Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Jack Dunham is a trial lawyer, who has tried to a conclusion many cases of various types, before juries, judges and arbitrators, in jurisdictions across the country.

For over twenty-five years Mr. Dunham has represented businesses in a wide variety of complex litigation, including antitrust, patent and trademark infringement, trade secrets, product recall and employment discrimination disputes. He has also defended hospitals and physicians in numerous medical malpractice cases involving complex medical issues and large damage claims.

Mr. Dunham has extensive experience representing, at trial and on appeal, franchisors, manufacturers and importers in disputes with franchisees, area developers, dealers, distributors, vendors and brokers. He is the Immediate Past Chair of the American Bar Association Forum on Franchising, served as Chair of the Forum from August 2007-July 2009, previously served as the Editor-in-Chief of the ABA Franchise Law Journal, and is ranked by Chambers USA 2009 as one of the eight leading franchise lawyers in the United States.

Mr. Dunham is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and is included in Best Lawyers in America as both a commercial litigator and franchise lawyer (for more about the standards for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America, please see http://www.bestlawyers.com/news/default.aspx) . From 2002-2006, Mr. Dunham served as Chair of the Wiggin and Dana Executive Committee.

Before starting at Wiggin and Dana in 1979, Mr. Dunham was a law clerk to Judge Robert A. Ainsworth, Jr., of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans.

He graduated from Trinity College, Phi Beta Kappa, and with honors in history, in 1975, and received his J.D. in 1978 from New York University School of Law, where he was a Note & Comment Editor of the Law Review.

Areas of Practice

• Litigation
• Franchise and Distribution
• Antitrust and Trade Regulation
• Education

West Practice Categories

Litigation & Appeals, Franchising, Business & Commercial Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Education Law

Bar Admissions

• Connecticut, 1978
• U.S. District Court District of Connecticut, 1980
• U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 2003
• U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1991
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 1992
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1992
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1994
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1997
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1996

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association
• ABA Franchise Law Journal (Editor-in-Chief)
• American College of Trial Lawyers (Fellow)
• American Bar Association Forum on Franchising (Chair)

Honors and Awards

• One of the Four Leading Franchise Lawyers in the United States (Chambers USA), 2007 - Present
• Included in Best Lawyers in America as both a Commercial Litigator and Franchise Lawyer

Past Employment Positions

• United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, Hon. Robert A. Ainsworth, Law Clerk, 1978 - 1979

Education

• New York University School of Law, New York, New York, 1978
  J.D.
  
  Law Journal: Note and Comment Editor, New York University Law Review, 1977 - 1978
• Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, 1975
  B.A.
  Honors: With Honors in History

Fraternities/Sororities

• Phi Beta Kappa

Address

One Century Tower
P.O. Box 1832
265 Church Street
New Haven, CT 06508-1832

Phones

(203) 498-4327

Faxes

(203) 782-2889

Emails

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Websites

http://www.wiggin.com