Andrew D. Dunn
Shareholder

Biography

Andy is a shareholder of the firm, practicing primarily in the area of civil litigation. Andy has 35 years of trial experience litigating civil cases, including personal injury, products liability, industrial and construction site accidents, professional liability, and insurance coverage matters.

Andy has an extensive appellate practice, resulting in over 100 published opinions to his credit. He has been described in statewide publications as "an appellate ace." He is best known in the legal community for having represented the plaintiffs in the seminal case in New Hampshire recognizing hedonic damages, Marcotte v. Timberland/ Hampstead School District, 143 N.H. 331 (1999). He is responsible for several other landmark decisions published from the New Hampshire Supreme Court, including DeBenedetto v. CLD Consulting Engineers, Inc., 153 N.H. 793 (2006); Sisson v. Jankowski, 148 N.H. 503 (2002); Valenti v. Net Properties, 142 N.H. 633 (1998); and Meaney v. Rubega, 142 N.H. 530 (1997), and from the United States District Court and in the First Circuit Court of Appeals, including Northland Ins. Co. v. New Hampshire Ins. Co., 63 F.Supp.2d 128 (D.N.H. 1999, No. Civ. 95-434-B), and Hugel v. Milberg, Weiss, 175 F.3d 14 (1st Cir. 1999).

Andy has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America, published by Woodward White, Inc. for over 15 years for his expertise in personal injury litigation. He was recently listed in New England Super Lawyers for his prowess as a trial lawyer. He has also been cited by his peers as "the smartest lawyer you know" in a survey taken by New Hampshire Magazine in 2003. He has testified in court and in the legislature as an expert on insurance issues. He previously served as Chairman of the New Hampshire Bar Insurance Committee and as a Board Member of American National Lawyers Insurance Reciprocal. Andy was honored by the New Hampshire Bar Association for distinguished service to the profession for his volunteer work and currently serves on the Board of Governors at Tufts Medical Center and Floating Hospital for Children and on the Board of Directors of the New Hampshire Bar Insurance Agency.

EDUCATION:

Duke University School of Law, Juris Doctor, 1974
Columbia University, Bachelor of Arts, 1971

Representative Cases

• DeBenedetto v. CLD Consulting Engineers, Inc.
• Sisson v. Jankowski
• Marcotte v. Timberlane/Hampstead School District
• Meaney v. Rubega
• Northland Ins. Co. v. New Hampshire Ins. Co.
• Hugel v. Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, LLP, et al
• Preferred Nat. Ins. Co. v. Docusearch
• Rice v. New England College

Professional Affiliations

• Board of Governors, Tufts Medical Center and Floating Hospital for Children 2009 - present
• Board of Directors, New Hampshire Bar Insurance Agency 2006 - present
• Insurance Group Committee, Chairman, Professional Liability Insurance Subcommittee, 1987-2002
• State Law Library Advisory Committee
• New Hampshire State Legislative Task Force on Auto Insurance
• New Hampshire court system trained and approved mediator
• Member Panel of Mediators for United States District Court for District of New Hampshire
• New Hampshire Bar Association Representative to the Board of Directors of American National Lawyers Insurance Reciprocal
• American Bar Association
• New Hampshire Bar Association

Awards & Honors

• Recently selected by peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012 in the field of Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants (Copyright 2011 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.). Recognized for 10 plus years.
• Recognized as a "New England Super Lawyer" in the practice area of Personal Injury Law 2007 - 2011
• Recognized as a Local Litigation Star by BENCHMARK: The Definitive Guide to America's Leading Litigation Firms & Lawyers, 2009 - 2010.
• "2007 Top Attorneys” — Personal Injury, New Hampshire Magazine, October 2007
• "Top Attorneys 2006," New Hampshire Magazine, October 2006 — Personal Injury Litigation
• "163 Top Attorneys in New Hampshire," New Hampshire Magazine, October 2005 — Personal Injury Litigation
• "The Ideal Attorney," New Hampshire Magazine, October 2003 — Personal Injury Litigation and also cited as "Smartest Lawyer You Know" and "Appellate Ace - Supreme Court Law"
• "Best New Hampshire Lawyers" list, New Hampshire Magazine, September 2002 — personal injury litigation
• "127 Best Lawyers in New Hampshire," New Hampshire Magazine, September 2001—personal injury and civil litigation
• AV® Rating, the highest rating by Martindale-Hubbell
• New Hampshire Bar Association President's Award for Distinguished Service to the Legal Profession (January 1997)
• Cited for "Excellence" in the area of Insurance Law in an article entitled New Hampshire's Lawyer's Lawyer New Hampshire Magazine, July, 1994)

Speaking Engagements

• N.H. Law of Comparative Negligence and Apportionment of Damages: A Historical Perspective, New Hampshire Trial Lawyer’s Association CLE (October 16, 2007)
• Current Issues Flowing From the Non-Delegable Duty to Maintain a Safe Business Premises; Premises Liability, April 7, 2006, New Hampshire Trial Lawyer's Asssociation CLE
• DeBenedetto v. CLD: Another (Defense?) Perspective; Personal Injury Actions in the World of Nilsson/DeBenedetto, December 8, 2006, New Hampshire Trial Lawyer's Association CLE
• Representing Clients in Civil Mediation, November, 2002 Insurance Coverage for Insured Liability and Insurance for Sexual Misconduct and Wrongful Employment Practices, June, 2002
• Hedonic Damages - What Are They Really and How Do You Prove Them? March, 2002 Excess and Umbrella Coverage, 2000
• Proving Damages in a Wrongful Death Case, December, 1999
• Recapturing Your Love of the Law, January, 1999
• Preventing Legal Malpractice Claims and Ethical Complaints, 1998
• Current Issues in the Defense of Malpractice Claims, October, 1998
• Legal Malpractice "The Seven Deadly Sins", November, 1997
• Insurance Coverage for Wrongful Employment Practices and Sexual Misconduct, New Hampshire Bar Journal, June, 1997
• Sexual Misconduct and Wrongful Employment Practices: A Coverage Analysis, John Liner Review, Vol. 10, No. 2, Summer, 1996
• Rescission of Insurance Policies, September, 1994
• Professional Liability Insurance, May, 1992
• Commercial General Liability Insurance, March, 1991
• New Personal Auto Policy; Specialty Liability Coverage Policies, September, 1990
• Preserving the Rights of the Insurer in Disputed Coverage Situations, 1989
• Hazardous Waste - Liabilities for the Unwary, June, 1987

Publications

• "Hedonic Damages - What Are They Really and How Do You Prove Them?", New Hampshire Trial Lawyers Association, March, 2002
• "Insurance Coverage for Insured Liability and Insurance for Sexual Misconduct and Wrongful Employment Practices", New Hampshire Trial Lawyers Association, June, 2002
• "Insurance Coverage for Wrongful Employment Practices and Sexual Misconduct", Independent Insurance Agents of New Hampshire, March, 1996; published in John Liner Review, August, 1996; updated and reprinted in New Hampshire Bar Journal, June, 1997
• "A Practitioner's Guide to Insurance Law/Assuming Liability for Third Parties", New Hampshire Bar Association CLE, April 1998

Bar Admissions

• New Hampshire