Chad Dunn
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Chad Wilson Dunn (Born November 26, 1976) is an American trial and appellate Attorney.[1] Dunn is currently a named partner in Brazil & Dunn, LLP,[1] the General Counsel of the Texas Democratic Party,[2] and is the Director of Litigation for the UCLA Voting Rights Project in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.[3]
Education[edit]
Dunn received his bachelor’s degree in Government from the University of Texas at Austin and his J.D. from South Texas College of Law Houston.[1]
Dunn is licensed to practice law in Texas, Florida, North Carolina, and the District of Columbia.[1]
Legal career[edit]
Dunn's cases include a verdict against a major league baseball player for transmitting a sexually transmitted infection,[4] and a verdict against a Houston Independent School District Trustee[5] and associated construction contractors for RICO Act violations.[6]
Dunn's has also represented plaintiffs in a Title IX suit against Baylor University,[7] against prison conditions,[8] and police misconduct cases.[9]
Voting rights work[edit]
Dunn was one of the trial attorneys in the three-judge federal court case in Washington D.C. concerning Texas’ 2011 state house, senate, and congressional redistricting plans.[10] Dunn was also one of the attorneys in the three-judge federal court case in San Antonio concerning the same redistricting plans.[11]
Dunn served as the lead trial lawyer in the three judge federal case in Washington D.C. concerning Texas’ SB 14,[12] where the Court denied Texas to implement the law.[13] Dunn filed the second federal court challenge to SB 14 in federal court in Corpus Christi, Veasey v. Texas,[14] which ultimately resulted in the law being struck down.[15] Dunn argued the case the three times it was considered by the Fifth Circuit and served as counsel of record in the state’s appeals to the Supreme Court.[16][17][18]
In 2006, Dunn filed a case that went to the U.S. Supreme Court under the qualifications clause to the U.S. Constitution that prevented then Congressperson Tom Delay from unlawfully withdrawing from the ballot and picking a successor.[19] In 2008, Dunn represented the Texas Democratic Party against a challenge filed by Dennis Kucinich and singer Willie Nelson to the Texas Democratic Party’s requirement that person could not appear on the Texas Democratic Party primary ballot for the office of President if they would not promise to support the eventual nominee.[20] The case later when on to win at the district court, at the Fifth Circuit and at the U.S. Supreme Court.[21]
In 2008, Dunn represented the Texas Democratic Party, in which the Texas Supreme Court affirmed Texas' campaign finance disclosure laws.[22][23]
In March of 2019, Dunn was invited by the U.S. House Committee on Administration to give testimony on voting rights issues.[24] In 2019, Dunn was one of the lead trial attorneys who obtained a federal court injunction preventing Texas from unlawfully purging the voter rolls of 98,000, mostly naturalized immigrant citizens.[25][26][27] Dunn was named as the Director of the UCLA Voting Rights Project in August of 2019.[3]
Awards and recognition[edit]
Dunn was named by Texas Lawyer as a finalist for Attorney of the Year in 2016, was named one of Texas Lawyer’s top 25 attorneys under 40 in 2013, and is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates.[3]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Brazil & Dunn - Chad W. Dunn". www.brazilanddunn.com.
- ↑ "The New Texas | Our Movement Monday by Chad W. Dunn". Texas Democratic Party. April 20, 2018.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Mr. Chad Dunn | UCLA Voting Rights Proejct". UCLA LPPI.
- ↑ Crowe, Robert; Chronicle, Copyright 2004 Houston (December 2, 2004). "Herpes victim wins $475,000 from ex-Astro Lima". Houston Chronicle.
- ↑ "Ex-HISD trustee, several conspirators found liable in civil bribery case". ABC13 Houston. November 16, 2016.
- ↑ "FindLaw's United States Fifth Circuit case and opinions". Findlaw.
- ↑ "BU lawsuit filing: Title IX and discrimination were not priorities". www.kwtx.com.
- ↑ "Inmate awarded $10 in damages after being pepper-sprayed". Panama City News Herald.
- ↑ "FindLaw's United States Fifth Circuit case and opinions". Findlaw.
- ↑ [1][dead link]
- ↑ "PerezVTexas". moritzlaw.osu.edu.
- ↑ "TexasvHolder". moritzlaw.osu.edu.
- ↑ "Texas Voter ID Law Stands For Midterm Elections, Court Rules". NPR.org.
- ↑ Huseman, Jessica (May 2, 2017). "Texas Voter ID Law Led to Fears and Failures in 2016 Election". ProPublica.
- ↑ "Veasey v. Abbott, 830 F.3d 216 | Casetext". casetext.com.
- ↑ Wray, Dianna (April 29, 2015). "Fifth Circuit Hears Texas Voter ID Arguments". Houston Press.
- ↑ "Oral arguments". www.ca5.uscourts.gov. 2015. Retrieved 2020-01-01.
- ↑ "Texas Tells 5th Circ. Voter ID Law Not Discriminatory - Law360". www.law360.com.
- ↑ "DeLay candidacy before appeals court". UPI.
- ↑ Dubail, Jean; Dealer, The Plain (January 11, 2008). "Judge rules against Kucinich in Texas primary ballot case". cleveland.
- ↑ Press, Associated (March 25, 2009). "Kucinich loses lawsuit: Texas court upholds Democrats' loyalty oath". cleveland.
- ↑ "Texas Supreme Court". www.texasbarcle.com.
- ↑ [2][dead link]
- ↑ "House Administration Recorded Stream: 02/04/2019 at 12:30 p.m. Recorded Video". www.congress.gov.
- ↑ Ura, Alexa (February 20, 2019). "State lawyers defend handling of Texas voter citizenship review, suggest some county officials broke the law". The Texas Tribune.
- ↑ Platoff, Emma (February 27, 2019). "Federal judge temporarily blocks Texas from purging voters in citizenship review". The Texas Tribune.
- ↑ "Noncitizens voter case, Democratic presidential candidate visits Texas, Beto O'Rourke's options". Dallas News. February 21, 2019.
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