications
• Transportation Law & Freight Claims
• Trucking Defense

Honors and Awards

• ALM Go-To Law Firm for Financial Services Companies, June 27, 2007

Representative Cases

• Street v. Street, 936 So. 2d 1002 (Miss. Ct. App. 2006)
• A&F Properties, LLC v. Madison County Bd. of Sup'rs, 933 So.2d 296 (Miss. 2006)
• Mayor and Board of Aldermen, City of Ocean Springs v. Homebuilders Ass'n, 932 So. 2d 44 (Miss. 2006)
• Malsch v. Vertex Aerospace, LLC, 361 F.Supp. 2d 583 (S.D. Miss. 2005)
• Kuehn v. United Van Lines, LLC, 367 F.Supp. 2d 1047 (S.D. Miss. 2005)
• Speetjens v. Larson, 401 F.Supp. 2d 600 (S.D. Miss. 2005)
• Pioneer Credit Co. v. Caldwell, 2003 WL 21517978 (N.D.Miss. 2003)
• Tidwell v. Homestar Real Estate Services, 290 F.Supp. 2d 729 (S.D. Miss 2003)
• Adams v. Cinemark USA, Inc., 831 So.2d 1156 (Miss. 2002)
• Ott v. Consolidated Freightways Corp., 213 F.Supp.2d 662 (S.D. Miss. 2002)
• Henley v. Pioneer Credit Co., 2002 WL 1611512 (N.D.Miss. 2002)
• AFLAC v. Anderson, 77 F.Supp.2d 759, rev'd, No. 02-60027 (5th Cir 2000)

West Practice Categories

Bad Faith Insurance, Business & Commercial Law, Contracts, Business Organizations, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Formation & Business Planning, Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships, Police Misconduct, Race Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Communications & Media Law, Cable (Broadband), Cellular Communications, Telecommunications, Wireless Communications, Construction Law, Election Campaign & Political Law, Employment Law -- Employer, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Family Law, Alimony & Spousal Support, Child Support, Collaborative Law, Custody & Visitation, Divorce, Paternity, Prenuptial Agreements, Insurance Defense, Insurance Law, Bad Faith, Commercial Insurance, Directors' & Officers' Liability Insurance, Errors & Omissions Insurance, Fidelity, Guarantee & Surety, Insurance Malpractice, Life & Health, Motor Vehicle, Property & Casualty, Reinsurance, Labor Law, Wage & Hour Laws, Litigation & Appeals, Personal Injury -- Defense, Animal Bites -- Defense, Assault & Battery -- Defense, Defamation & Privacy -- Defense, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Defense, Premises Liability -- Defense, Property Damage -- Defense, Railroad Accidents -- Defense, Slip and Fall -- Defense, Wrongful Death -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Professional Malpractice Law, Legal Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Other Professionals Malpractice, Real Estate Law, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Landlord/Tenant, Securities Law, Private Placements, State, Local & Municipal Law, Municipal Liability, State Government, Transportation Law, Mass Transit, Railroad, Trucking, Whistleblower/Qui Tam, Workers' Compensation Law