MDunn@bmklegal.com

Phone: (617) 557-3030
Fax: (617) 557-2939

44 School Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02108

• J.D., Suffolk University Law School, 2002
• B.A., Boston College, 1998

• Secured a preliminary injunction in U.S. District Court in Boston ordering multinational corporation to escrow $1.7 million for two former directors of an India-based subsidiary of a Massachusetts corporation for indemnification against potential personal liability for corporate tax obligations in India.
• Successfully obtained dismissal, on personal jurisdiction grounds, of all trademark infringement and related claims brought in the US. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa against a Massachusetts-based Consumer products company.
• Defended private equity firm in action brought by U.S. bankruptcy trustee seeking to set aside a sophisticated corporate restructuring and multi-million dollar sale of debtor’s business.
• Attained dismissal in Massachusetts Superior Court of commercial tenant’s 93A and tort claims against landlord.
• Obtained summary judgment for employer in wage & hours dispute brought by former employee in Massachusetts Superior Court.
• Prevailed in action before the Appeals Court involving a judgment for contempt entered by the Land Court following its entry of judgment for client in a zoning appeal brought pursuant to M.G.L.ch. 40A, § 17.
• Successfully defended a developer of a suburban subdivision in a lawsuit brought by a prospective purchaser of a lot against claims for breach of contract and violations of the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Statute (M.G.L.ch. 93A).
• Successfully represented an abutter in a Land Court action brought to overturn a variance issued by a municipal zoning board to an operator of a commercial venture in a residentially zoned district.
• Successfully represented landowners in Superior Court lawsuits contesting the sufficiency of monetary awards paid by a State agency for eminent domain takings.
• Successfully represented the owner of a historic property in an action brought in Superior Court to enjoin the developer’s destructive construction practices.
• Represented a commercial landowner in a Superior Court action to enjoin a municipality’s wrongful use of its eminent domain power.
• Represented the lead defendant in multimillion dollar wrongful death actions involving employer liability in parallel cases brought in Illinois state and federal courts.
• Obtained cease and desist orders from municipal zoning board enjoining operation of commercial ventures in a residentially zoned district, and successfully opposed civil actions brought pursuant to M.G.L.ch. 40A, § 17 in Land and Superior Courts seeking reversal of same.
• Prosecuted a “spot” zoning challenge to the validity of an amendment to a municipal bylaw pursuant to M.G.L.ch. 240, § 14A.
• Successively established a Boston commercial property owner’s easement rights in a Massachusetts Land Court action that was affirmed by the Appeals Court.
• Obtained summary judgment for the seller of a Cape Cod property that resulted in the release of sale proceeds held in escrow following the buyer’s claim to those funds in a Plymouth Superior Court dispute centering around the post-closing installation of a new septic system.
• Successively represented a South Shore property management company in obtaining possession and back rent from their defaulting business tenant in a commercial summary process action.
• Facilitated the dismissal of all claims against a closing attorney in a Suffolk Superior Court action brought by the seller of a commercial property in Boston.
• Represented real estate investors in acquisition, management and sale of commercial properties in South Boston and in various other locations throughout Massachusetts.
• Successfully represented a commercial property owner in enforcing settlement agreement with a former partner in Middlesex Superior Court..
• Represented property management company in sale of several commercial properties in its portfolio and in its acquisition of new real estate assets.
• Obtained summary judgment in a Massachusetts Land Court action reversing a prior conveyance and restoring legal title in real estate to its rightful owner.
• Successively represented a South Shore neighborhood association in obtaining summary judgment in a Massachusetts Land Court action challenging the municipality’s issuance of a special permit to development company that would have permitted it construction of a subdivision in an already congested residential area.

• Selected by Super Lawyers® Magazine as a Massachusetts Rising Stars℠ in the field of Real Estate Law (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015).
• Cum laude graduate of Suffolk University Law School where he served as Managing Editor of the school’s Transnational Law Review.
• Played on Boston College’s men’s soccer team where he was awarded the Tom McElroy Memorial Scholarship – the school’s largest memorial grant provided annually to one student-athlete who best exemplifies the qualities of courage, dedication, sincerity, and determination.
• Top Lawyer in Real Estate in the 2022 Boston Magazine Top Lawyers List

• Massachusetts Bar Association
• Boston Bar Association
• South Shore Chamber of Commerce
• Boston College Alumni Association
• Suffolk University Law School Alumni Association
• New England Over-the-Hill Soccer League
• New England Senior Hockey League