R. Thomas Dunn

Associate

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(401) 272-8080/Ext. 240

Areas of Practice

Construction Law
Business Dispute Resolution

Experience

Tom concentrates his practice in construction law and business dispute resolution representing clients in various sectors of the construction industry, including power generation, utility and road work, painting, and plumbing and mechanical work. His experience includes matters involving differing site conditions, trade secrets, mechanics' liens and design-build contracts.

Tom represented an owner of a new hotel project against design-build contractor in a 15-day arbitration before a three-person panel and negotiated and coordinated terms of settlements with subcontractors. He successfully obtained an arbitration award and judgment discharging a mechanic's lien and an affirmative recovery against a contractor. 

Tom also represented a utility owner against a contractor in a differing site conditions claim; prosecuted the misappropriation of trade secrets; and defended a design professional in an action asserted by residential home owners.

Tom began his practice of law with Lang, Richert & Patch in Fresno, California.  There, he represented an owner in a construction defect matter and successfully obtained a settlement in excess of the general contract sum. He also assisted general contractors in matters such as a $35 million airport expansion construction dispute and a $10 million road construction dispute.

In March 2007, Tom joined LMKBW.  Throughout his practice, Tom has encouraged the use of technology to improve the representation of firm clients. He has been a member of the California Bar since 2004.

Education

B.A., cum laude, Tufts University, 2000
J.D., with great distinction, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, 2004
Order of the Coif

Bar Memberships

Rhode Island (2007)
Massachusetts (2007)
California (2004)
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Professional Memberships & Honors 

American Bar Association
    Member, Young Lawyers Section
    Member, Litigation Section and Forum Committee on the Construction Industry

Rhode Island Bar Association

Massachusetts Bar Association

Attleboro Area Bar Association

Tufts Lawyers Association

Reported Cases

Grasseschi Heating & Plumbing Co. v. City of Fall River, 71 Mass.App.Ct. 1124, 886 N.E.2d 125, 2008 WL 2019729 (Mass.App. 2008) (project labor agreement)
Alpha Omega Construction, Inc. v. The Proprietors of Swan Point Cemetery and E.W. Burman, 962 A.2d 733 (R.I. 2008) (mechanics' lien)

Authored Articles/Publications

Co-author, Rhode Island chapter of the State-by-State Guide to Construction and Design Law, Second Edition published by the American Bar Association, August 2009