Robert E. Dunn Jr.
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Biography

Bob Dunn, who teaches Lobbying and the Legislative Process as an adjunct professor at the University of New Hampshire School of Law, is the chair of Devine Millimet’s Legislative and Governmental Affairs Practice Group. Bob’s practice is focused primarily on representing clients before the New Hampshire legislature, executive branch departments, and administrative bodies such as the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission. Bob represents clients in a wide variety of areas, including health care, religious institutions, energy, public safety, and telecommunications.

Prior to joining Devine Millimet, Bob was the Assistant Commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Safety, one of the largest executive branch agencies in New Hampshire. He served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Bureau of the New Hampshire Department of Justice, and in that capacity he provided legal counsel and representation for a variety of state agencies in state and federal courts. He has handled a number of appellate matters before the New Hampshire Supreme Court, and has also been appointed to serve on various state boards as diverse as the New Hampshire Nuclear Decommissioning Finance Commission and the New Hampshire Civil War Memorials Commission.

Bob’s work on behalf of his clients in the health care field has been recognized by awards from the New Hampshire Association of Counties, the New Hampshire Nurses Association, and the New Hampshire Health Care Association. In addition to his teaching work at the UNH Law School, he has been a speaker on several occasions at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at St. Anselm College on the subject of the interplay between religion and politics.

EDUCATION:

Georgetown University, Juris Doctor, 1986
Holy Cross, Bachelor of Arts, 1983 (Valedictorian and Bean Classics Scholar)

Representative Clients

• New Hampshire Health Care Association (trade association representing private nursing homes and assisted living facilities)
• N.H. Nurses' Association
• Brain Injury Association of N.H.
• N.H. Electric Cooperative
• AAA - Northern New England
• Roman Catholic Bishop of Manchester
• Fairpoint Communications

Professional Affiliations

• Adjunct Professor of Law, Franklin Pierce Law Center
• N.H. Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Advisory Committee
• State of New Hampshire Civil War Memorials Commission
• New Hampshire Bar Association
• N.H. Nuclear Decommissioning Finance Commission (former member)
• N.H. Motor Carrier Advisory Board (former chair)
• N.H. Council on Resources and Development (former member)
• N.H. State Breath Machine Advisory Committee (former member)

Awards & Honors

• BV® Rating, exemplary rating by Martindale-Hubbell
• President's Award, New Hampshire Nurses' Association, 2006
• President's Award, N.H. Health Care Association, 2003
• Profile Service Award, N.H. Association of Counties, 2007

Community Involvement

• Diocese of Manchester Pastoral Council
• Manchester Regional Youth Hockey Association, Coach
• St. Jude's Parish, Chair of Liturgy Committee

Publications

• "Lawyers and Lobbying in New Hampshire," 41 New Hampshire Bar Journal 2 (June 2000)

Bar Admissions

• New Hampshire
• First Circuit Court of Appeals